Decoding Love and Hate: A Structural Analysis of Recent Oscar-Winning Films
In this post, we will explore the complex interplay of love and hate in contemporary Oscar-winning films through the lens of Gérard Genet’s structuralism. We may ask why structuralism analysis? What new discovery will this type of analysis bring to us in these three films? Structuralism, focusing on binary confrontations and narrative patterns, offers a […]
Narrative Morphological Analysis of Animations Based on the Theory of Vladimir Propp
Morphological analysis provides a structural framework for understanding the underlying patterns in narratives. While Propp (Vladimir Propp, 1928) primarily focused on folktales, his concepts have been widely applied to various forms of storytelling, including cinema. First, an analysis of the morphological patterns of props used in cinema is given: Hero: In cinema, the main character […]