Narrative criticism of the New Testament : an introduction / James L. Resseguie. [print]

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 setting 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 ;

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