Hermeneutic Analysis of Soviet Feature Films of 1941-1942 on the Military Theme

In the article the author performs a hermeneutic analysis of the cultural context
(i.e. investigation of media texts interpretation, cultural and historical factors influencing the views
of the agency / author of a media text and the audience) of Soviet feature military films of 1941-
1942. The author bears in mind that the hermeneutic analysis of a media text comprehension
involves a comparison with a historical, cultural tradition and reality; insight into its logic;
comparison of media images in historical and cultural contexts combined with the historical,
hermeneutical analyses of the structural, plot, ethical, ideological and iconographic / visual
analyses of media stereotypes and media text characters.