228 KB52 KB200420252023Hazemali, DavidOnič, Tomažštevilka:2letnik:20str. 49-63DOI:10.4312/elope.20.2.49-63ISSN:1581-8918COBISSID_HOST:179276547URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-J0KH93GFenZaložba Univerze v LjubljaniELOPE (Ljubljana)poetrypoezijaposterspropagandapropagandni plakatiprva svetovna vojna“Canning the kaiser” in words and images| case studies of patriotic American propaganda from WWI|The article examines how the US government used poetry and posters as instruments of propaganda during World War I to mobilize the nation and resources for their war effort and to denigrate the enemy, especially the German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II. Two case studies are presented: the poem "Canning the Kaiser” by the American writer Upton Sinclair and the poster “Can Vegetables, Fruit and the Kaiser Too” by the Belgian-American artist Jozef Paul Verrees. The article explores the historical context of Sinclair’s poem as well as the use of humour, irony, and visual metaphors in both pieces of art to persuade the American public to conserve food, support the troops, and thus help defeat the Kaiser. A particular interest of this study lies in the idiomatic meaning of the phrase “Canning the Kaiser”, which is not only an intriguing linguistic issue but had a considerable impact on the development of the campaignPrispevek prinaša dve študiji primera uporabe poezije in propagandnih plakatov, s katerimi je ameriška vlada v času prve svetovne vojne poskušala pritegniti prebivalstvo k podpori svojim vojnim prizadevanjem in hkrati očrniti sovražnika, zlasti nemškega cesarja Wilhelma II. Analiza vključuje pesem "Canning the Kaiser" ameriškega pisatelja Uptona Sinclairja in plakat "Can Vegetables, Fruit and the Kaiser Too" belgijsko-ameriškega umetnika Jozefa Paula Verreesa. Članek pojasni zgodovinski kontekst Sinclairjeve pesmi ter uporabo humorja, ironije in vizualnih metafor v obeh delih, ki naj bi ameriško javnost prepričali, naj konzervira hrano in podpira vojsko ter tako pomaga premagati "kajzerja". Posebna zanimivost te študije je analiza pomenov frazema "Canning the Kaiser", ki ni le jezikovno zanimiva, ampak je pomembno vplivala na razvoj ameriške propagandne kampanjeTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta