Afficher la notice abrégée

dc.contributor.adviserRomarate, Esther Rose A.
dc.contributor.authorDiaz, Ninesie A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-15T06:36:54Z
dc.date.available2024-04-15T06:36:54Z
dc.date.issued2019-03
dc.identifier.citationDiaz, N. A. (2019). Debunking the code: Comparing the portrayals of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene in Dan Brown’s novel, The Da Vinci Code and in the Synoptic Gospels (Unpublished special paper). Central Philippine University, Jaro, Iloilo City.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/2950
dc.descriptionAbstract onlyen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was conducted to analyze the novel, The Da Vinci Code written by Dan Brown in relation to the Synoptic Gospels. It focused on comparing and contrasting the characterization of Jesus and Mary Magdalene in the novel The Da Vinci Code and the Bible. To do this a series of questions was asked: who is Jesus based on The Da Vinci Code and on the four Christian Gospels, who was Mary Magdalene as portrayed in the novel and in the Bible, and what are the similarities and differences in their depictions in both texts. The Theory of Deconstruction was used to draw the inferences and to take the text apart along the structural fault lines created by the ambiguities inherent in one or more of its key concepts or themes in order to reveal the equivocations or contradictions that make the text possible. After comparing and contrasting The Da Vinci Code and the Bible, it was found that the novel has presented deconstructed pictures of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Firstly, it presented the divinity of Jesus as the result of election by humans which was totally different from the way the Bible declares Jesus as the Son of God. Secondly, it told that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had a daughter, but no record of this fact is found in the Synoptic Gospels. Finally, it depicted Mary Magdalene as a prostitute, but there is no explicit verse in the Bible that supports this claim. The Bible described her as a sinful woman and one of the witnesses of Christ’s death and resurrection, thus she was called by some scholars as the “First Evangelist."en_US
dc.format.extentvii, 53 leavesen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.lccP 91.5 .P6 .D53 2019en_US
dc.subject.lcshCharacters and characteristics in literatureen_US
dc.subject.lcshDa Vinci code (Brown, Dan)en_US
dc.subject.lcshBible. Gospelsen_US
dc.subject.lcshJesus Christen_US
dc.subject.lcshMary Magdalene, Sainten_US
dc.subject.lcshNovelsen_US
dc.subject.lcshBrown, Dan, 1964-en_US
dc.subject.lcshDeconstructionen_US
dc.titleDebunking the code: Comparing the portrayals of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene in Dan Brown’s novel, The Da Vinci Code and in the Synoptic Gospelsen_US
dc.typeSpecial paperen_US
dcterms.accessRightsNot publicly accessibleen_US
dc.description.bibliographicalreferencesIncludes bibliographical referencesen_US
dc.contributor.chairRomarate, Esther Rose A.
dc.contributor.committeememberCagasan, Bernardo G.
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Languages, Mass Communication and Humanitiesen_US
dc.description.degreeBachelor of Arts major in English Language and Literatureen_US
local.subjectTheory of Deconstructionen_US
local.subjectSynoptic Gospelsen_US
local.subjectPortrayalsen_US


Fichier(s) constituant ce document

Thumbnail

Ce document figure dans la(les) collection(s) suivante(s)

Afficher la notice abrégée