DECODING SEMIOTIC PUZZLES: MANIFEST TV SERIAL, STRUCTURAL IMPLICATIONS AND POSTHUMAN PROTAGONISTS

Özgür Yılmazkol, Nilüfer Pembecioğlu

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The supernatural drama, recognizable for the supernatural (or mind-expanding) element within the plot, has become an established genre within contemporary international cinema as well as television series. The story of a supernatural drama mostly centers on a paranormal occurrence and what occurred to a group of heroes, while various characters are occasionally brought to the forefront. It includes pieces of the puzzle or some issues that are thought to be manifest, presented to the heroes in the form of semantic codes, and resolved throughout the narrative. The supernatural drama presents a rational approach to the supernatural element in the form of television series as well, burying it within the story and disclosing it gradually as the plot progresses. This study aims to have a structural and semiotic analysis of the television series Manifest. This study is based on the assumption that the Manifest television serial creates a reality that each participant in the narrative reflects a transhumanist perspective that never surfaces nor is emphasized in the movie. As a result, it is based on examples of how the Manifest and Transhumanism ties are constructed using different passages from the narrative and other extra-textual aspects.

 

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transhumanism, posthuman, mythology, manifest, faith, immortality

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