Post-secular salvation: Hallvard Bræin's Gatas Gynt
This article considers Hallvard Bræin’s 2008 film adaptation of Peer Gynt in light of theories of the post-secular. It argues that the film presents a post-secular interpretation of the ambiguous message of salvation at the end of Ibsen’s dramatic poem. Through a combination of analysis of the film...
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| description | This article considers Hallvard Bræin’s 2008 film adaptation of Peer Gynt in light of theories of the post-secular. It argues that the film presents a post-secular interpretation of the ambiguous message of salvation at the end of Ibsen’s dramatic poem. Through a combination of analysis of the film itself and examination of its production history, the article evaluates to what degree the film expresses a specifically Christian notion of salvation, and suggests that it opens for non-dogmatic interpretations of what salvation might mean, and who exactly is in need of it in the post-secular era. An examination of the who, what, when, and where of this adaptation (Hutcheon 2006) identifies how the filmmakers use Ibsen’s original text as a vehicle for a specific social message regarding the plight of people suffering from substance abuse and homelessness in contemporary Norway. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a595657fb82449929dedc9dd738fc3562024-02-02T05:03:09ZengSeptentrio Academic PublishingNordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur0809-16681503-20862015-02-013410.7557/13.33823150Post-secular salvation: Hallvard Bræin's Gatas GyntEllen Rees0University of Oslo, Centre for Ibsen StudiesThis article considers Hallvard Bræin’s 2008 film adaptation of Peer Gynt in light of theories of the post-secular. It argues that the film presents a post-secular interpretation of the ambiguous message of salvation at the end of Ibsen’s dramatic poem. Through a combination of analysis of the film itself and examination of its production history, the article evaluates to what degree the film expresses a specifically Christian notion of salvation, and suggests that it opens for non-dogmatic interpretations of what salvation might mean, and who exactly is in need of it in the post-secular era. An examination of the who, what, when, and where of this adaptation (Hutcheon 2006) identifies how the filmmakers use Ibsen’s original text as a vehicle for a specific social message regarding the plight of people suffering from substance abuse and homelessness in contemporary Norway.https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3382Peer GyntGatas Gyntfilm adaptationpost-secularismidentityhomelessness |
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| title | Post-secular salvation: Hallvard Bræin's Gatas Gynt |
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| topic | Peer Gynt Gatas Gynt film adaptation post-secularism identity homelessness |
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