Against the backdrop of a possible US military attack on Iran, this report examines a film
that advances the case for independent political reform from within Iran’s borders. The
case study analyzes the cultural and political instrumentality of satire in Kamal Tabrizi’s
film, The Lizard (2004). By determining the socio-political restrictions that inform Iran’s
society and film industry, it demonstrates that The Lizard uses satire to transgress the
value-system that the Iranian theocracy is upheld by. The study draws on narrative
analysis to explore the film’s satiric devices of parody and masquerade and discusses
their significance in creating new images of clergy that combine to build an alternative
reality to the one portrayed in mainstream Iranian media. The report argues that this
utopian space undermines the established order by redefining or rejecting the terms and
dichotomies communicated through its official channels.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/5862 |
| Date | 02 December 2008 |
| Creators | Tavernaro-Haidarian, Leyla |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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