IDEOLOGICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN SOVIET ANIMATION CINEMA

Abstract

In this study, the Soviet animation cinema's ideological discourses, which showed the consequences andreflections of the political ideology of the era, were examined. In line with the findings, it was consideredthat these animated films constitute a kind of cultural memory that exhibits the political history andsocial culture of the Soviets. The article's ideological discourse analysis method was applied byconsidering Teun A. van Dijk's study titled Ideological Discourse Analysis. As part of this research,because ideological discourses were analyzed, only short films with propaganda content were regardedamong Soviet animations, and the scope of the study was restricted. Furthermore, the date range takenabout the films was the term of Soyuzmultfilm, the official animation studio of the Soviet Union. Thefilms created by the studio, which began its actions in 1936 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in1991, were taken into account. The conclusions of discourse analysis were evaluated according to theheadings 'self-identity', 'activity', 'goal', 'norm and value', 'position and relation' and 'resource' mentionedin the article Ideological Discourse Analysis, and the ideological discourses in Soviet animated cinemawere analyzed.