Multimodal representation of social discourses in Asghar Farhadi’s <i>A Separation</i>: a social semiotic study

Ahmadgoli, Kamran; Yazdanjoo, Morteza

doi:10.1080/10350330.2019.1629568

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“…Moreover, literary texts with unconventional characters can be not only perceived as entertaining but also full of meanings. Making meanings out of literary texts using semiotic theory has been done in dozens of remarkable previous studies such as Haris, Agustina, & Trisnawati (2021) "Saussure Semiotic of Animals in Zootopia (2016)" that discuss the animal characters as signs, Ahmadgoli & Yazdanjoo (2019) "Multimodal Representation of Social Discourses in Asghar Farhadi's A Separation: a Social Semiotic Study" which dissects the social and cultural values are presented throughout the film, Dhananjaya, Wandia, & Maharani (2019) "Verbal and Non-Verbal Signs of "Moana Movie Poster"" that identifies and explains the verbal and non-verbal signs in the movie poster, and lastly Noad & Barton (2018) "Emotion Resonance and Divergence: a Semiotic Analysis of Music and Sound in The Lost Thing an Animated Short Film and Elizabeth a Film Trailer" that contemplates on the impact of music and voice sound on interpretations of film narrative meanings. The previous studies listed above are shreds of evidence to add to the discourse of "literary texts are beyond entertaining purposes."…”

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Making Meaning of Inanimate Objects as Characters in The Blue Umbrella (2013)

Saptiadi,

Agustina,

Trisnawati

2023

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This study aims to reveal deeper and different meaning of an inanimate object, specifically umbrella, from naked eye's perspective in The Blue Umbrella Film. The Blue Umbrella Film, an animated short film directed by Saschka Unsled, employs inanimate objects as the characters as seen through the distinct human's facial expression painted on the black, blue, and red umbrellas To pursue the aim of this study, qualitative method was conducted together with Saussure's semiotic theory. The results showed that the black umbrellas signified as the majorities, while the blue and red umbrellas signified as the minorities. The black umbrellas also signified as a group of office workers as well as members of Sexual and Gender Majority. On the other hand, the blue and the red umbrellas signified as the members of Sexual and Gender Minority. In short, the movie highlights an encouraging message that it is okay to be different from the majority's choice.

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Making Meaning of Inanimate Objects as Characters in The Blue Umbrella (2013)

Saptiadi,

Agustina,

Trisnawati

2023

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Disagree and you shall be valued: a semiotic examination of how photojournalism constructs “valuable” Iranian bodies acrossTime

Durrani

2020

Social Semiotics

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Color, Class, and Gender: The Social Construction of Women and Beyond in Asghar Farhadi Cinema

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MERİÇ>

2023

Gümüşhane Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Elektronik Dergisi

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This study interrogates the films of Asghar Farhadi, who contributed to the international prominence of Iranian cinema, with a mixed-method approach in terms of women's representation. Quantitative data based on content analysis were deepened by textual analysis to negotiate the positive and negative meanings attributed to femininity in Asghar Farhadi's films. The research disclosed that all the female lead characters in the films are portrayed as passive characters who spends her days doing chores within the framework of the power relations determined by the patriarchal social structure. The social position of Iranian women in the patriarchal order was questioned by representing the female characters as economically and emotionally dependent on the males. It is discovered that the female lead characters wearing light-colored costumes are depicted as "honorable women", whereas the female lead characters wearing dark-colored costumes are depicted as "immoral women". These results demonstrated that the roles traditionally attributed to women in Iranian society were reinforced through the color tones.

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Multimodal representation of social discourses in Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation: a social semiotic study

Cited by 3 publications

References 13 publications

Making Meaning of Inanimate Objects as Characters in The Blue Umbrella (2013)

Making Meaning of Inanimate Objects as Characters in The Blue Umbrella (2013)

Disagree and you shall be valued: a semiotic examination of how photojournalism constructs “valuable” Iranian bodies acrossTime

Color, Class, and Gender: The Social Construction of Women and Beyond in Asghar Farhadi Cinema

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