The gospel according to the novelist : religious scripture and contemporary fiction
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The gospel according to the novelist : religious scripture and contemporary fiction
（New directions in religion and literature）
Bloomsbury Academic, 2017, c2015
- : pbk
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Originally published: 2015
Includes index
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Description
Why have so many prominent literary authors-from Philip Pullman and Jose Saramago to Michele Roberts and Colm Toibim-recently rewritten the canonical story of Jesus Christ? What does that say about our supposedly secular age? In this insightful study, Magdalena Maczynska defines and examines the genre of scriptural metafiction: novels that not only transform religious texts but also draw attention to these transformations. In addition to providing rich examples and close readings, Maczynska positions literary studies within interdisciplinary debates about religion and secularity. Her book demonstrates a surprising turn of events: even as contemporary novelists deconstruct the traditional categories of "secular" and "sacred" writing, they open up new spaces for scripture in contemporary culture.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Sly Evangelists: historiographic meta-gospels
2. Other Voices: alternative point-of view gospels
3. Other Realities: science fictional and metamorphic gospels
4. Inquisitive Scholars: philological and archaeological gospels
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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