Religious Narratives in Italian Literature after the Second Vatican Council A Semiotic Analysis

This book presents a semiotic study of the re-elaboration of Christian narratives and values in a corpus of Italian novels published after the Second Vatican Council (1960s). It tackles the complex set of ideas expressed by Italian writers about the biblical narration of human origins and traditiona...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Ponzo, Jenny
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter [2019]
Zusammenfassung:
This book presents a semiotic study of the re-elaboration of Christian narratives and values in a corpus of Italian novels published after the Second Vatican Council (1960s). It tackles the complex set of ideas expressed by Italian writers about the biblical narration of human origins and traditional religious language and ritual, the perceived clash between the immanent and transcendent nature and role of the Church, and the problematic notion of sanctity emerging from contemporary narrative
Umfang:
1 online resource (VIII, 178 p.)
ISBN:
9783110497830
DOI:
10.1515/9783110497830
Schlagworte:
Erzählung
Italian contemporary literature
Italien
Religiöse Zeichenlehre
Second Vatican Council
Semiotics of religion
Zeitgenössische Literatur
Zweites Vatikanisches Konzil
narrative and aesthetics
Ästhetik
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
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