EDUCATIONAL STRIP WITH RELIGIOUS THEME

Abstract

Strip as an art form had been disputed and for long time considered inferior to literature, fine arts and film, often identified as cheap literature. However, it has since seventies of the last century, when the cultural debate between the proponents of high culture and those who fought for the status of so called low culture reached its peak, secured a status of an autochthonous art form (so called ninth art form) thus as recognised and powerful mass media product today it plays a significant role in contemporary pop-culture. Artistic aspect of strip and its role in the mass-media communications has often been a subject of discussions, however its educational potentials have been overlooked. Hence in this article we observed this specific aspect of strip that may, if used accurately have numerous possibilities. The basic intention of the article is to point to the educational aspects of strip, and give some examples that can be used in the field of religious upbringing, that is religious education.