The Ukrainian dove. A metaphor of peace and war in political cartoons
Journal: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov Series IV Philology and Cultural Studies
Year: 2025

This article investigates the evolving symbolism of the white dove—a universal emblem of peace—within contemporary political cartoons portraying Viktor Orban, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Drawing on visual rhetoric, semiotics, and theories of political discourse (Gombrich 1985, Burke 1966, Bourdieu 1991), the study explores how cartoonists deploy multimodal metaphors to expose the contradictions between declarations of peace and the exercise of au