When dystopia catches up with us: Complex semiosis in science fiction cinema

By Oscar Treviño or a look in the mirror in the second millennium

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https://doi.org/10.29105/pc.v5i1.49

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dystopian cinema, semiotics, transdisciplinary, utopia and dystopia, cinematographic narratives

Abstract

This text reviews a work that analyzes contemporary dystopian cinema through the semiotic theory of Luri Lotman, who conceives cultural texts as mirrors that reflect and multiply meanings. A transdisciplinary analysis of science fiction cinema is carried out, highlighting its complexity in articulating the visual, verbal and symbolic-cultural. The tensions between utopia and dystopia are studied, using the epistemology and semiotics of culture as theoretical axes. Over four years of research, a corpus of representative films was selected that address multiple dimensions of reality: global, local and subjective. Supported by a scientific group from the ENAH, the work presents innovative methodologies for the interpretation of cinematic narratives, showing how dystopian cinema not only reflects today’s society, but also distorts its realities, revealing deep social problems and proposing a complex and reflective critique of the contemporary world.

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Author Biography

María Eugenia Flores Treviño, Autonomous University of Nuevo León

PhD in Humanities and Arts (UAZ). Her research interests include Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, and Communicative Competence in Spanish. Professor B, Deputy Director of the Graduate Studies Area (2009-2013; 2015-2018; 2020-2022), Research Coordinator of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (2019-2022), UANL, Mexico. She obtained the Recognition for the Desirable Profile by the Professional Development Program for Teachers in Higher Education (2004-2023). She belongs to the National System of Researchers of the National Council of Science and Technology, Level II. Current President of the Latin American Association of Discourse Studies, Vice President (2020-2023), and ALED Delegate for Mexico (2015-2019). In Individualized Direction: She has 11 doctoral theses, 5 bachelor's theses and 22 master's theses. She has published 15 books (3 as author, 5 co-authored, 1 as coordinator, 5 as co-editor and 1 compiler) on topics such as persuasion, poetic function of language, teaching Spanish as a LM/LE, discourse analysis, discourse and gender, discourse and education. Guest coordinator to edit a special issue in Alere (UNEMAT), Textos en Proceso (US/SU/UBA) and Oxímora. Revista deética y política (UAB). She belongs to the international research projects PRESEEA (U. de Alcalá), AMERESCO (U. de Valencia) and the binational project "Impoliteness and evaluation in sexist verbal behaviors within the Rioplatense and Mexican cultures" with the U. de Río Cuarto, Argentina.

References

Lotman, I. (1996). La Semiosfera I. Semiótica de la cultura y el texto. Madrid: Cátedra.

Treviño, O. A. (2024). Cuando la distopía nos alcance: La semiosis compleja del cine de ciencia ficción. Buenos Aires: Editorial SB.

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Published

2024-12-16

How to Cite

Flores Treviño, M. E. (2024). When dystopia catches up with us: Complex semiosis in science fiction cinema: By Oscar Treviño or a look in the mirror in the second millennium. Paradigma Creativo, 5(1), 86–91. https://doi.org/10.29105/pc.v5i1.49

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2024): Enero-Diciembre 2024

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