The potential of the narrative analysis method, or how to identify political values in Russian cinema
https://doi.org/10.31249/poln/2024.04.02
Abstract
In the context of the high activity of various government bodies in constructing and widely disseminating value paradigms through popular culture, there is a need to find relevant methods that allow the most systematic approach to the analysis of values contained in products of this type of culture. Based on a review of the existing experience in conducting narrative studies, the methodological features of narrative analysis are highlighted, features that distinguish it from the method of discourse analysis are indicated. The paper discoveres the grounds for considering a movie as an object of narrative analysis. This article attempts to determine the possibilities of using narrative analysis to study political values in national cinema. Based on existing approaches, the authors propose a scheme for conducting narrative analysis aimed at finding narratives in films that reflect certain political values. Using the example of the 2023 movie “At the Pike’s Command”, the proposed narrative analysis algorithm was demonstrated in detail, including three consecutive stages. As one of the results of the work, the possibilities and limitations of narrative analysis as one among the classic qualitative methods are indicated.
About the Authors
I. A. Pomiguev
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation ; INION
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pomiguev Ilya A.
Moscow
T. L. Prokopchuk
INION
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Prokopchuk Tatyana L.
Moscow
A. V. Koshkin
Saint Petersburg State University ; INION
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Koshkin Andrey V.
Saint Petersburg; Moscow
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