Abstract
Researchers have analyzed movies and books, some have tried to have a discourse analysis and some a critical discourse analysis. The aim of this paper is twofold: first it aims to study the discourse of A Separation, the critically acclaimed 2011 Iranian film drama, showing how realities are produced and social norms are renormalized through the discourse of this film. Another objective of this study is to investigate the comments and reactions that this film received based on Van Dijk’s theoretical framework. Therefore, an attempt was made to reveal the hidden ideology and ulterior motives of commenters and show how one can make use of discursive strategies and linguistic elements as well as derogation and euphemization to make the audience believe what he/she thinks. After studying the discourse of some selected dialogues and comments of A Separation, Nader from Simin, the researchers showed that how a film can produce realities and instill ideologies in the audience. In addition, they endeavored to indicate that how one can practice the mentioned strategies to misrepresent “the other” and overestimate the positive qualities of the “self”.
Highlights
This paper tries to explore how ideologies are naturalized and realities are manufactured through the discourse of cinema
“A Separation”- a critically acclaimed 2011 Iranian drama film- explores the social problems that supposedly lie in the Iranian society namely lying, accusing, cursing and violence as well as family problems, women’s social status in Iran, unemployment and inequality
The present contribution was aimed at investigating the discourse of A Separation, the critically-acclaimed film of 2011, to show how a film can produce realities and instill ideologies in the audience
Summary
This paper tries to explore how ideologies are naturalized and realities are manufactured through the discourse of cinema. A Separation was scripted and directed by Asghar Farhadi and performed by Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat and Sarina Farhadi This film was critically acclaimed and internationally acknowledged. A Separation managed to win the 84th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012 and it was the first time an Iranian movie claimed the title. It won the Golden Bear for Best Film as well as the Silver Bears for Best Actress and Best Actor at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and it should be noted that the Golden Bear was never given to an Iranian movie before. The film was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award, considering that a non-English language film is not commonly nominated for this award
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