Book review. Lindvall, Terry et al. (2016). Divine Film Comedies: Biblical Narratives, Film Sub-Genres, and the Comic Spirit. New York: Routledge.
This review critiques Terry Lindvall et al.'s Divine Film Comedies: Biblical Narratives, Film Sub-Genres, and the Comic Spirit. Lindvall et al.'s account is a study of a synthesis of the impact of film comedies with religious themes. By carrying out this study, using strategies from theolo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2019-07-01
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| Series: | The European Journal of Humour Research |
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| Online Access: | https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/295 |
| Summary: | This review critiques Terry Lindvall et al.'s Divine Film Comedies: Biblical Narratives, Film Sub-Genres, and the Comic Spirit. Lindvall et al.'s account is a study of a synthesis of the impact of film comedies with religious themes. By carrying out this study, using strategies from theology, humour studies, and film studies, the authors have succeeded in filling a gap in knowledge and provided scholars of all the aforementioned disciplines with an insight into this fascinating intersection of seemingly incompatible elements. |
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| ISSN: | 2307-700X |