“What a Mess!”: Reading “Fauda” according to CDA
“What a Mess!”: Reading “Fauda” according to CDA
Author(s): Aleksandra KijewskaSubject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Arabic language; Critical Discourse Analysis; “Fauda”; film studies; Netflix; quality TV
Summary/Abstract: In this paper Netflix series “Fauda” (season 1) is analyzed in accordance to the Critical Discourse Analysis and its main advocates like Ruth Wodak and others. The crucial factor influencing this research is political context of the authors of the series who used to be Israeli soldiers and they rely on their personal experience while creating episodes. This double complexity has its further implications in the analysis. As the result of the investigation there was presented the list of main topoi organizing Palestinian discourse and later, this list was confronted with Palestinian reality and her credibility was assessed.
Journal: Roczniki Kulturoznawcze
- Issue Year: 9/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 41-54
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English