Technology: God Voice

A narrative technology that expresses the power and knowledge of a divine being and the knowledge of subjective human experience. Seen in scripture—“forceful, austere, and unequivocal.” “It allows anyone with a pen to sound like a deity,” making it possible to “touch the minds of audiences with two powerful emotions: wonder and fear” (Fletcher 34).

Related terms: Human God Voice

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Call the Midwife
Experience: Courage
Narrative Technology: Human God Voice
The fear of death during chilbirth combined with Vanessa Redgrave's wise retrospective narration (multiple times in almost every episode)
Contributed by: mi
January 9, 2025
Grey's Anatomy
Experience: Courage
Narrative Technology: Human God Voice
the fear (alleviated by a human-understanding narrator) is that we're all doomed to end as strangers inhabiting the lives of others
Contributed by: angusif
November 15, 2024
A Song of Ice and Fire
Experience: Courage
Narrative Technology: Human God Voice
the fear (alleviated by a human-understanding narrator) is of life being empty of purpose
Contributed by: angusif
November 15, 2024
Gladiator
Experience: Courage
Narrative Technology: Human God Voice
objective view of the camera lens combined with a human-focused soundtrack "rich with oxytocin-releasing musical effects" (Fletcher 42)
Contributed by: angusif
November 15, 2024
Peyton Place
Experience: Courage
Narrative Technology: Human God Voice
objective view of the camera lens combined with a human-focused soundtrack "rich with oxytocin-releasing musical effects" (Fletcher 42)
Contributed by: angusif
November 15, 2024
A Tale of Two Cities
Experience: Courage
Narrative Technology: Human God Voice
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
Contributed by: angusif
November 15, 2024
The Iliad
Experience: Courage
Narrative Technology: Human God Voice
"Sing, goddess, of the anger, the anger of Achilles born of Peleus,/the anger all-a-damaging that brought countless pains to men,/sending many stout souls to Hades before their time/making heroes into food for dogs and vultures."
Contributed by: angusif
November 15, 2024
Genesis
Experience: Awe
Narrative Technology: God Voice
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth/ And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the/face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
Contributed by: angusif
November 15, 2024