”99.9% av oss sitter fångade i hönsburen” : En semiotisk innehållsanalys om hur Den vita tigern kan användas didaktiskt i religionsundervisningen på gymnasiet

Sammanfattning: This study aims to analyze how film can work as a didactic tool in religious education at the upper secondary school level. The film analysis was conducted by analyzing Bahrani's (2021) film adaptation, The White Tiger, using Andersson and Hedling’s (1999) method for film analysis and Sanders Pierce’s description of semiotics as the theoretical framework. The film revolves around a boy named Balram and his life and aspirations for a better life, where he is not defined by the caste he was born into. The analysis showed that the film, The White Tiger, consisted of several instances where religious themes and expressions were visualized. Four prominent themes in the film were (1) spirituality and faith, (2) religious hierarchy and the caste system, (3) moral dilemmas, and (4) freedom and liberation. Since religious aspects were detected throughout the film, it indicates that the film can be used as a didactic tool in religious education at the upper secondary school level. However, it should be noted that films with entertainment purposes, such as The White Tiger, require carefully planned preparations and post-production if the inclusion of film is to function as a method to teach through film and not be reduced to simply showing a film.