الرواق
Volume 10, Numéro 2, Pages 949-969
2024-12-22

Through Semiotics And Hermeneutics: The Human Identity In Mark Romanek’s Film Adaptation Never Let Me Go (2010)

Authors : Slimani Mariya . Mehiri Ramdane .

Abstract

This article studies Mark Romanek`s film adaptation Never Let me go (2010) to analyze the humans` exercised control and the clones` reactionary intentional creation from semiotic and hermeneutic approaches. This cinematic work is based on the Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishigor`s dystopian novel. The study uses semiotics in analyzing the film`s cinematography to show the clones characters` preservation of their human identity despite the exercised control. Concerning hermeneutics, it is employed in interpreting the characters` dialogues by analyzing the used language that reveals the underlying themes.The research contributes in showing the challenge of preserving the human identity in a globalized world that is massively influenced by the constant change generated by technological development.

Keywords

semiotics ; hermeneutics ; cinematography ; human identity ; biotechnology