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A Dystopian Allegory of Modern Society: An Analysis of the Bothersome Man
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For more than a hundred years, cinema has played an important role in the relationship of the people with the cultural sphere. As a reflection of societies, cinema is also a platform where today's problems and social crises are revealed. Based on pieces of reality, movies show the modern world to people who are also a part of it. Semiotics stands in an important place in the context of deciphering the meaning created in motion pictures. In today's world, we are surrounded by signs, each of which contains a meaning. Semiotics deals with this universe of meanings that surround human beings. It examines how these meanings are formed and tries to analyze them. We semiotically analyzed The Bothersome Man, directed by Norwegian Jens Lien in 2006, which deals with the crisis of meaning in the oppressive environment of modern man and the alienating effect of the consumer society. As a result of the study, it is seen that the film deciphers the artificial means of satisfaction imposed on people through a universe of signs and gives the message that spiritual satisfaction can only be achieved through the real establishment of human bonds.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Sinema Sosyolojisi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Erken Görünüm Tarihi
6 Mayıs 2025
Yayımlanma Tarihi
26 Mayıs 2025
Gönderilme Tarihi
27 Haziran 2024
Kabul Tarihi
8 Nisan 2025
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2025 Cilt: 35 Sayı: 2
APA
Yılmaz, M. M. (2025). A Dystopian Allegory of Modern Society: An Analysis of the Bothersome Man. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences, 35(2), 371-382. https://doi.org/10.18069/firatsbed.1505704
AMA
1.Yılmaz MM. A Dystopian Allegory of Modern Society: An Analysis of the Bothersome Man. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences. 2025;35(2):371-382. doi:10.18069/firatsbed.1505704
Chicago
Yılmaz, Muzaffer Musab. 2025. “A Dystopian Allegory of Modern Society: An Analysis of the Bothersome Man”. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences 35 (2): 371-82. https://doi.org/10.18069/firatsbed.1505704.
EndNote
Yılmaz MM (01 Mayıs 2025) A Dystopian Allegory of Modern Society: An Analysis of the Bothersome Man. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences 35 2 371–382.
IEEE
[1]M. M. Yılmaz, “A Dystopian Allegory of Modern Society: An Analysis of the Bothersome Man”, Firat University Journal of Social Sciences, c. 35, sy 2, ss. 371–382, May. 2025, doi: 10.18069/firatsbed.1505704.
ISNAD
Yılmaz, Muzaffer Musab. “A Dystopian Allegory of Modern Society: An Analysis of the Bothersome Man”. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences 35/2 (01 Mayıs 2025): 371-382. https://doi.org/10.18069/firatsbed.1505704.
JAMA
1.Yılmaz MM. A Dystopian Allegory of Modern Society: An Analysis of the Bothersome Man. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences. 2025;35:371–382.
MLA
Yılmaz, Muzaffer Musab. “A Dystopian Allegory of Modern Society: An Analysis of the Bothersome Man”. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences, c. 35, sy 2, Mayıs 2025, ss. 371-82, doi:10.18069/firatsbed.1505704.
Vancouver
1.Muzaffer Musab Yılmaz. A Dystopian Allegory of Modern Society: An Analysis of the Bothersome Man. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences. 01 Mayıs 2025;35(2):371-82. doi:10.18069/firatsbed.1505704