Pop Epic in the XXI Century

Heroic Shaping of Father Vergara in «30 Coins»

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https://doi.org/10.36950/2024.41.11

Keywords:

Pop epic, rural gothic, warrior priest, Judas, cosmic horror

Abstract

This manuscript delves in the heroic construction of Father Manuel Vergara, the warrior-priest, in the first season of 30 coins, a Spanish TV series by Alex de la Iglesia. This study analyses the continuance and actualization of the most classical epic discourse in a pop TV product —although envisioned cinematographically—, detailing the generic, thematic, ideological, and spatial construction of unreal in a tale capable of conjoining the archaic, and even mythical, with the contemporary.

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2024-10-11

Issue

Número 41 (2024)

Section

Thematic Dossier. Heroes and Heroic Acts in Hispanic Culture

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Copyright (c) 2024 Yenisey Rodríguez Cabrera

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How to Cite

Rodríguez Cabrera, Y. (2024). Pop Epic in the XXI Century: Heroic Shaping of Father Vergara in «30 Coins». Boletín Hispánico Helvético, 41. https://doi.org/10.36950/2024.41.11