Un arquetipo para el superhéroe: sustitución y configuración del mundo personal en Big Hero 6

Arturo Encinas Cantalapiedra; Vera Merino Gómez; María Pérez de la Peña; Valeria Andreina Salgado Rodríguez

doi:10.31921/doxacom.n40a2183

Authors

Arturo Encinas Cantalapiedra Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4052-9668
Vera Merino Gómez Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain
María Pérez de la Peña Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain
Valeria Andreina Salgado Rodríguez Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n40a2183

Keywords:

Archetype, film analysis, substitution, possible worlds, superhero movies

Abstract

This article examines the notions of substitution and archetypes in the film Big Hero 6, in both its narrative and audiovisual dimensions from the perspective of poetic possible worlds, exploring how these two notions shape the personal world of the film’s protagonist, Hiro Hamada. Our research makes a novel contribution to the field of Superhero Studies, offering an analysis of the audiovisual characteristics of a superhero film and exploring a work within the genre that has not yet received attention from researchers. The research identifies and explains several narrative strategies and their function: the role of the mediating substitute, the mimetic aspect of exemplary storytelling, and the mechanism of preserving the world’s structure through substitution. Camera position, framing and lighting all serve as audiovisual counterparts of these narrative strategies.

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Author Biographies

Arturo Encinas Cantalapiedra, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain

PhD Professor at the Faculty of Communication of the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (UFV), Madrid. Professor of Audiovisual Narrative, Narration in Video Games and Image Analysis with a PhD in the Humanities, and degrees in Audiovisual Communication and Cinematography. Member of the Stable Research Group “Imagination and possible worlds”. He is currently PI of the research project Mundos posibles y formatos de ficción en series de animación (Reference: UFV 2024-10). His research is principally focused on the hermeneutics of poetic possible worlds and its application in literature, cinema, TV series and video games. His scientific work has been published in indexed journals and by prestigious publishers such as Fragua, McGraw-Hill, Los Libros de la Catarata, Sindéresis and Encuentro.
Vera Merino Gómez, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain

News editor. Student of the Degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (UFV), Madrid. Editor at Mirada 21 TV and currently participating in the research project Mundos posibles y formatos de ficción en series de animación (Reference UFV 2024-10).
María Pérez de la Peña, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain

News editor. Student of the Degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (UFV), Madrid. International Mobility Program at Kanagawa University, Yokohama, Japan. Editor at Mirada 21 TV and collaborator with Onda Universitaria, currently participating in the research project Mundos posibles y formatos de ficción en series de animación (Reference UFV 2024-10).
Valeria Andreina Salgado Rodríguez, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain

News editor. Student of the Degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (UFV), Madrid. Erasmus Program at Pazmany Peter Catholic University, in Budapest, Hungary. She is currently participating in the research project Mundos posibles y formatos de ficción en series de animación (Reference UFV 2024-10).

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