an introduction Resseguie, James L. creator text bibliography miu Grand Rapids, Mich Baker Academic c2005 2005 monographic eng

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288 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 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. by James L. Resseguie. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-271) and indexes. Criticism, Narrative BS2377.3 .R47 2005 225.66 Res 2005 0801027896 (paper back) 2005023440 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005023440.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005023440.html DLC 150206 20250808150412.0 14071624