Animated Parables

A Pedagogy of Seven Deadly Sins and a Few Virtues

AvTerry Lindvall

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Del i serien Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture

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Beskrivning

Generally neglected for their rhetorical power, animated cartoons provide a treasure chest of provocative and comic gems that teach about the seven deadly sins. After a brief history of parables and fables, icons and visual communication, this book explores each of the seven deadly sins as represented in short animated films from Disney, Pixar, the Warner Brothers, and international animators. Terry Lindvall argues that attending to the tropes of the cartoons leads to exemplary and revelatory discoveries, to seeing more of what pride, envy, wrath, sloth, avarice, gluttony, and lust mean across cultures and historical eras.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-12-28
Mått:157 x 236 x 22 mm
Vikt:558 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
Antal sidor:284
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781978715035
Utmärkelser:Winner of Outstanding Academic Title 2024

Utforska kategorier

Konstböcker inom Kultur
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Terry Lindvall is C. S. Lewis Chair of Communication and Christian Thought at Virginia Wesleyan University.

Recensioner i media

Lindvall took a topic usually of little interest to most popular culture researchers—i.e., religion/theology—“relevantized” it with much supporting theory drawn from many fields, polished it with interesting anecdotal snippets and entertaining synopses of animation shorts, and wove all of this into a book offering diverse cultural, historical, and international contexts. Lindvall's aim was to show how the seven deadly sins—pride, envy, anger, sloth, avarice, gluttony, and lust—have been interpreted by theologians, literary authors, philosophers, artists, animators, painters, filmmakers, religious figures (e.g., the apostles, Buddha, Christ, etc.). Each deadly sin is given a chapter, impeccably researched and amusingly presented, with bits of theory, poetry, song lyrics, illustrations, story plots, informational notes, and plentiful references. Cleverly organized, rich in information, and written with an infectious sense of humor, Animated Parables is a wonderful resource. Never were the seven deadly sins presented with such precision, wit, and verve. Bravo, Lindvall! Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: A Brief Pedagogy of ParablesPart I: Aesthetic RootsChapter One: Parables and FablesChapter Two: Emergence of the Visual ParablePart II: Dead BranchesChapter Three: Sin, Judgment, and BlindnessChapter Four: Pride (Superbia of the Peacock)Chapter Five: Envy (Invidia or the Wolf)Chapter Six: Wrath (Ira or the Lion)Chapter Seven: Sloth (Acedia or the Ass)Chapter Eight: Avarice (Avaricia or the Camel)Chapter Nine: Gluttony (Gula or the Swine)Chapter Ten: Lust (Luxuria or the Goat)Part III: Spiritual Fruit Chapter Eleven: Virtues and Redemption