A Critical Discourse Analysis of Bambi as a Symbol of Ecological Narrative
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https://doi.org/10.62843/jssr.v6i3.725Keywords:
Animated Story, Dark Reality, Ideological Power, Communication, Socio-Political DisorderAbstract
Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is a multidisciplinary approach for analyzing, understanding, and explaining the social phenomenon. It studies relationships among human beings, their established social systems and investigates their complex social behavior. CDA provides solutions to the problems of inequalities and disparities that affect social and cultural life of the individuals or groups in a social setup. This research paper aims to explore how human beings make their linguistic choices in the context of social and communal ties as well as personal relationships with their physical environment. This is done by studying an animated film “Bambi”, a famous Walt Disney production. The paper also investigates the social forces that communicate behavioral outcomes associated with the interface of power and ideology. The researchers also aim to explore context of fundamental social human interaction through language and images that unfold reality behind the narrative of animated film.
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