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ACOMPARATIVESEMIOTICSTUDYOFCANHDONGHOANG

ANDAPOCALYPSE

NOW by

NGUYETNGUYEN

ATHESIS

PresentedtotheSchool

ofJournalismandCommunication andtheGraduateSchool oftheUniversityofOregon inpartialfulfillmentoftherequirements forthedegree of

MasterofArts

December2009brought to you by COREView metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.ukprovided by University of Oregon Scholars' Bank

11 Study Dr. \)CL, Date

CommitteeinCharge:

Accepted

by:

Dr.H.LeslieSteeves,Chair

Dr.PatCurtin

Dr.GabrielaMartinez

Dean oftheGraduateSchool

©2009NguyetNguyen

iii IV

AnAbstractoftheThesisof

NguyetNguyenforthedegreeofMasterofArts

intheSchool

WARFILMS:

ACOMPARATIVESEMIOTICSTUDYOF

CANHDONGHOANGAND

APOCALYPSE

NOW

Approved:_---'\_

Dr.H.LeslieSteeves

Thiscomparativesemioticstudyaims

toexamineandcriticallycomparethe portrayal ofpost- differencesinthetwofilms'portrayal ofthetimesarereflected, reinforced,andchallenged. ispromotedby v individualism;andthewomeninthefilm playamuchmoresignificantrole.

CURRICULUMVlTAE

NAMEOFAUTHOR:NguyetNguyen

PLACEOFBIRTH:Vietnam

DATEOFBIRTH:24,July,1980

GRADUATEANDUNDERGRADUATESCHOOLSATTENDED:

University

ofOregon,Eugene

DEGREESAWARDED:

Master

Bachelor

Communication

Bachelor

Relations

AREASOFSPECIALINTEREST:

PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE:

FreelanceJournalist,2003-present

VI VB

GRANTS,AWARDSANDHONORS:

FulbrightScholarship,University

ofOregon,2007-2009

Lumpur,December,2004

V111

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

IwishtoexpresssincereappreciationtoDr.

H.LeslieSteeves,whohasprovided

ofthisthesis;toDr. anddevelopthecontent assistants ofmycolleaguesand

D.Penn,forhisfirmand

woulddohisbesttohelpmeovercomethem.

ToVirginia.

IX x

ChapterPage

1.INTRODUCTION.

II.CONTEXTOFTHERESEARCH6

...6 10

TheContextsinWhichtheTwoFilmsWereMade11

Notes12

.......................13

HegemonyandIdeology..............13

Post-colonial Studies17

Neorealism20

LiteratureReview

Notes29

IV.METHODOGICALDISCUSSION30

SemiologyTheories32

SignifierandSignified

Chapter

OppositionalStructure

ConnotationandDenotation

DominantCodesandDominantIdeology..

VisualSemiotics.

Self-reflexivity.

Limitations

ofMethod. V.

OVERVIEWOFTHETWOFILMS..

ApocalypseNow.

CanhDongHoang.

GeneralComparisons.

Termination

Mission.

Depiction

ofHelicopters.

Surrealism.

Military

andGovernmentInvolvement..

Notes.

VI.

RESULTSANDDISCUSSION..

TheFacelessEnemy.

Nationalism

andIndividualism.

Portrayal

ofWomen. Xl Page 34
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BIBLIOGRAPHY120

CHAPTERI

INTRODUCTION

ofbothcountriesbecauseit

21years

ofdeadcivilians, andmillions numberskeepgrowingeveryday.

TheWar

hourdocumentaryfilm.SincetheUnited StatesandVietnamnormalizeddiplomaticties theUnitedStates

Therefore,abetterunderstanding

academic. 2

Asacitizen

degreeona

Mypuerilemindwasconvincedthat

Warhad

I,however,waswrong.Thehauntingmemories

oftheWararestillalived experienceformanypeopleIencounterboth onandoffcampus,bothinOregonandin New mythsaboutVietnamandtheVietnamWar.Ihave beenaskedbythepeopleImet questionssuchas, abroadeven haveanyfamilymembersfightingintheWar?" "Areyouacommunist?"Those oftheWar treatedwithhostility morethan

30yearsago.

doesn'tmeanitisover.If 3 hastilyshutdownandevadedthetopic, bandagedbymanylayers offabric,itlooksfinebutisachinginside. of governmentembarrassment,because butalsobecause bothcountrieshasn'tbeenresolved.Because ofthelingeringlegacyoftheWar,mutual understandingisone greatdeal

Thisrealizationisthemajorfactorthatledme

tochooseatopicabouttheWarformy finalthesisinthehopethat healingthat ismuchneededforpeopleofbothnations.

Thepurpose

Inordertoaccomplishthis

mission, thispapercomparesoneVietnamesewarfilm-

CanhDongHoang(theWild

ApocalypseNow.Both

inthesameyear,1979,and ofprior 4 differencesandsimilaritiesinthetwoviews.

Post-colonialtheoriesandtheories

ofhegemonyandideologyarethegrounding asthemain ofa ofconnotation ofoppositionalstructures.The maingoal ofquotesdbs_dbs16.pdfusesText_22

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