Abstract
The article analyzes the linguistic and sociocultural features of the American comic book movies. The purpose of this article is to identify the distinctive features of American super hero movies, as well as to analyze the changes that have occurred in the images of the main characters and their socio-cultural preconditions.
Highlights
Nowadays comics are constantly present in our lives - in advertising, newspapers magazines and on the Internet
Modern American mass culture is mainly aimed at promoting the American way of life and Western values in other countries, which makes the study of various sociocultural phenomena of this country relevant
«By the term «comics» we mean what the Americans call a «comic book», that is a kind of separated comics magazine
Summary
Nowadays comics are constantly present in our lives - in advertising, newspapers magazines and on the Internet. Comic books are a developed industry, especially in the United States of America. It seems relevant to consider comics precisely as a linguistic and sociocultural phenomenon in order to follow changes in the culture and traditional values of the American people. Modern American mass culture is mainly aimed at promoting the American way of life and Western values in other countries, which makes the study of various sociocultural phenomena of this country relevant. «There is a lack of works on the American comic’s history. The developing industry of painted stories provides the need for the information about the history of the industry to a broad audience, and it would be foolish to deny it» [2]
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