Hope and equilibrium in the dystopian world of "The Hunger Games"

  1. María Sandra Peña-Cervel 1
  2. Andreea Rosca 2
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  2. 2 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Revista:
Círculo de lingüística aplicada a la comunicación

ISSN: 1576-4737

Ano de publicación: 2021

Número: 85

Páxinas: 227-244

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.5209/CLAC.73549 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

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Resumo

Esta propuesta proporciona evidencia de la utilidad de combinar categorías analíticas de la Lingüística Cognitiva y del Análisis Crítico del Discurso para el análisis de caracterizaciones literarias complejas. Esto se hace a través de un estudio detallado de los llamados “tributos”, los niños seleccionados de forma aleatoria que tienen que luchar hasta la muerte en un programa televisado nacionalmente, en Los Juegos del Hambre. Este estudio demuestra la efectividad de tales herramientas provenientes de ambos marcos teóricos para proporcionar un panorama riguroso desde el punto de vista analítico del mundo distópico representado en la novela, que revela la inclusión de un elemento paradójico de esperanza. El tipo de deshumanización que caracteriza la sociedad distópica de Panem se refleja a través de un conjunto internamente consistente de metáforas ontológicas que proyectan aspectos negativos de formas de existencia inferiores sobre seres humanos. Esta selección de metáforas fomenta una perspectiva sesgada de los pobres habitantes de Panem a la vez que legitima las desigualdades sociales que el pudiente Capitol se aplica a fondo por perpetuar. Sin embargo, Katniss sufre una metamorfosis a través del descubrimiento de su propia identidad, que apunta hacia un empoderamiento femenino emergente. Esta transformación, junto a su identificación con el Mockingjay, un ser sobrenatural que da voz a sus creencias y emociones, contribuye a perturbar el statu quo impuesto por los todopoderosos Vigilantes de los Juegos y a transmitir un mensaje de optimismo

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We would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza (University of La Rioja) for his helpful remarks on a previous draft of this article. Any remaining weakness is our own responsibility. The research on which this article is based has been financed by FEDER/Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, State Research Agency, project no. FFI2017-82730-P.

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