Abstract:
The aim of this paper is to reveal multimodal specificity of the motif of fear realization in Contagion film via investigating verbal and non-verbal semiotic modes integrated in its manifestation, as well as to reconstruct conceptual dimension of the motif of fear in Contagion film by determining contextually interconnected concepts actualized in the film through verbal and non-verbal semiotic modes. The aim of this study is achieved by performing following tasks: • to specify the definition of the notion of the motif in fiction and film texts; • to delineate on the notion of concept as a constituent of the conceptual dimension of the motif; • to outline the way various semiotic modes are integrated in constructing of mono- and multimodal metaphors in film; • to analyze verbal and non-verbal manifestations of the motif of fear in Contagion that evoke contextually interconnected concepts; • to reveal multimodal metaphors manifesting the motif of fear in Contagion film and reconstruct conceptual metaphors they evoke; • to establish conceptual dimension of the motif of fear in Contagion.
