Homo erectus — o sposobie kreowania wizerunku w serialu paradokumentalnym
Homo erectus – on the method of creating an image in a docu soap

Author(s): Alicja Bronder
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The article presents the method of creating an image in audiovisual texts of docu soap from the linguistic point of view. This genre is gaining a considerable popularity in Polish television, therefore it efficiently portrays the community’s tendency in perception of a human being, his mentality and social condition. It turns out that the themes of docu soap concern mostly sexuality, which leads to the hyperbolization of this aspect in the creation of a specified person’s image. The article presents the inventory of linguistic means and textual elements which can be found in every genre aspect of the pattern under analysis, which serve to form a particular image in mock documentary.

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