THE AVENGERS: MOBILIZATION OF DISCOURSES ABOUT RELIGION, MYTH, TECHNOLOGY, AND HISTORY

Abstract This paper addresses a postdoctoral research, which discursively analyzes The Avengers, aiming to examine eight enunciative sequences of the movie. Based on the Foucauldian perspective of archaeology and genealogy, we observe utterances regarding violence/peace; truth/untruth, and knowledge/unawareness. In the archaeology, the focus is in two basic concepts: discourse and utterance, where we observe the object, the fields of knowledge mobilized in/by it (religion/myth/ufology; technology/armamentism; history), and study the events around them. Regarding the genealogy, the reflection is on the relations between power and the production of homogenizing truths, as the latter is capable of universalizing cultures and ways of life. Two questions guide the analysis: what is the role of the circulated discourses in this Cinematographic Universe in order to create the subjects' imaginary? In addition, through an archaeological gesture, we question the connection between the media and the history of the present. It is noticeable that the Avengers are remarkable people, resembling the political-economic and arms power of USA, the possible cleverness of their heroes.

摘要 本研究围绕一项博士后课题展开，采用话语分析方法对《复仇者联盟》（The Avengers）进行研究，旨在剖析该影片的八组话语表述序列。本研究基于福柯式话语考古学与权力系谱学视角，对影片中涉及暴力与和平、真相与谬误、认知与无知的各类话语表述展开观察与分析。在话语考古学维度下，研究聚焦于“话语”与“话语表述”两个核心概念，通过二者考察其所承载的研究对象，以及其中所运用的知识场域——涵盖宗教、神话、不明飞行物学（ufology）、技术与军备主义（armamentism）、历史学，并围绕这些场域及其相关事件展开研究。而就权力系谱学而言，研究核心指向权力与同质化真相生产之间的关联，此类同质化真相能够实现文化与生活方式的普世化传播。本分析由两个核心问题引领：其一，在该电影宇宙（Cinematographic Universe）中，流通传播的话语在塑造受众主体想象的过程中发挥了何种作用？其二，借助话语考古学的研究范式，本研究探讨媒介与当下历史之间的内在关联。值得注意的是，影片中的复仇者联盟成员均为卓尔不凡的个体，其形象暗合美国政治经济与军备权力的运作逻辑，其英雄角色亦展现出相应的智性特质。