Critical Discourse Analysis of Gender Representation of Male and Female Characters in the Animation Movie, FROZEN

Résumé

Films are means to express ideological stances. This study analyzes gender representation in the film Frozen an animation movie using a number of gender theories such as Coates (1986). This study is a qualitative study through a Discourse Analysis approach that makes it a descriptive study. Findings shows the occurrences of a few themes under the verbal, non-verbal and language used based on gender roles namely, hesitation, intonation, interruptions, politeness, talkativeness, self-disclosure, power control and independence and bravery. The equality of a women and man in the movie depends on the power. There are lots of speech styles that differentiate between men and women.