Television: His Dark Materials - Language and Representation

2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the fantasy TV genre?
 
It is set in a multi-world reality with action moving between worlds.That makes it a fantasy tv genre.
 

3) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into? 
  
the hero and the false hero.

4) What enigma and action codes (Barthes) can you find in His Dark Materials? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.)

the film has a mystery and the audience needs to solve that mystery.

5) What examples of binary opposition (Levi-Strauss) can you find in His Dark Materials? How do these create narrative or drama for the audience? You can find reminder notes on all these narrative theories here - just scroll down to narrative.  

Good vs Evil-Black vs White-Strong vs Weak-Humanity vs technology-Man vs Nature

REPRESENTATION: 

1) How are women represented in His Dark Materials? Are gender stereotypes reinforced or subverted? Think about Lyra and Mrs Coulter here.

In His Dark materials (1995 – 2000), conventional gender roles are denaturalized and overthrown. Stereotypical female figures such as Eve, the femme fatale and the sexualized Gypsy female are taken apart from the pretexts, re- inscribed and reassembled to form a fresh and subversive ideological configuration.

2) How are men and masculinity represented in His Dark Materials? Think about Will and Lee Scoresby here.


Men in his dark materials like WILL taking care of lyra like cooking for her and listening to her orders and not overpowering her is bringing down his mascularity and making him more feminine in the 2000s

3) How is age (e.g. teenagers; adults) represented in His Dark Materials? Does the show reinforce or challenge stereotypes about young people? Think about Lyra and Will plus the abandoned children they meet. Also think about Mrs Coulter and other adults.


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