Abstract EN:

Through a conceptual reference to semiotics, the aim of this study is to assess that tex avery's comic language is organised, in his cartoons, around original laws, together with the innovating set-up of the gags. They are rooted in the codes of burlesque cinema. However, these gags break free of its conventional rules and go beyond them, whether the pragmatic relations with the audience, the selection and use of the themes, or the cinematic syntax itself is at stake. Avery's comic language gives a fresh interpretation to the narrative thread of chasing. It evolves through the varied use of the gags, as well as through their grouping within the cinematic structure. Moreover, it is both absurd and transgressive. Avery turns every aspect of reality into his own representation of it, which is not only humoristic and oneiric, but also very much up to date.