THE MAIN TRENDS OF MODERN RUSSIAN CINEMA: SEMIOTICS OF HERO AND HEROISM
DOI: 10.23951/2312-7899-2017-3-99-115
The article covers certain specific aspects of modern cinema that are developing in accordance with certain tendencies. We are in the presence of children’s and youth’s cinema rebirth engaging the mechanisms of spiritual and moral values. Powerful metaphysical basis in cinema leads to a change of visual space and time as well as to the forming of parable genre specifics. Modern cinema refers to the Soviet cinema therefore the heroic basis and the reference to history are increased.
Keywords: children’s and youth’s cinema, semiotics of hero, new type of hero, metaphysics, parable, historical context, heroism
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Issue: 3, 2017
Series of issue: Issue 3
Rubric: ARTICLES
Pages: 99 — 115
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