A Comparative Study on the Narrative Structure of Animation Movies and Their Related Video Games | ||
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| Article 5, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2015, Pages 127-159 PDF (2.85 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.22054/cs.2015.4509 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Azam Ravadrad1; Mahsa Badri* 2 | ||
| 1Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences – University of Tehran | ||
| 2Holding Master’s of Cultural Studies and Media – University of Tehran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In this study we have compared narrative structure of Disney animations and their respective computer-games as their by-products. The purpose of this research is to identify how the meanings created by these two structures related to each other. In this study, we used Vladimir Propp's and Lévi-Strauss's approaches. Based on Lévi-Strauss's views, narratives have a structure which creates special meanings to resolve conflicts symbolically. Vladimir Propp's narratology was used in performing a syntagmatic analysis and the study of the way Ingredients were combined in the narrative structure. Using Lévi-Strauss's binary oppositions we did a paradigmatic analysis in order to determine the meaning made by the narrative structures. The methodology of this study is based on a structured study of the text which was done using Propp's method of narratology. The results show that the narrative structure of the animations which is based on value-based judgment changes to value-based responsibilities in the games. In the animations, a way of living is judged to be positive and a symbolic solution for the conflict between good and evil. In the respective video games, this way of living becomes the responsibility of the players. In fact the narrative structure of the games makes the players adhere to the values introduced in the animations. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| animation; Computer Game; context structural analysis; motivation; binary oppositions | ||
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