RE: The Humanities
December 24, 2019 at 11:28 pm
(This post was last modified: December 24, 2019 at 11:28 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Yeah, screw that guy. Tolkein makes an interesting reference for the discussion. A devout catholic who, like his friend Lewis, intentionally set about to drive what Bel would probably refer to as christian narratives. If we see them as devices, and notice their presence in christianity and in tolkiens work and in so much more, we begin to appreciate how valuable they are. How competently we can be manipulated by them. The same is true of those satisfying narrative devices in marvel movies. Or anything other body of work, really.
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