Critical Analysis of “The Walking Dead” from the Humanistic Values Perspective

Authors

  • Ana Lanuza-Avello Author Universidad San Pablo CEU, Madrid, España
  • Francisco Cabezuelo-Lorenzo Author Universidad de Valladolid (España)
  • Amparo García-Plaza Vegas Author Universidad Eclesiástica San Dámaso

Keywords:

Television series, post-apocalypse, The Walking Dead, zombies, Christianity, audiovisual fiction

Abstract

This study focuses on the analysis of the audiovisual production The Walking Dead to verify how this series of fiction uses different thematic and audiovisual resources to propose ideas that we can relate to the Christian worldview and morality. It analyzes the first two seasons of the series, set in a post-apocalyptic context, in which a group of people tries to survive in a world ravaged by a virus that turns men into zombies. The script raises several conflicts raised by this situation between the characters, as well as the evolution of their conscience on the morality of their acts.

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Author Biographies

Ana Lanuza-Avello, Universidad San Pablo CEU, Madrid, España

Profesora del área de Comunicación Audiovisual

Departamento de Comunciación Audiovisual y Publicidad

Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Comunicación

Universidad San Pablo CEU, Madrid, España

Francisco Cabezuelo-Lorenzo, Universidad de Valladolid (España)

Departamento de Historia Moderna, Contemporánea y de América, Periodismo, Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Jurídicas y de la Comunicación del Campus Público María Zambrano de Segovia (Universidad de Valladolid, España)

Amparo García-Plaza Vegas, Universidad Eclesiástica San Dámaso

Profesora doctora en la Universidad Eclesiástica San Dámaso en Madrid (España)

Published

2017-03-30

How to Cite

Lanuza-Avello, A., Cabezuelo-Lorenzo, F., & García-Plaza Vegas, A. (2017). Critical Analysis of “The Walking Dead” from the Humanistic Values Perspective. Palabra Clave, 20(2), 340–359. Retrieved from https://palabraclave.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/palabraclave/article/view/6376

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