A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Relationship between Pi and Richard the Tiger in the Movie Life of Pi
A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Relationship between Pi and Richard the Tiger in the Movie Life of Pi
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电影《圆周率的一生》中圆周率与老虎理查德关系的多模态话语分析
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2014
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Wenyu Liu
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Yonghong Cheng;Wenyu Liu
电影语篇是一种典型的多模态语篇，它包含了图像、文本、声音和音乐等多种符号形式。多模态话语分析（MDA）关注的是如何通过使用多种交流模式而不仅仅是语言来表达意义。MDA辅助的电影语篇分析通过不同模态之间的相互作用帮助理解电影，并为电影欣赏提供了一个语言学视角。《少年派的奇幻漂流》凭借其丰富的视听资源，为我们提供了一个探索少年派与老虎理查德之间关系的良好样本。在系统功能语法和视觉语法的指导下，通过分析各种符号学模态如何构成意义，以及它们如何帮助理解电影，来探讨电影《少年派的奇幻漂流》中少年派和理查德老虎之间的关系。研究结果表明：以功能语法和视觉语法为基础的理论框架适用于电影《少年派的奇幻漂流》;通过语言和非语言分析，电影《少年派》中少年派与老虎的关系主要取决于少年派对老虎的态度;各种情态相互作用，共同创造意义，为电影欣赏提供了新的视角。这一研究有助于拓宽对电影语篇的语言学理解，为理解电影提供一个新的视角，从而提高观众的电影欣赏水平。
Film discourse is a typical of multimodal discourse which contains many semiotic modalities such as image, text, sound and music. Multimodal discourse analysis (MDA) focuses on how meaning is made through the use of multiple modes of communication as opposed to just language. The MDA assisted film discourse analysis helps understand films through the interaction among different modalities as well as offer a linguistic perspective to film appreciation. Life of Pi, the winner of four Academy awards for direction, photography, visual effect and original music, makes up a good sample rich in audial and visual resources to explore the relationship between Pi and the tiger Richard. Under the guidance of systemic functional grammar and visual grammar, the study attempts to explore the relationship between Pi and Richard the tiger in film Life of Pi by analyzing how various semiotic modalities make meaning and how they contribute to understanding the film. The findings suggest that: theoretical framework based on functional grammar and visual grammar is adaptive for the film discourse Life of Pi; by virtue of linguistic and non-linguistic analysis, the relationship between Pi and the tiger is mostly determined by Pi’s attitude toward the tiger; various modalities interact to make meaning, which provides a new perspective for film appreciation. The study helps broaden the linguistic understanding of film discourse, and provides a new perspective to understand film, thus improving audience’s level of film appreciation.