‘He will knock four times’: fate and the timey-wimey echoes of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in Doctor Who
| Autor: | Joshua S. Walden |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Literature Immorality Visual Arts and Performing Arts business.industry Communication media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Reception theory Empire 050801 communication & media studies 06 humanities and the arts Art Absolute power Immortality 0508 media and communications Motif (narrative) 0602 languages and literature Symphony Narrative business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Science Fiction Film & Television. 9:181-207 |
| ISSN: | 1754-3789 1754-3770 |
| DOI: | 10.3828/sfftv.2016.9.2 |
| Popis: | This article explores the uses of the well-known four-note motif from Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in the soundtrack of a five-episode narrative arc of Doctor Who, to argue that the motif’s rich and varied reception history permits a hermeneutic reading of the ethical dimensions of the plot’s engagement with questions of power and immortality. In particular, the motif illuminates the interpretation of fundamental messages – about the immorality of seeking absolute power on an epic scale; the distinction between heroic ambition for peace and hubristic ambition for empire; and the inescapability of fate – that underpin the storyline. |
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