Assignment of Discourse Analysis ___________________________________________________________________ Mickey Mouse at 75 1 Mickey Mouse has celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday. 2 He first appeared in November of nineteen-twenty-eight. 3 The Disney Company honored his birthday with a big party in Orlando, Florida. 4 Steve Ember has more about the mouse and the man who created him. 5 Walt Disney was born in nineteen-oh-one. 6 As a young man he hoped to become a movie producer or director. 7 But he could not find a job. 8 So he decided to make animated movie. 9 In traditional animation, cartoonists draw each image by hand. 10 They draw picture after picture, each one a little different from the last, to create movement. 11 Walt Disney believed animated characters could be just as popular as real actors. 12 He decided he needed a cartoon hero. 13 So he created Mickey Mouse. 14 The mouse had big eyes and ears. 15 He stood on two legs like a human. 16 On his hand he wore white gloves. 17 Mickey Mouse first appeared in nineteen-twenty-eight in the movie “Steamboat Willie”. 18 He was known then as Mortimer Mouse. 19 In nineteen-thirty- two, Walt Disney produced the first cartoon filmed in the full-color process called Technicolor. 20 This movie was called “Flowers and Trees”. 21 It starred Mickey Mouse. 22 Both the mouse and Walt Disney became famous. 23 Over the years, children read Mickey Mouse comics in newspaper and played Mickey Mouse toys. 24 They watched the “Mickey Mouse Club” on television. 25 People checked the time of day on their Mickey Mouse watches and used Mickey Mouse telephones. 26 Mickey Mouse has had a lot of cultural influence. 27 Too much, some say. 28 But these days, products with another Disney character, Winnie the Pooh, sell better than Mickey. 29 In two-thousand-four, the Disney Company will release the first full-length movie starring Mickey Mouse and other characters. 30 Then, the next year, Mickey is ___________________________________________________________________ Group: Tuong Giang, Le Mai, Trong Thanh, Huong Tra, Hai Yen Assignment of Discourse Analysis ___________________________________________________________________ to appear in his first computer animated film. 31 Both movies will be released only on video. 32 And, next summer, the United States Postal Service will start to honor Disney characters with postage stamps. 33 Guess who goes first. ___________________________________________________________________ Group: Tuong Giang, Le Mai, Trong Thanh, Huong Tra, Hai Yen Assignment of Discourse Analysis ___________________________________________________________________ II. Text summary Mickey Mouse is the most famous animated character of the Disney Company. He was created by Walt Disney. He has big eyes and ears, stands on two legs, and wears white gloves. Mickey Mouse first appeared in November of 1928 in the movie “Steamboat Willie”. This year, Mickey Mouse has celebrated his seventy- fifth birthday. Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney have become famous since the first cartoon filmed in the full-color called “Flowers and trees”. Over the years, Mickey Mouse has had a lot of cultural influence in society. For example, many things were produced in Mickey Mouse’s shape such as Mickey Mouse toys, Mickey Mouse watches or Mickey Mouse telephones. In the next two years, the Disney Company will release two movies starring Mickey Mouse and others characters. Especially, the United States Postal Service will start to honor Disney characters with postage stamps. Actually, Mickey Mouse’s image is in everybody’s heart. Genres: * Content: Describe the Mickey Mouse’s development process from his first appearance to now. * Format: - There are three Mickey Mouse’s pictures on the left of the text. The text is on the right; it is divided into eight paragraphs. - At the bottom of the text, there is the explanation of two words “animated” and “character”. - The letter “M” is capitalized very big at the first paragraph. - At the top of right corner has the phrase “Happy new year” * Generic structure: Mickey Mouse at seventy-fifth was written for people on over the world especially children. Therefore, it was used with understandable vocabularies, simple structure, or a variety of sentences and etc. For example: ___________________________________________________________________ Group: Tuong Giang, Le Mai, Trong Thanh, Huong Tra, Hai Yen Assignment of Discourse Analysis ___________________________________________________________________ - Short sentence: “It starred Mickey Mouse” - Imperative sentence: “Guess who goes first” - Bold word: animated, characters, cultural - Capitalize proper noun: Mickey Mouse, Disney Company, Orlando, Florida, Steve Ember, Walt Disney, Steamboat Willie, Mortimer Mouse, and United States Postal Service - At the beginning of each paragraph, the first letter of the word is capitalized and - Some proper noun are in quotation mark: “Steamboat Willie”, “Flowers and Trees”, “Mickey Mouse Club” - Hyphen between words: seventy-fifth, nineteen-twenty-eight, nineteen-oh- one, nineteen-thirty-two, two-thousand-four * Communicative message: This text is to happy Mickey Mouse’s seventy-fifth birthday. Through the text, the writer describes the Mickey Mouse’s development process from his appearance through his famous animated films and Mickey Mouse’s cultural influences in society. Besides, he wants to let everyone know the Disney Company’s projects in the next two years. III. Elements making the text meaningful 1. Picture analysis In these pictures, Mickey Mouse and his girl friend (Minnie) are on the great wall on the street and in Disney Park. This shows that how famous Mickey Mouse is all over the world. Also, through the pictures, we can image the image of Mickey Mouse in reality. On his face, there is always a friendly smile that makes more lovely and amiable. 2. Lexical devices a. Synonymy ___________________________________________________________________ Group: Tuong Giang, Le Mai, Trong Thanh, Huong Tra, Hai Yen Assignment of Discourse Analysis ___________________________________________________________________ (9) – (10): image – picture (12) – (13): cartoon hero - Mickey Mouse (17) – (18): Mickey Mouse -- Mortimer Mouse (19) – (20): the first cartoon filmed in the full color – “the Flowers and Trees” b. Repetition (1) – (3): his seventy-fifth birthday (9) – (10): draw (1 - 14 – 17 – 21 – 23 – 25 – 26 – 28 – 29 - 30): Mickey Mouse (6 – 8 – 17 – 20 - 29): movie (5 – 11 – 19 - 22): Walt Disney (3) – (29): the Disney Company (21) – (29): Movie starring Mickey Mouse (29) – (31): release (2) – (17): nineteen-twenty-eight (4 – 14 – 22): the mouse c. Antonym d. Hyponymy (4) – (5), (6): man – Walt Disney, a young man (6) – (7): movie producer, director – job (8) – (9), (19), (30): animated movies- traditional animation, cartoon film in the full color, computer animated film (8) – (17), (20): animated movies – “Steamboat Willie”, “the Flowers and Trees” (11) – (12): animated characters – cartoon hero (13) – (14): Mickey Mouse – mouse (23) – (24) – (31): newspaper – television – video (co-hyponym) (23) – (25): children – people (28) – (32): Winnie the Pool Mickey – Disney characters e. Metonymy ___________________________________________________________________ Group: Tuong Giang, Le Mai, Trong Thanh, Huong Tra, Hai Yen Assignment of Discourse Analysis ___________________________________________________________________ (1), (5), (8) – (3): Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney, Winnie the Pool Mickey - the Disney Company (8) – (9), (10), (11), (12): animated movies – cartoonists, image, movement, animated characters, cartoon hero (13) – (14), (15), (16): Mickey Mouse – big eyes and ears, two legs, hands (17) – (18): “Steamboat Willie” - Mortimer Mouse f. Conceptual fields (1) – (2), (3): birthday – November of nineteen- twenty- eight, party (22) – (23), (24), (25): the mouse - Mickey Mouse comics in newspaper, Mickey Mouse toys, Mickey Mouse club, Mickey Mouse watches, Mickey Mouse telephones 3. Grammatical devices a. Reference (1) – (2) – (17) – (18): Mickey Mouse – he (anaphoric) (1) – (4): Mickey Mouse – him (personal) (2) – (3) - (14) – (15) – (16): he – the mouse (demonstrative) (2) - (3): he – him (personal) (6) – (7) – (8): a young man – he (anaphoric) (11) – (12) – (13): Walt Disney – he (anaphoric) (19) – (20): the first cartoon filmed in the full-color – this movie (demonstrative) (20) – (21): this movie – it, “The Flowers and Trees” – it (personal) (22) – (23): children – they (anaphoric) (29) – (30): Mickey Mouse – his (personal) b. Substitution (9) – (10): image – one (nominal) (25) – (27): people – some ___________________________________________________________________ Group: Tuong Giang, Le Mai, Trong Thanh, Huong Tra, Hai Yen Assignment of Discourse Analysis ___________________________________________________________________ (29), (30) – (31): the first full length movie, his computer animated film – both movies (29) – (32): Disney characters - Mickey Mouse and other characters c. Ellipsis (9) – (10): image – the last (the last image) (26) – (27): cultural influence – too much (too much cultural influence) (32) – (33): honor Disney characters with postage stamps – who goes first (who is honored with postage stamps first) d. Conjunction (5) – (6): as (temporal) (6) – (7): but (adversative) (6) - (7) – (8) – (12) – (13): so (causal) (17) – (18) – (29) – (30): then (temporal) (26) – (27) – (28): but (adversative) (31) – (32): and (additive) (29) – (30) – (31) – (32): next (temporal) IV. References 1. Tran Van Phuoc and Truong Bach Le. 2003. AN INTRODUCTION TO DISCOURSE ANALYSIS, Hue University. 2. Tran Van Phuoc, Ton Nu Thuc Anh, and Than Trong Lien Nhan. 2006. 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