HUMA 1780 Lecture Notes - Ingmar Bergman, Personal Identity, Deus Otiosus
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Stories in diverse media (ap huma 1780b) wednesday. Three major themes: personal identity, failures of society; Part of a trilogy: through a glass darkly (1961) & the silence (1963) Audience & stereotypes: national -> exclusion of non-scandinavians, christian undertones and thematic -> possible alienation of non-christians (atheists or not), existential quality -> universality of message, gender: mainly stereotypical representation of womanhood. Thomas pastor, going through profound spiritual crisis, dead wife. Marta single, school teacher, a woman that feels she cannot fulfil her family life, wants thomas. Jonas persson & his wife a couple from the village, jonas has suicidal urgencies. Algot frovik church custodian, suffered a labour related accident, on the side helps thomas organize service. *life as ending predicament -> need for altruism. Love for deceased wife vs. ambiguous, albeit highly disturbing, cruelty to marta. Two conclusions: redemptive eros (worldly love, ambiguity of ethics. *omnipresent illness -> pain as essence of life;
