Scandalizing Jesus?: Kazantzakis's The Last Temptation of Christ Fifty Years OnDarren J. N. Middleton Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 03 նոյ, 2005 թ. - 288 էջ 2005 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Nikos Kazantzakis' The Last Temptation of Christ. Since Kazantzakis ranks as one of the twentieth century's most important European writers, and given that this particular work of his has garnered so much publicity, this collection of essays re-assesses the novel, though not forgetting the movie, in light of one half century's worth of criticism and reception history. Clergy and laity alike have denounced this novel. When it first appeared, the Greek Orthodox Church condemned it, the Vatican placed it on its Index of Forbidden Texts, and conservative-evangelicals around the world protested its allegedly blasphemous portrayal of a human, struggling Messiah who "succumbs" to the devil's final snare while on the Cross: the temptation to happiness. Assuredly, the sentiments surrounding this novel, at least in the first thirty years or so, were very strong. When Martin Scorcese decided in the early 1980s to adapt the novel for the silver screen, even stronger feelings were expressed. Even today his works are seldom studied in Greece, largely because the Greek government is unable or unwilling to anthologize his material for the national curriculum. After fifty years, however, the time seems right to re-examine the novel, the man, and the film, locating Kazantzakis and his work within an important debate about the relationship between religion and art (literary and cinematic). Until now a book-length assessment of Kazantzakis' novel, and the film it inspired, has not appeared. No such volume is planned to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the novel's publication. For those who work in Kazantzakis studies, a focused anthology like this one is missing from library collections. The volume contains original essays by Martin Scorcese, the film critic Peter Chattaway, and Kazantzakis' translator, Peter A. Bien. |
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... meaning , and God.3 As critic Frederic Koeppel writes : We turn to great literature — all great art — for the challenge of complexity , for the shock of recognition , for the bracing bath of humanity in all its weakness and greed and ...
... meaning , and God.3 As critic Frederic Koeppel writes : We turn to great literature — all great art — for the challenge of complexity , for the shock of recognition , for the bracing bath of humanity in all its weakness and greed and ...
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... meaning as well . In the novel , Jesus originally concludes both parables with Gospel - based endings : the rich man is consigned to eternal torment ; the five foolish virgins are excluded from the wedding . But in response to protests ...
... meaning as well . In the novel , Jesus originally concludes both parables with Gospel - based endings : the rich man is consigned to eternal torment ; the five foolish virgins are excluded from the wedding . But in response to protests ...
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... meaning of his dramatic act with the equally dramatic words , " I am the resurrection and the life " ( John 11:25 ) . Thus Jesus brings eternal life to anyone who believes in him . In the novel , Jesus ' raising of Lazarus from the dead ...
... meaning of his dramatic act with the equally dramatic words , " I am the resurrection and the life " ( John 11:25 ) . Thus Jesus brings eternal life to anyone who believes in him . In the novel , Jesus ' raising of Lazarus from the dead ...
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... meaning in the novel , given the role played by Judas . Judas has his own personal journey , from the role of Zealot antagonist with opposing views of the kingdom to that of a confidant who ensures Jesus ' faithfulness to his calling ...
... meaning in the novel , given the role played by Judas . Judas has his own personal journey , from the role of Zealot antagonist with opposing views of the kingdom to that of a confidant who ensures Jesus ' faithfulness to his calling ...
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... meaning if we try to derive it from personal factors . Whenever the collective uncon- scious becomes a living experience and is brought to bear upon the conscious outlook of an age , the event is a creative act which is of importance to ...
... meaning if we try to derive it from personal factors . Whenever the collective uncon- scious becomes a living experience and is brought to bear upon the conscious outlook of an age , the event is a creative act which is of importance to ...
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