Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Religious Mythology: The Problem of Aberration of Infernal Characters in Japanese “Anime”

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2019 12 (5)
Authors
Burkhanov, Rafael A.; Ivanova, Evgenia V.; Kolpakova, Anna D.
Contact information
Burkhanov, Rafael A.: Surgut State University 1 Lenin, Surgut, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous okrug, 628403, Russia; Ivanova, Evgenia V.: Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin 51 Lenina, Ekaterinburg, 620083, Russia; ; Kolpakova, Anna D.: Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin 51 Lenina, Ekaterinburg, 620083, Russia
Keywords
myth; religion; religious mythology; mass culture; cultural hero; infernal cultural character; Japanese anime; Japanese culture
Abstract

Abstract. The article represents the study, devoted to the peculiarities of the modern infernal religious mythology manifestation in the space of mass media. The authors’ interest is focused on the analysis of the locus of religious mythology from through the aberration of Western culture characters on the Japanese ones. Thereby the narrative scope of the author’s concept of “religious mythology” is expanded. The interaction of mass culture and religion within the framework of a single study is increasingly common, however, the syntax of Shintoism and anime is a rare, although, relevant topic. In this article, the authors set the task of examining and analysing the influence of Shintoism, Christianity, Buddhism and American culture on the interpretation of infernal cultural heroes (characters) in the media discourse of Japanese animation developed during the creation of animated films and TV series

Pages
752–763
DOI
10.17516/1997–1370–0420
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/110302

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