The religious affordance of fiction: a semiotic approach
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In this paper, the authors draw on narrative semiotics to explain why some fictional narratives afford religious use and have hence given rise to fiction-based religions, such as Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings, and identify and discuss textual "veracity mechanisms" that in various ways can help achieve such a sense of factuality.About:
This article is published in Religion.The article was published on 2016-10-28 and is currently open access. It has received 26 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fantasy & Fiction theory.read more
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Gilles Fauconnier & Mark Turner, " The way we think: conceptual blending and the mind's hidden complexities"
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Embodied visions: evolution, emotion, culture and film
TL;DR: In Moving Viewers, Plantinga presents a general theory of affect elicitation in film through the detailed analysis of the affective methods utilized by Hollywood film as mentioned in this paper, arguing that the global influence of the Hollywood style and its emphasis on avoiding audience boredom at all costs and attempt[ing] to elicit strong, clear … emotions throughout the viewing process makes it the ideal starting point for a theory of cinematic emotion.
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Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith
TL;DR: Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith CAROLE M. CUSACK, 2010 Farnham, Surrey & Burlington, VT: Ashgate viii + 179 pp., £50.00, US$79.95 (hb) ISBN 978−0−7546−6780−3 Why invent a religio...
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Contemporary fantasy fiction and representations of religion: playing with reality, myth, and magic in His Dark Materials and Harry Potter
TL;DR: This article argued that fantasy fiction both reflects and forms religious interests and religious fascination in contemporary society, and, in combination with the related new virtual worlds of the supernatural, fantasy fiction provides sites for exploration of religion.
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