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Immortality of Life: A Mythical Critique of
Abbas Kiarostami's "Snow White" Photo Collection Based on Northrop Fry's Theory
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Narges Sibouyeh   |
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Abstract: (526 Views) |
Understanding the concepts behind works of art is not always the same. Concepts change with cultural changes. In photographs, like any other work of art, there are signs that convey truths to the public in symbolic language, taken from the culture of its creator. In such a context, myth as a kind of historical discourse, in addition to verbal and written methods; Appears in non-verbal media such as photography, cinema, drama and adver- tising. Following this emergence, mythological critique and analysis have shown the abil ity to explore the world described and to explain the function of human types in re-reading the mythical attitudes embedded in the artists's conscience. Critics of this method seek to show where and how early models and history of human life are contained in the text. in the process of analyzing the works, they first discover the hidden and obvious codes and symbols in the structure of the work and then, through psychological analysis of the symbols and following the historical contexts of their formation, connect these implicit meanings with the primordial model in Describe the human collective psyche. In this arti- cle, using the model of Northrop Fry's mythical critique, by reviewing Kiarostami's photo- graphs in the "Snow White" collection, we decipher the monotonous narrative that in her works is considered as a turning point and the central myth of the text. The results of the research show that by using nature in photography frames and repeatedly recording the element of the tree in different frames, the artist tells an ontological narrative of human life in adaptation to nature and plays a fundamental role. It emphasizes the process of contemporary human self-knowledge. It is as if the trunks of a tree surrounded by snow indicate a person's impatience and restlessness in leaving such a life, and his desire to escape death, to turn to life, and to find a path between the two.
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| Keywords: Mythical Criticism, Nutrop Fry, Photography, Myth, Abbas Kiarostami, Snow White. |
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Type of Study: Research |
Received: 2022/04/11 | Accepted: 2023/05/27 | Published: 2023/09/1
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