英文摘要 |
The charm of fairy tales can effectively enhance the promotional effects of advertisement because of the humor, magic, and familiarity. However, only few studies have explored the relationship between humor and expression in fairy tale advertisement. Therefore, This research investigated fairytale print advertisements and analyzed their degree of humor and expression form, as well as the perception differences, of fairytale advertisements through interviews, content analysis, and semantic disparities. The results show that humor and expression in four fairy tale are different. This research recommends that when adapting fairy tales to advertisements, copywriters should select fairy tale themes that are consistent with the product or service being advertised. Higher-level humor can be interesting as it works by changing the content of the advert story; whereas, lower-level humor directly presents the original content of the advert story, thus, building simple, plain or dreamy, and gorgeous imagery, to effectively link the story in the advert with the promotion of the product or service being advertised. |