RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE IN HERMAN MELVILLE’S MOBY-DICK
RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE IN HERMAN MELVILLE’S MOBY-DICK
Author(s): Ioan SavaSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Editura Alma Mater
Keywords: destiny; rebellion; tragedy; religion; evil; predestination
Summary/Abstract: Religion, no matter which one in particular, has always constituted an important signifying system which has been wisely explored and exploited by scholars and artists for its rich display of “ready-made” parables, symbols, metaphors, or archetypes. Taking advantage of the fact that the teachings of the holy scriptures were so deeply and vividly present in the conscience of all church-goers, artists, writers in particular, did not hesitate to use religious imagery, religious symbolism, religious discourse in general, in order to convey their meanings more easily, and surely a lot more efficiently. Herman Melville is no exception; without the pretence of exhaustiveness, this paper tries a very brief survey of some of the instances in which religious discourse enlightens and unveils meaning in Moby-Dick.
- Issue Year: 2008
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 146-150
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
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