REL-260 Religion and Literature

GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretations of Text)
Study of novels, poems, plays, chiefly modern and contemporary, with emphasis on human transformation, the relationship between narrative structure and religious meaning, and the sacramental imagination. Texts have included works by Tolstoy, F. O’Connor, W. Percy, Dinesen, Yann Martel, Julian Barnes, Patrick Modiano, and Marilynne Robinson. Essays on narrative theology and literary criticism also considered. 4 credits.