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The Gift of Story

Editat de Emily Griesinger, Mark Eaton
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 2006
The Gift of Story brings contemporary literature and film into conversation with the grand Christian narrative. This book examines the specific connections between contemporary cultural meta-narratives (the stories humans typically tell about themselves) and the ideas of hope found in Christianity. Despite postmodernism's skepticism about narrative, the dialogue with contemporary fiction, drama, music and film demonstrates that the Christian story can engender and sustain hope.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781932792478
ISBN-10: 1932792473
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 228 x 155 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.67 kg
Editura: Baylor University Press

Recenzii

The Gift of Story addresses a vital theme--that of Hope--in contemporary fiction, film, and philosophy, focusing on the Christian tradition as a response to the "postmodern" climate of fragmented hopes and fears at the turn of the twenty-first century. The book's essays find surprising expressions of hope in the novels and movies they examine, and are themselves efforts to find and express hope. --Will Katerberg, Calvin College
Written from a realistic and well-informed Christian perspective, the authors--whose eyes are open to the tragedies and contradictions of life--make a convincing case that narrative can be a gift, a gift that even engenders hope. The book is incisive, provocative, and heartening. --Stephen T. Davis, Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College

Cuprins

Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Section 1: The Postmodern Condition 1. Inventing Hope: The Question of Belief in Don DeLillo's Novels, Mark Eaton 2. Voices from Within: Gloria Anzaldúa, bell hooks, and Roberta Bondi, Anne-Marie Bowery 3. Time for Hope: The Sixth Sense, American Beauty, Memento, and Twelve Monkeys, D. Brent Laytham 4. Beyond Futility: American Beauty and the Book of Ecclesiastes, Robert K. Johnston Section 2: The Valley of Despair 5. Prosaic Grace: Doris Betts's Souls Raised from the Dead, Martha Greene Eads 6. Narrative Bones: Amy Tan's Bonesetter's Daughter and Hugh Cook's Homecoming Man, Elaine Lux 7. Hope from a Radio: Jurek Becker's Jakob the Liar, Eric Sterling 8. Friendship and Hope: Elie Wiesel's The Town Beyond the Wall, Carole J. Lambert Section 3: Resisting the Night 9. A Passion for the Impossible: Richard Rorty, John Okada, and James Baldwin, Harold K. Bush, Jr. 10. The Prophetic Burden: James Baldwin as a Latter-Day Jeremiah, Kelvin Beliele 11. Reconciliation and Hope: Confessional Narratives in South Africa, Susan VanZanten Gallagher Section 4: Adversity and Grace 12. Hope in Hard Times: Moments of Epiphany in Illness Narratives, Marilyn Chandler McEntyre 13. Geographies of Hope: Kathleen Norris and David Lynch, Kevin L. Cole 14. Attunement and Healing: The Fisher King, VMichael B. Herzog 15. The Gift of Grace: Isak Dinesen's Babette's Feast, Maire Mullins Section 5: Hope and the Imagination 16. The Redress of Imagination: Bernard MacLaverty's Grace Notes, Barry Sloan 17. The Search for "Deeper Magic": J. K. Rowling and C. S. Lewis, Emily Griesinger 18. J. R. R. Tolkien: Postmodern Visionary of Hope, Ralph C. Wood Works Cited List of Contributors