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Fedorov A. V.

The hermeneutic analysis of French feature films on the theme of school and university showed that the level of depth of immersion in school-student problems was always connected with the political and socio-cultural context. As the liberation from censorship restrictions and changes in the ethnic composition of the society, the French screen more often modeled acute plot twists related to sex, violence, deviance, political correctness and dialogue of cultures, more and more often revealing dead-end versions of classical approaches to education based on high ideals of humanism and democracy. In this respect, French cinema, of course, echoes as with many American films about the school and university of the second half of XX – beginning of the XXI century, and with some Russian films on the same topic. At the same time, it can be noted that, in general, the school-student thematic segment of the French screen, unlike Hollywood, is less entertainment-oriented, increasingly suggesting a deep insight into sociocultural problems.

Key words: film, cinema, movie, France, cinematography, teacher, educator, school, university, student, education.

* This research was funded by the grant of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF, project No. 17-18-01001) at the Rostov State University of Economics. Project theme: “School and university in the mirror of Soviet, Russian and Western audiovisual media texts”. Head of the project is professor A. V. Fedorov.

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Gorbatkova O. I.

This article is devoted to the hermeneutic analysis of the Canadian film “Monsieur Lazar” (2011), the author analyzed the structure and methods of the narration, reviews of film critics in the historical, ideological and sociocultural context. In the process of hermeneutical analysis of the film “Monsieur Lazar”, the author comes to the conclusion that the story content is not directly related to the key events taking place in the international political life of Canada, however, the socio-cultural, economic, educational tasks are to some extent reflected in the story line of the media text. The film emphasizes understanding the surrounding reality, highlights social, educational, personal (individual, subjective, psychological) problems, interpersonal relationships of the main characters (the relationship of the teacher with the teaching staff, teachers and students, schoolchildren in the class, relations in the family); the problem of moral education of the younger generation, while there is no clear division between “positive” and “negative” characters.

Key words: hermeneutic analysis, cinematography, film, film production, media text, teacher, students, Canada.

* This research was funded by the grant of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF, project No. 17-18-01001) at the Rostov State University of Economics. Project theme: “School and university in the mirror of Soviet, Russian and Western audiovisual media texts”. Head of  the project is professor  A.V. Fedorov.

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Katrich A. Yu. (Shahanskaya)

The article deals with specific examples of animated films in Western countries about school and University subjects. It gives there hermeneutic analysis.

The author notes that the vast majority of these media texts are animated series of 1990-2017 produced by the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and others. The plots are usually simple without any deep ideological or instructive subtext, the bulk of them are entertaining, but there are also educational and developmental topics: «Magic school bus» (1994), «Adventures of Jimmy Neutron» (2011) and others.

The most popular animations are those where characters are famous brands of toys, such as «School of monsters» (2010), «Winx Club – winx» (2004-2015), «Barbie: Princess charm school» (2011), etc.  Animated series on the subject of school and University are equally popular. Their main characters are beloved by audiences: “Monsters University” (2013), «School for vampires» (2006-2010), «Casper: scare school» (2006), «School little princesses» (2007), «DC girls are superheroes» (2015), «Hercules» (1998), «The Emperor’s New school» (2006-2008) and others.

The cartoons about unusual school days of ordinary students are less popular: «Allen Gregory» (2011), «Children of class 402» (2010), «Children grew up» (2003), «Sit down, deuce!» (2009), «What about Andy?» (2001-2006), «O’grady School» (2004-2006) and others.

The character types are very diverse; they are fabulous and fictional characters, based on literary works, or drawn characters similar to ordinary students and teachers, placed in the environment of school days.

Key words: hermeneutical analysis, animation, animated film, school, University, pupil, student.

* Support and acknowledgement

This article is supported by the grant of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF). Project 17-18-01001 «School and university in the mirror of the Soviet, Russian and Western audiovisual media texts», performed at Rostov State University of Economics.

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