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Ocula 31 Vol. 25 | December 2024 | DOI: 10.57576/ocula2024-23 | Booklet ➞ PDF | < >
Semiotics and the representation of holiness: methodological reflections and case studies
editors Francesco Galofaro and Jenny Ponzo.
Contributors to this Issue: Paolo Bertetti, Luigi Berzano, Armando Fumagalli, Francesco Galofaro, Massimo Leone, Jenny Ponzo, María Luisa Solís Zepeda, Simona Stano, Ugo Volli.
In A.J. Greimas’ generative semiotics an element in a text is considered figurative (i.e., it is a “figure”) if it has a counterpart in the natural world. Greimas uses the expression ‘natural world’ (taken, mutatis mutandis, from Merleau-Ponty) to refer to the world of sense experi |... ⇲
This text intends to formulate a hypothesis of holiness as a daily lifestyle. The first point, The transcendent sacred, when introducing the three above-mentioned classics, is a common reference to the idea of the sacred as a transcendent reality of the individual at moments and du |... ⇲
In this essay I will deal with the topic of religious miniseries for Television, that will be seen especially from the point of view of their dramatic structure. A genre that has been –and still is- extremely successful in Italy in this new century, it has had also some other produ |... ⇲
This study concentrates on the multifaceted representations of Saint Thaïs across hagiography, literature, and art, focusing on the narratives of her conversion post the Council of Trent. Exploring verbal and visual texts, the paper identifies four key perspectives: the historical |... ⇲
This paper exposes the results of a research that focuses on the changing thresholds of the notions of sanctity and personhood in Catholic culture, with an emphasis on the contemporary age. In particular, it explores the relationship between saints and animals, thus identifying thr |... ⇲
This work provides an overview into the semiotic study of Spanish mysticism (Golden Age), and distinguishes between normative mysticism, characterized by adherence to established canon and literary tradition, and another one, which deviates from the norm, particularly in the contex |... ⇲
This paper investigates the “cult of the Self” pervading contemporary mediatised cultures, adopting a semiotic approach. More specifically, it draws on the analysis of the fictional case of Ionismo, ironically represented by director Alessandro Aronadio in the movie Just Believe (o |... ⇲
The concept of holiness is among the religious innovations brought by Christianity. In Hebrew there is a word (kadòsh) that normally translates as holy, but its usage is noticeably different, as it applies mostly to deities or entities such as the Land of Israel or the Jewish peopl |... ⇲
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