NARRATIVE MATRICES AND DISCURSIVE PRACTICES OF THE FILM MONTEVIDEO, TASTE OF A DREAM

Text topic: Narratology

Text author: Наташа Симеуновић Бајић

The aim of this study is to determine and explain the basic narrative matrices and discursive practices of the film “Montevideo, Taste of a Dream” that was first shown on 20th December 2010. The central topic of this film is success of the national football team at the First World Football Championship held in Montevideo in 1930. The theoretical framework is based on critical media studies and film studies. The paper focuses on the main narrative matrices of the socio-historical and geographical-cultural context that formed discursive practices. In this paper, methods of narrative analysis and critical discourse analysis were used. The analyses merged the internal structure of the text (the film), its external discursive field, details and widest approach. The work should demonstrate how selection of narrative elements affects success of the film.