Language & Intercultural Communication
Editor: Dr John Corbett (University of Glasgow)
Associate Editor: Robert Crawshaw (Lancaster University)
Reviews and Criticism Editor: Dr Fiona J. Doloughan (University of Surrey)
Editorial Board: Gavin Jack (University of Stirling)
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Volume: 6 Number: 2 Page: 124–135
doi:10.2167/laic232.0
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Reading Dogville in Brazil: Image, Language and Critical Literacy
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Walkyria Monte Mór
University of São Paulo, Brazil
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This paper is a report of a research project on critical multiliteracies and multimodality in Brazilian education. In the context of a growing concern for the construction of images in contemporary society, the paper discusses the interrelations between image, language and interpretation. The specific object of the investigation described below is the cinematic image as communication. This paper discusses the interpretive strategies of university-level Brazilian spectators of the film Dogville, directed by Lars von Trier, seeking to understand the interpretive strategies of these spectators in relation to a film whose highly specific visual language provokes differing cultural interpretations.
Keywords: image, interpretation, visual literacy, critical literacy, literacy education
© 2006 W. Monte Mãr
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