Sight and Sound in ‘Sterkenwald’: On Theodicy and the Senses

The article “Sight and Sound in ‘Sterkenwald’: On Theodicy and the Senses” examines how Sterkenwald (a medieval literary work) uses the senses of vision and hearing to explore the problem of theodicy (i.e. the justice or goodness of God in relation to the existence of evil). It analyses how sensory imagery (sight, sound) functions not merely as decorative detail but as a theological and semiotic medium: these sensory elements are tied into questions of divine justice, moral order, suffering, and the human capacity to perceive or misperceive divine action or absence. The author argues that Sterkenwald evokes sensory experience to mediate theological issues, complicating the boundary between what is seen/heard and what is intelligible or justifiable in a world with suffering.

Loại tài liệu:

Article - Bài báo

Tác giả:

Bugbee, John

Đề mục:

Medieval literature

Nhà xuất bản:

Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature

Ngày xuất bản:

2008

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Định danh tư liệu:

https://doi.org/10.2307/43632337

Nguồn gốc:

Medium Aevum; Volume 77, Number 2, 2008, Pages 202-221

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Sight and Sound in ‘Sterkenwald’: On Theodicy and the Senses

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