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 本研究为一项博士后研究项目，采用话语分析方法对《复仇者联盟》(The Avengers)展开探讨，旨在解析该片的八个话语表述序列。基于福柯的考古学与系谱学理论视角，本研究聚焦于围绕暴力与和平、真相与伪真相、认知与无知的各类话语表述。在考古学维度中，研究核心聚焦于话语与表述两大基本概念，涵盖研究对象、该话语所调动的知识场域（宗教、神话、不明飞行物学(ufology)、技术、军备主义(armamentism)以及历史学），并围绕这些要素展开相关事件研究。而就系谱学维度而言，本研究反思权力与同质化真相生产之间的关联——此类同质化真相能够推动文化与生活方式的普世化传播。本分析由两大核心问题指引：其一，该电影宇宙(Cinematographic Universe)中流传的话语在塑造受众的想象共同体方面发挥了何种作用？其二，本研究以考古学研究范式为路径，探讨媒介与当下历史之间的关联。值得注意的是，《复仇者联盟》中的角色均为卓尔不凡之辈，其设定暗合美国的政治经济与军备权力格局，同时其英雄形象亦彰显出相应的智性特质。