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Science Fiction Film Alien And The Crisis Of Subjectivity

Posted on:2021-01-24Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:K WengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330623473744Subject:Theater, film and television
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This article takes the western subjectivity crisis trend as the basic background,and the main direction of exploration for the subsequent human turn leading to the dissolution of subjectivity,combined with Marx's alienation theory,existential "other" gaze,Jameson's utopian thought and other theories,analyzesd how did the series of Alien start to reflect on the crisis of subjectivity over a 40-year time span,and what are the differences in ideas and artistic expressions of works in different periods,and the reasons for these differences.It is hoped that the science fiction movies represented by Alien are scientifically combed.The core content of this article is how the crisis of subjectivity is reflected in the series of Alien.This article hopes to be able to grasp the main characteristics of the subjective changes in the works of Alien on the basis of carefully reading the text of the Alien movies.First of all,in the introduction,I mainly sort out the background of the study of the Alien series,and at the same time complete the determination of academic concepts such as subjectivity and utopia.In the main part,I intend to cut into the analysis of the problem from three perspectives.In Chapter 1,I use Marx's alienation theory as the theoretical basis to analyze how people in the film are alienated and lose their self,and reveal the "alienation" in the film A profound interpretation of the theory.The second chapter mainly discusses the "other" image in the Alien series of movies.The analysis of bionic humans and aliens as two contrasts of "humans" reveals how the "other" in the film dissolves others.Subjective.The third chapter discusses the crisis of subjectivity shown in the film in combination with social reality and the background of the times,and the continuation of the utopia impulse in reality has changed the main content of the whole work.The combined post-human theory reveals the perplexity that humans have produced after the subjectivity in the film dissolves.In the end,the conclusion summarizes the changes of human subjectivity in Alien series,and what kind of social significance and theoretical value it has.
Keywords/Search Tags:Alien, Alienation, Others, Subjectivity
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