REL-260 Religion and Literature

GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretations of Text)
Readings of novels, poems, plays, chiefly modern, with emphasis on human transformation, the relationship between narrative structure and religious meaning, and the sacramental imagination. Texts have included works by Tolstoy, Hesse, Sartre, F. O’Connor, W. Percy, Dinesen, Robbe-Grillet, Kundera, and works on narrative theology and literary criticism. 4 credits.