Decentration Techniques in Image and Interction Between Text and Image in Picturebooks

The aim of this study is to investigate the decentration techniques in picturebooks and also those involved with the interction between text and image in such books. ‘Decentration’ was first suggested byKhosronejad (1382) when he was explaining Inocence And Experience Theory and in order to elaborate on the aesthetic characteristics of children’s literature. Decentration techiniques are introduced in a study of Sobhi''s collection. Decentration signifies the mental ability to leave a phenpmenon for another or for another level of the same phenomenon. Moradpour explored these techniques in Anjavi Shirazi''s collection، adding some to them. Research results indicated that out of innocence and experience techniques overstating، reverse، gap، balance and imbalance long shot and close – up، leaving and return were observed in pictures. In terms of the interaction between text and picture، on the other hand، only reverse، and gap were found. In case of Moradpour’s techniques، pictures were found to contain techniques including A single scene from two different perspectives، simultaneous scenes، long shot and close – up، protagonist transfer، chain of events، surprise، metamorphoses while the interacion between text and image only displayed the technique of one scene in different sizes. Fourteen new techniques for pictures were discovered: temporal movement، self-reference، contrast، resemblance، foreshadowing، pictorial tricks، one scene in different sizes، heterogeneous framing، multiple-technique pictures، margin pictures، unusual reference، cuts in stages، moving parts، and this and that. Three new techniques were also acheieved from the interaction between text and image: contrast، resemblance، and intra-iconic texts.