Of Elephants and Toothaches
Fordham University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8232-6927-3 (ISBN)
This collection is the first to offer a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Decalogue, a ten-film cycle of modern tales that touch on the ethical dilemmas of the Ten Commandments. The cycle’s deft handling of moral ambiguity and inventive technique established Kieślowski as a major international director.
Kieślowski once said, “Both the deep believer and the habitual skeptic experience toothaches in exactly the same way.” Of Elephants and Toothaches takes seriously the range of thought, from theological to skeptical, condensed in the cycle’s quite human tales. Bringing together scholars of film, philosophy, literature, and several religions, the volume ranges from individual responsibility, to religion in modernity, to familial bonds, to human desire and material greed. It explores Kieślowski’s cycle as it relentlessly solicits an ethical response that stimulates both inner disquiet and interpersonal dialogue.
Eva Badowska (Author) Eva Badowska is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Fordham University. Her publications include articles on Victorian fiction (in PMLA and Victorian Literature and Culture), feminist theory (in Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature), psychoanalytic theory (in The Psychoanalytic Review) and Polish poetry (in Parnassus: Poetry in Review). She is now working on a book entitled Kieslowski in Theory and History. Francesca Parmeggiani (Author) Francesca Parmeggiani is Associate Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at Fordham University. Her research focuses on contemporary Italy, women’s writing, and cinema. She is the author of Lo spessore della letteratura (Longo, 2007), a study of the fictional adaptations of scripture by Italian writers in the 1960s and 1970s, and the co-editor of Forme, volti e linguaggi della violenza nella cultura italiana (Edibom, 2012), an essay collection on the representation of violence in Italian culture. Her articles have appeared in Annali d’Italianistica, Cahiers d’études italiennes, Italica, Italianistica, and Romance Languages, among other venues.
Acknowledgments "Within unrest, there is always a question" Eva Badowska and Francesca Parmeggiani Rules and Virtues: The Moral Insight of Krzysztof Kiezlowski's Decalogue William Jaworski Tablets of Stone, Tablets of Flesh: Synesthetic Appeal in Kie?lowski's Decalogue Joseph G. Kickasola Kiezlowski's Decalogue One: Witnessing a Responsible Ethics of Response from a Jewish Perspective Moshe Gold Visual Reverberations: Decalogues Two and Eight Eva M. Stadler Remember the Sabbath Day, to Keep it Holy: Kiezlowski's Decalogue Three Joseph W. Koterski, S.J. Decalogue Four: "You Are Completely Free and I Pretend It Doesn't Affect Me At All" Anne-Katrin Titze Decalogue Five: A Short Film about Killing, Sin, and Community Michael Baur States of Exception: Politics and Poetics in Decalogue Six Eva Badowska Decalogue Seven: A Tale of Love, Failing Words, and Moving Images Francesca Parmeggiani Decalogue Eight: Childhood, Emotion and the Shoah Emma Wilson Divine Possession: Metaphysical Covetousness in Decalogue Nine Philip Sicker Laughter Makes Good Neighbors: Sociability and the Comic in Decalogue Ten Regina Small Notes List of Contributors Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.6.2016 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8232-6927-2 / 0823269272 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8232-6927-3 / 9780823269273 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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