Des investimento figurativo e efeito de realidade no filme Dogville

Abstract

In this dissertation, we use the theoretical basis of French Semiotics to understand how the different languages that form the film Dogville articulate and contribute for the construction of meaning and for the production of the effect of reality in this filmic text. This kind of text contains language plurality which categories of the expression plan are combined to produce a unique meaning. Thus in order to achieve our objectives, we start with the concept of syncretism proposed by Hjelmslev (1975), Greimas and Courtés (2011) and the theoretical contributions of Floch (1986) about Semisymbolism. Next, we follow the route of the generative process in meaning focusing our attention on the discourse level of the narrative of the film Dogville to understand how the procedures of discursive syntax articulate the mechanisms of themes and figures in order to produce the meaning and the effect of reality. Finally, we describe, based on Bertrand (2003) how the figures that form the figurative universe of the narrative present and contribute to referential illusion relative to the spectator, taking in the consideration that the visual plan of this film presents a figurative disinvestment that provides a theatrical appearance. Regarding the results, we´ve observed that the figurative disinvestment that characterizes the film Dogville is an option of the enunciator to draw the attention of the viewer for its thematic contents. In this process, the syncretism of languages contributes to referential illusion once its elements help us to fill the gaps left by the visual plan, leading us to identify the present isotopies and to understand the narrative.