Agrarian Sacrifice Ritual in the Film’s Narration
https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2024-61-3-123-133
Abstract
This article is devoted to a structure of an agrarian sacrifice ritual in a film’s narration, basing on such films as “Earth” by A.P. Dovzhenko and “Ryazan women” by O.I. Preobrazhenskaya. During research main aspects of the ceremonial structure were characterized. It includes: participants of the ceremony, a presence of a deity, a purpose of the sacrifice, its motive and an object of sacrifice. It deals with a dramatical situation of “crisis of ceremony”, causing a struggle between “old” and “new” priesthood for the right to actualize a myth of the Earth.
About the Author
I. K. Seliverstov
S.A. Gerasimov All-Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Igor K. Seliverstov, Postgraduate Student
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Seliverstov I.K. Agrarian Sacrifice Ritual in the Film’s Narration. Vestnik VGIK. 2024;16(3(61)):123-133. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2024-61-3-123-133
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