从符号学视角探析电影中的宗教元素：以电影《黑客帝国》为例

作为世界上翻译成的语种最多、发行量最大的书,《圣经》被人称为“万书之王”(book of books)。在西方社会,圣经文化意义深远,它不仅是基督教（这篇文章中的基督教专指基督新教）的经典著作,还是一部博大精深的百科全书;其影响力不再局限于宗教的范围,可以说,它已经渗透到西方政治、经济、文化、艺术、哲学、法律以及社会生活的各个方面,对西方文明的形成与发展起到了举足轻重的作用。
    对于广大英语学习者来说,圣经作为了解西方文化的一扇窗口,的确是一本值得学习与研究的好书。在我国，不难发现高等院校英语专业教材中收录的一些文章中经常会出现圣经典故，因为这些典故大多文字简洁，内涵深刻，使用起来生动，使文章大为增色。然而，由于对《圣经》历史或典故的知识不足，这些典故往往成了学生学习理解上的难点，反而对于学生的学习没有起到应有的作用。
    本文以符号学为理论依据解析电影中的宗教元素，具体以电影《黑客帝国》为实例，从人物、场景、叙事结构三个角度分析电影中蕴含的宗教元素。
    另外，这也为我国学生更好地学习了解圣经知识、西方文化提供了一个行之有效的方法。

关键词：圣经；宗教；电影；符号学
An Analysis of the Religious Elements in the Films via Semiotic Theory: an Example of Movie The Matrix
Abstract: The Bible is called the Book of Books because it is translated into the most different kinds of language and has the most widely circulation. In the western world, the culture of the Bible is far-reaching. It is not only a classical work of Christian (In this article the Christian specifically refers to Christian Protestant.), but also a profound encyclopedia. The influence of the Bible is not just limited to the religious sphere. We can say it has penetrated into all aspects of Western political, economic, cultural, artistic, philosophical, legal, and social life.
The Bible is an access to understand the thinking models of Western world, a mirror of Western politic, culture, economic and other fields of social phenomena. This religious text has spread around for thousands of years and has its unique value system rooted in Western thought. Therefore, a careful study of the Bible and grasping the concept of deep-seated meaning is helpful for English learners to further understand Western society, learn the essence of Western culture, and make cross-cultural communication processes more comfortably.
This paper analyses the religious elements in the movies based on the Semiotics. Here takes The Matrix for an example. There are three main parts in the movie The Matrix we can find the religious elements. They are the characters’ names, the scenes and the narrative structure. This is a combination of the religion and modern technique.
Besides, this is an effective method for the people when learning Bible and western culture.  

Keywords: Bible；Religion；Movies; Semiotics

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