The strange Gospel : : narrative design and point of view in John /

The strange Gospel : : narrative design and point of view in John / / by James L. Resseguie.

In this literary analysis of the Gospel of John, Resseguie examines rhetoric, setting, character, and plot to uncover the Gospel's unique point of view. He shows the usefulness of the concepts of defamiliarization and point of view for understanding how the narrator makes the familiar seem stra...

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Superior document:Biblical interpretation series ; Volume 56
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Resseguie, James L.,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston ;, Koln : : Brill,, [2001]
©2001
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
Series:Biblical interpretation series ; Volume 56.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Illustrations and Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • INTRODUCTION: POINT OF VIEW
  • Objective and Subjective Point of View
  • Ideological Point of View
  • Spatial Point of View
  • Temporal Point of View
  • Phraseological Point of View
  • Characters' Speech
  • Narrator's Speech
  • Psychological Point of View
  • Ripe Figs
  • The Narrator
  • The Reader
  • I. POINT OF VIEW BY RHETORIC
  • Language of Estrangement
  • Irony
  • Misunderstandings
  • Double entendres
  • Conclusion
  • II. POINT OF VIEW THROUGH SETTING
  • Inside and Outside
  • Sheepfold
  • Garden
  • Courtyard
  • Praetorium
  • Center and Perimeter
  • Well
  • Temple
  • Tomb
  • Near and Far
  • Sea
  • Mountain
  • Conclusion
  • III. POINT OF VIEW IN CHARACTER
  • Jesus
  • What the Narrator Says
  • What Others Say about Jesus
  • Jesus' Speech
  • Jesus' Actions
  • Dominant Characters
  • Nicodemus
  • The Jews
  • The World
  • The Royal Official
  • Marginalized Characters
  • The Man at the Pool of Bethzatha
  • The Man Born Blind
  • Mary Magdalene
  • The Disciples
  • Simon Peter
  • The Beloved Disciple
  • Thomas
  • Judas Iscariot
  • Conclusion
  • IV. POINT OF VIEW AND PLOT
  • Shape of the Plot
  • Point of View in Plot
  • The Stable Condition
  • The Downward Turn
  • The Dénouement
  • The Upturn and a New Stable Condition
  • V. CONCLUSION
  • Spatial Point of View
  • Phraseological Point of View
  • Temporal Point of View
  • Psychological Point of View
  • Ideological Point of View
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Biblical Interpretation Series.

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