Sökning: "Superhero films"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade orden Superhero films.
1. Den nya superhjälten? : En multimodal kritisk diskursanalys av genusrepresentationen i filmerna Black Panther och Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaSammanfattning : Representation in the media has become a debated topic over the last decade, with many people advocating for more diversity in movies and on TV. After ten years of entirely white male superheroes, Marvel released Black Panther in 2018, featuring an almost all-black cast. LÄS MER
2. The (non)democratic superhero? : A study of the reproduction of democratic society in character narratives in superhero films.
Master-uppsats, Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationSammanfattning : This study uses political philosophy to understand how democracy is communicated as transmutating or transitioning in superhero narratives. The study combines a conflict-based conceptualisation of democracy with Anthony Giddens’ structuration theory to discuss the characters’ actions in relation to their respective society. LÄS MER
3. "This Is a Forced Feminist Agenda" : IMDb users and their understanding of feminism negotiated in the reviews of superheroine films
Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : The thesis examines how users of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) negotiate feminism in their reviews of four superheroine films – Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, Birds of Prey: The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, and Wonder Woman 1984. By combining critical discourse analysis with methods of corpus linguists, this corpus-based study of over 18,000 reviews analyses the frequency of the topic of feminism in the reviews, words and topics associated with it and the way the reviewers reflect broader mediated discourse over the four films, and the role of IMDb as a space for these reviews. LÄS MER
4. Visuell stil och intertextualitet i hjärndöda Blockbusters : -”She got to you with her perfumed words and her perky breasts”
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)Sammanfattning : Martin Scorsese expressed dissatisfaction stating that superhero movies lacks uniqueness and emotional and psychological depth. In his opinion, these movies depict spectacle rather than character. Scorsese is not alone in his view - this has been a general opinion among film critics for decades. LÄS MER
5. Superman and Wonder Woman to the rescue : “Man of Steel” and “Wonder Woman” as pedagogical aids to discuss gender in the EFL classroom
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : As the American superhero films continue to increase their popularity around the globe, and because of the reccurent criticism against their poor and stereotypical representation, this essay aims to analyse the two newly made productions Man of Steel and Wonder Woman from a gender perspective. The essay argues a difference in Superman and Wonder Woman’s superhero images and further discussess the opportunities as well as potential problems the superhero narratives can offer to discuss gender in the EFL classroom. LÄS MER
