• Title/Summary/Keyword: Syntagmatic Analysis

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Possibilities and Limitations of Media Representation as the Historical Communication -Focusing on Korea Films of Gwangju Democratization Movement in 2000s- (역사적 소통 공간으로써 미디어 재현의 가능성과 한계 -2000년대 한국 영화 속 광주 민주화 운동을 중심으로-)

  • Kim, Mi-Sun;Kim, Yu-Rye
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.15 no.7
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    • pp.157-169
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    • 2015
  • This study focuses on Korea films of historical communication. Narrative analysis was conducted on the films in 2000s including , and <26 Years> that mainly have dealt with the 'Gwangju Democratization Movement'. As a result of the syntagmatic analysis, these films try to stabilize 'social imbalances' in the aspect of individuals and conceals issues of social structure. In addition, the result of paradigmatic analysis reveals that textual factors of 'active involvement of female characters', 'continuity of history through the survivors' demonstrate its strategies to publicize the historical truth. Consequently these films show its limitations that weakens historical meaning by placing unsolved problems of social structure as well as the love story. But rather than describing it as a history of the past, these films act as a catalyst to bring thins specific historical issue to our present lives and publicize it as a current issue. Therefore, the historical film not only allows current generation to remind to history but also to provide an opportunity to publicize the important issues of social structure in the present society.

Research on the Semiotic Analysis of Father Characters' Paternity in Korean Films (한국 영화에 나타난 아버지 캐릭터의 부성성에 대한 기호학적 연구)

  • Lee, Timothy Yoon-Suk;Kim, Seul-Ki
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.215-228
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    • 2011
  • In the history, 'father' has been described as a being who not only take care of the family but also represents the family socially and supports them. Like the Western patriarchal tradition prevalent in the 19th century, fathers in Korean society also bear patriarchal paternity based on Korean traditional Confucian culture. In such a unique family culture of Korea, Korean fathers hold the patriarchal male centered idea and regard it as the roles of man and father to be responsible for the family's living and safety and to be more rational than emotional and more blunt than gentle. Social ideology for this image of father is expressed in media, and an example is the patriarchal image of father in TV dramas and movies. In order to analyze the image of Korean fathers described in films, this study selected two films and examined the semiological meanings of fathers' roles expressed in the films using Metz's syntagmatic and paradigmatic analysis method. The films chosen for case study are 'Fly Daddy', 'The Show Must Go On', and 'Speed Scandal'. These films are good examples demonstrating that Korean patriarchal paternity and its background traditional ideology are projected on media.