Co kultura popularna zrobiła z Żydem Wiecznym Tułaczem? Współczesne renarracje legendy o Ahaswerze.
What Popular Culture Has Done With the Wandering Jew? Contemporary Renarrations of the Lehenf of Ahasverus
Author(s): Szymon MakuchSubject(s): Social Sciences, Jewish studies, Visual Arts, Comparative Studies of Religion, Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sociology of Culture, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, History of Antisemitism, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej
Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the article is an analysis of the ways of existence of the Wandering Jew character in contemporary culture. Considerations include literary texts, movies, comic books and computer games. In the 20th and 21th century this motif is still present in pop culture, and the apocrypha is very interesting material for many reinterpretations and renarrations. The analysis is based on two types of narration – “biblical” and “non biblical.” The first group includes works where the Wandering Jew participates in the suffering of Jesus and has a possible impact on the course of events. The second group includes works where the Wandering Jew does not participate in life and death of Jesus; however, characters have his name or there are references to the legend.
Journal: Kultura Popularna
- Issue Year: 45/2015
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 88-97
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Polish