What makes us human? analyzing the ideological discourse present in the animation the hunchup of notredame

Abstract

Cinema can be a fruitful pedagogical tool, as it enables both aesthetic enjoyment and the ability to establish dialogues with students about content and/or themes. However, we cannot forget that films can also contribute to the reproduction of stereotyped and prejudiced ideologies. It should not be neglected that the film is present in everyday school life, being used with a certain frequency to help or entertain students in understanding certain subjects. From this perspective, we advocate, in this essay, the need for a critical appropriation of films by teachers and students that enables them to identify the ideological aspects underlying the narratives. We aim to analyze the animation The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which is an adaptation of Vitor Hugo's work, discussing some ideological aspects that permeate it, such as: xenophobia, ableism and machismo/objectification of the feminine. In animation, the duality between humanity and animality are intertwined based on the relationship established between ethics and aesthetics, by questioning the analogy between ugly/beautiful with evil/good, it displaces a position that relates ugly (in this case, the deformed) with evil/monstrous and the beautiful with goodness. In this way, animation leads us to question: what makes us human?