Depiction of family relationships in finding nemo (2016)‎ : visual analysis

الملخص EN

This research is a qualitative study which investigates linguistic analysis on the children short story, Finding Nemo (2016), and sheds light on the family relationships between father and his son in this short story.

This research provides the application of Kress and van Leeuwen's Visual analysis (2006).

The main aim of this study is to make a comprehensive analysis of the children short story, Finding Nemo (2016).

It also aims to determine the nature of family relationships in this short story.

In order to achieve these goals, visual grammar is chosen as theoretical framework of this study.

So, the analysis provides the application of Kress and van Leeuwen's Visual analysis (2006) in order to present the different aspects of visual grammar.

The visual analysis of Finding Nemo (2016) clarifies that the participants in this short story are depicted as if they are doing something, either for themselves or for the child reader.

In addition to the doing participants, indirect gaze is dominant.