Henkel, I. orcid.org/0000-0001-7754-7977 (2019) The witty Briton stands up to the European bully. How a populist myth helped the British Eurosceptics to win the 2016 EU referendum. Politique Européenne, 4 (66). pp. 72-94. ISSN 1623-6297
Abstract
La presse britannique rapporte depuis des décennies une image déformée des affaires et des institutions européennes. Cet article affirme que la narration tordue proposée par certains médias britanniques à propos de la relation entre le Royaume-Uni et l’Europe continentale a eu autant d’influence que les stratégies discursives qu’ils ont utilisées pendant la campagne. En analysant trois exemples du point de vue du Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), et en m’inspirant des théories du mythe de Jack Lule et Roland Barthes, je trouve que deux des textes analysés construisent le mythe populiste d’un peuple britannique plein d’esprit, éternel étranger à l’UE. Cette narration a finalement contribué au vote pour le Brexit.
The British press has been reporting a uniquely distorted image of European affairs and institutions for decades. This article argues that the twisted narrative some British media offered about the relationship between the United Kingdom and mainland Europe was as influential as were the discursive strategies which they employed. Using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to investigate three sample texts, and drawing on Jack Lule’s and Roland Barthes’ theories of myth, I find that two of these texts construct a populist myth of a witty British people eternally alien to the EU. This narrative ultimately contributed to the vote for Brexit.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2024 10:41 |
Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 10:41 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | CAIRN |
Identification Number: | 10.3917/poeu.066.0072 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:217190 |