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Avatar(2009)를 통해 본 3D 기술과의 융합을 통한 미국 서부 개척 신화의 탈신화 : Demythologizing American Frontier Myth through the Fusion of 3D Technology: Focus on Avatar(2009)

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이정화

Issue Date
2017-06
Publisher
서울대학교 미국학연구소
Citation
미국학, Vol.40 No.1, pp. 233-262
Keywords
아바타수정주의 웨스턴서부 개척 신화제임스 카메론탈신화Avatarrevisionist westernfrontier mythJames Camerondemythologizing
Abstract
This paper aims to find the 21st revisionist Western and demythologizing frontier myth through James Camerons Avatar (2009). The revisionist western reveals the myth of America or the frontier myth should be written through a new alternative narrative. Avatar carefully portrays a newly worked-out revisionist western by using 3D technology and new types of cinematic language such as emotion capture and new characters like Navi. In addition, Avatar leaves such a peculiar feeling of nostalgia toward the viewers which makes them wish to remain at Pandora with Na vi tribe. By demythologizing frontier myth, Avatar writes back American frontier myth not by writing it as an extension of White supremacy but as a story on universal respect for life and the environment and toward the Other as Na vi keeps saying, "I see you."
ISSN
1229-4381
Language
Korean
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/147001
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