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Title A Multimodal Analysis of Salience and Erasure of Environment in Superhero Films

Author(s) SADAF SANIA

Abstract The study is situated at the confederation of Ecolinguistics and Geopolitics, generating an Eco-Geopolitics perspective. Allena Dell’Agnese’s Theory of Geopolitics for rhetorical devices; lexical usage, figures of speech, narrative techniques, and specific concepts are examined in the discourse of superhero films. Thematic Analysisof the dialogues was carried out using the steps suggested by Braun and Clarke. Semiotic resources are identified from the visual data through the method of Multimodal Discourse Analysis and analysed according to the metafunctions suggested by Kress and Van Leeuwen. The study intends to explore how filmmakers utilize the semiotic resources to create the desired ‘meaning potential’ in films. Egoism, violence, autocracy, valorization of aggression, use of force, and disregard for authority are the dominant themes ascertained in the selected discourse of superhero films (Marvel Studios), identifying destruction and violence and reflecting neglect of place and ecology. Acceptance of destruction and violence as heroic and the generation of disregard for preservation and conservation are discovered in the data. This evidence highlights the salience of values that lead to the erasure of eco-friendly concerns. Revision and contestation of the discourse of superhero films at the linguistic level for visual as well as lexical ‘modes’ of communication is recommended.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

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Language English

Publication Date 2021-02-03

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