Visual Rhetoric and Its Arguments in Caricature: The Speech of Saudi Women in Manal Al-Rasini's Drawings as an Example

Abstract

This study is concerned with a rhetorical approach to the visual discourse, and it shows its argumentative dimensions through a theoretical glossary that deals with the concept of visual rhetoric, its significance, the sections of the visible sign, its functions, and levels of analysis, then standing on the discourse of Saudi women in drawing (caricature) through two topics: The first is strengthening the position of Saudi women in society, and the other is women and families of violence. The study led to the richness of non-linguistic sign systems, their understanding of the eloquence of the phrase, and the mechanisms of arguments and their connecting links. It recommended the need to open up to other visual arts towards formation (comics), conceptual photography, and to study their rhetorical techniques and their argumentative foundations that guide awareness and action.