The Spirit and the Flesh: The Rhetorical Nature of The Last Temptation of Christ
In this article I examine the rhetoric of Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ. Using Kenneth Burke's (1962) concept of "consubstantiality," I argue that the film exceeds traditional notions of character-viewer identification by constructing a spectatorial dilemma that...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2005]
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Journal of media and religion
Year: 2005, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-61 |
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Summary: | In this article I examine the rhetoric of Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ. Using Kenneth Burke's (1962) concept of "consubstantiality," I argue that the film exceeds traditional notions of character-viewer identification by constructing a spectatorial dilemma that resembles the character's dilemma in limited but consequential ways. I then suggest that this dynamic may be why so many Christian viewers were drawn to a character they understood to be in conflict with the biblical Jesus. |
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ISSN: | 1534-8415 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of media and religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15328415jmr0401_4 |