A Style-Sensitive Approach to Religion and Film
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9204810 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Last (0000-0003-4581-0157, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5R 2M8, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 545-563 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Numen (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-5973 • E-ISSN: 1568-5276 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685276-12341239 |
| OpenAlex | W4239763388 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Religion and film courses have become popular additions to undergraduate course calendars. However, this relatively new discipline still lacks methodological sophistication. The present study proposes that instructors and critics should begin to afford attention to the ways in which films articulate meaning through their audio-visual, stylistic dimensions. Film style is an important element of filmmaking that has largely been ignored by scholars of religion. By affording attention to the aspects of film that distinguish it from other artistic media, critics and instructors will be able to better illuminate the manner in which religious material is expressed through the film medium
Aesthetics · Art · Documentary film · Element (criminal law) · Epistemology · Film genre · Film studies · Filmmaking · History of religions · Meaning (existential) · Media studies · Movie theater · Political science · Sociology · Sophistication · Style (visual arts) · Visual arts · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Study and Philosophy of Religion
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |