應用普洛普理論探討新女性英雄形象─以動畫電影「勇敢傳說」為例

Applying Propp’s Character Theory to Investigate the Hero Image of New Woman- A Case Study of Using Animation film “Brave”

黃淑貞(Shwu-Jen Huang)

指導教授 ： 林承謙

國立臺中科技大學/設計學院/商業設計系碩士班/碩士(2014年)

https://doi.org/10.6826/NUTC.2014.00013

摘要

「新女性」一詞代表自我思想獨立、勇敢爭取人權性別平等與充分享受生活的代名詞，實踐女性所追求的精神，各領域的新女性們以積極的方式推動新女性女權運動，現今社會有更多女性支持兩性平等且願意承認自己是新女性女權主義者。而社會過多的傳統規範給予女性無法喘息的空間，長期淺移默化之下，新女性開始有了自我獨立思考模式，希望能在各領域中擁有參與權及決策權，新女性面對傳統社會的深切期盼，該如何妥善處理社會與家庭的關係，勢必有需要將此問題做深入探討及研究。本研究透過皮克斯（Pixar）公司於2012年發行之以女性為主角的動畫電影「Brave─勇敢傳說」為研究對象，研究目的為以下五點：（1）探討勇敢傳說故事敘事結構（2）了解影片營造英雄畫面氛圍（3）分析英雄旅程試煉的轉折點（4）解讀代表新女性的符號意涵（5）發現女性與傳統社會之現況。
本研究藉由弗拉第米爾‧普洛普（Vladimir Propp）童話故事中的31項功能敘事結構分析影片故事的敘事結構以及克里斯多夫‧佛格勒（Christopher Vogler）英雄12旅程了解新女性在蛻變旅程中的歷險，以及女性如何從中放下傳統包袱進而得到嶄新的自由。
本研究透過上述之分析得到結論如以下五點：（1）普洛普敘事結構擺盪在童話與現實之間（2）壯闊景觀帶給觀者更多英雄故事氛圍（3）英雄的試煉階段開啟對話旅程（4）新女性內化弓箭與項鍊後的「崛、煉、殆、生」（5）新女性告別標籤化形象造就勇敢傳說。

關鍵字

人權性別平等 ； 皮克斯 ； 英雄旅程 ； 敘事 ； 標籤

並列摘要

“New Woman” is a term synonymous to a person who is independently minded, has the courage to vie for human rights and gender equality, and who substantially enjoys life. To realize the goals pursued by all women, new women of various domains have actively promoted new feminist movements; thus, in current societies, increasing number of women are supporting gender equality and are willing to acknowledge themselves as new feminists. However, the excessive numbers of traditional norms existing in society have constrained women’s actions and behaviors; consequently, under imperceptible influences, these women have gradually developed intellectual independence, hoping that they could possess the power to participate in crucial decision-makings. Thus, how should these new women appropriately manage their social and familial relationships when facing high expectations from the traditional society necessitates extensive investigations? This study adopted Pixar’s animated movie released in 2012—Brave, which starred a female protagonist, as the research subject. The purpose of this study was to (1) investigate the narrative structure of this movie, (2) understand the heroic image created in the movie, (3) analyze the turning points that occurred during the hero’s journey, (4) interpret the symbolic meanings of new woman, and (5) identify the current status of women and the traditional society.
This study analyzed the narrative structures of the movie Brave by examining the 31 narrative functions of fairy tales developed by Vladimir Propp. Additionally, based on the 12 stages of a hero’s journey, which were proposed by Christopher Vogler, we provided insight into the process of change during the adventures of a new woman and how she liberated herself during her journey from the constraints imposed by traditional norms.
Through these analyses, the following research findings were achieved: (1) Propp’s narrative structure swayed between fairy tales and the reality; (2) images of magnificent landscape provided viewers with a strong sense of heroism; (3) the stage at which the heroine encounters challenges (tests) initiated the dialogue; (4) new women in the movie internalizedthe process of discovery, tempering, peril (danger), and birth after she received the bow and arrowsand necklace; and (5) new women liberating from their labelled images created the legend of their braveness.

並列關鍵字

human rights and gender equality ； Pixar ； hero’s journey ； narration ； label

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