ChapterOneIntroduction
ChapterOneIntroduction
1.1Researchbackgroundandpurpose
Formanyyears,theanalysis
or
researchorientationin
shows
linguistic
fieldhasbeenthetext
discourse
analysis,which
an
exclusiveinterestin
thetypeof
recourses:the
language.Thedifferentgenresofwritinglikenovels,dramas,short
are
stories,thedocumentsandnewswritingspapersatalllevels。
Astheintemethasbecomecomputerscienceandtechnology
kepttobethesubjects
ofthethesisand
an
integratepartofpeoples’everydaylifeandthe
advancerapidly,humancommunicationOCCurS谢ttl
multiple
modes
interactingandcooperating诵th
each
other.Everyday,people
communicatethroughcolors,sound,music,gestures,motions,images,andother
nonverbalresources.Forexample,newspapershavemorepicturesnewsstories
are
than
before
and
theof
deliveredusuallybyvideosintheinternet.Therefore,the
change
researchorientationindiscourse
a
analysisfrommonomodality
tomultimodalitybecomes
necessity.
Althoughmany
multimodal
textslike
linguistshavemadeprofoundstudies
andresearches
ofthe
architecture,sculpture,filmposters,newspapers,magazinesand
to
textbooks,thereislittleattentionpaidanalysisofmoviewhichinvolvesmultiple
modesofcommunicationandcomplexprocessofmeaningconstruction.
ThemovietextshowswhichthecomplexmeaningsTheDa
Vinci
a
mostsimilarprocessofOurworldexperiences,through
are
andinformation
itsnovelis
a
constructed
andexpressed.The
movie
in
CD沈with
perfectexample
ofusingsymbolism
storytelling.Inspiredbythe
success
and
popularityofthemovie,thisthesisisprovided
on
、Ⅳithabundantmaterialforfurtherresearches
multimodality。
Kress
Thisthesis
paperbasesitsmajorexplorationon
andLeeuwen(1996,2006)’S