RE105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Visual Gag, Hagiography, Literal And Figurative Language
Document Summary
Approaches to religion and film: film using religion, shared archetypes. The hero; the prophet; the saviour: shared narratives. Salvation; redemption; forgiveness; hope; good/evil: symbolic/ physical. The significant prop; the sight gag: scriptures and film, scriptures, like myths, have been used extensively in film, bibles (and biblical paraphernalia) and/or biblical material appear in films- as props, in quotes, and/or in the plots of film. Reinhartz typology: bible as artifact, biblical texts, narrative structure, narratives of religion and film, narratives: stories/accounts in which events are presented in an organized sequence. Sacred narratives: stories/accounts that present honoured events in an organized fashion for religious use (ie. teaching, inspiration, recording, creating, meaning). Presumed to have an accepted form: elements. Tropes: figurative language or a communicative device: ex. Illustrates three major uses of scripture: narrative. Film and the hebrew scriptures: why use the scriptures, collective knowledge, exotic, varied stories/ characters/ settings. Issues and considerations: the sanctity of scripture, reverence vs.
