Resseguie, James L.
Narrative criticism of the New Testament : an introduction / James L. Resseguie. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2005. - 288 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-271) and indexes.
Introducing narrative criticism -- Definition -- Narrative criticism and new criticism -- Narrative criticism and reader-response criticism -- Defamiliarization of the New Testament -- The usefulness of narrative criticism -- Rhetoric -- Definition -- Repetition -- Framing narratives -- Rhetorical figures -- Figures of thought (tropes) -- A reading of rhetoric in Luke 24:13-35 -- Setting -- Definition -- A reading of settings in Hemingway's ""Hills like white elephants"" -- Setting in the New Testament -- A reading of setting in Mark 5:1-20 -- Character -- Definition -- Round and flat characters -- Dynamic and static characters -- Showing and telling -- Robert Alter's scale of means -- A reading of character in Chopin's ""Story of an hour"" -- Reading biblical characters -- Point of view -- Definition -- Four planes of point of view -- A reading of point of view in Chopin's ""Ripe figs"" -- Point of view in the New Testament -- A reading of point of view in Luke 10:25-37 -- Plot -- Definition -- Elements of a plot -- Plot types and plot patterns -- Order of narration -- A reading of plot in the book of Revelation -- Applying narrative criticism -- Approaching texts -- A reading of the story of Nicodemus -- Conclusion.
0801027896 (pbk.)
2005023440
Bible.--New Testament--Criticism, Narrative.
BS2377.3 / .R47 2005
225.6/6
Narrative criticism of the New Testament : an introduction / James L. Resseguie. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2005. - 288 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-271) and indexes.
Introducing narrative criticism -- Definition -- Narrative criticism and new criticism -- Narrative criticism and reader-response criticism -- Defamiliarization of the New Testament -- The usefulness of narrative criticism -- Rhetoric -- Definition -- Repetition -- Framing narratives -- Rhetorical figures -- Figures of thought (tropes) -- A reading of rhetoric in Luke 24:13-35 -- Setting -- Definition -- A reading of settings in Hemingway's ""Hills like white elephants"" -- Setting in the New Testament -- A reading of setting in Mark 5:1-20 -- Character -- Definition -- Round and flat characters -- Dynamic and static characters -- Showing and telling -- Robert Alter's scale of means -- A reading of character in Chopin's ""Story of an hour"" -- Reading biblical characters -- Point of view -- Definition -- Four planes of point of view -- A reading of point of view in Chopin's ""Ripe figs"" -- Point of view in the New Testament -- A reading of point of view in Luke 10:25-37 -- Plot -- Definition -- Elements of a plot -- Plot types and plot patterns -- Order of narration -- A reading of plot in the book of Revelation -- Applying narrative criticism -- Approaching texts -- A reading of the story of Nicodemus -- Conclusion.
0801027896 (pbk.)
2005023440
Bible.--New Testament--Criticism, Narrative.
BS2377.3 / .R47 2005
225.6/6