“Where do you put Jesus in your thinking?” Negotiating Belief in Book Clubs

“Where do you put Jesus in your thinking?” Negotiating Belief in Book Clubs

This essay will explore the ways in which a literary author’s explicit encoding of belief impacts narrative interest. Borrowing analytical tools from the fields of narrative theory and pragmatic theology, this essay will analyze recorded book club discussions of Louise Erdrich’s novel <em>Last...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Megan Milota
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bergische Universität Wuppertal 2018-12-01
Series:Diegesis: Interdisziplinäres E-Journal für Erzählforschung
Online Access:https://www.diegesis.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php/diegesis/article/view/330
id doaj-6e5dade4ba694ff2bf8e79de40d3f824
record_format Article
spelling doaj-6e5dade4ba694ff2bf8e79de40d3f8242020-11-24T23:33:12ZdeuBergische Universität WuppertalDiegesis: Interdisziplinäres E-Journal für Erzählforschung2195-21162018-12-0172347“Where do you put Jesus in your thinking?” Negotiating Belief in Book ClubsMegan MilotaThis essay will explore the ways in which a literary author’s explicit encoding of belief impacts narrative interest. Borrowing analytical tools from the fields of narrative theory and pragmatic theology, this essay will analyze recorded book club discussions of Louise Erdrich’s novel <em>Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse</em>(2001). In particular, it will focus on the ways participants negotiated three themes they deemed contentious and ethically problematic in the novel: the descriptions of gender as performative and porous, saintliness or hagiography, and the promotion of hybrid religious practices. This content analysis of participants’ negotiations of the novel’s themes will help elucidate some of the ways in which literary discussion can provide a space for individuals to articulate and refine their personal beliefs.https://www.diegesis.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php/diegesis/article/view/330
collection DOAJ
language deu
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Megan Milota
spellingShingle Megan Milota
“Where do you put Jesus in your thinking?” Negotiating Belief in Book Clubs
Diegesis: Interdisziplinäres E-Journal für Erzählforschung
author_facet Megan Milota
author_sort Megan Milota
title “Where do you put Jesus in your thinking?” Negotiating Belief in Book Clubs
title_short “Where do you put Jesus in your thinking?” Negotiating Belief in Book Clubs
title_full “Where do you put Jesus in your thinking?” Negotiating Belief in Book Clubs
title_fullStr “Where do you put Jesus in your thinking?” Negotiating Belief in Book Clubs
title_full_unstemmed “Where do you put Jesus in your thinking?” Negotiating Belief in Book Clubs
title_sort “where do you put jesus in your thinking?” negotiating belief in book clubs
publisher Bergische Universität Wuppertal
series Diegesis: Interdisziplinäres E-Journal für Erzählforschung
issn 2195-2116
publishDate 2018-12-01
description This essay will explore the ways in which a literary author’s explicit encoding of belief impacts narrative interest. Borrowing analytical tools from the fields of narrative theory and pragmatic theology, this essay will analyze recorded book club discussions of Louise Erdrich’s novel <em>Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse</em>(2001). In particular, it will focus on the ways participants negotiated three themes they deemed contentious and ethically problematic in the novel: the descriptions of gender as performative and porous, saintliness or hagiography, and the promotion of hybrid religious practices. This content analysis of participants’ negotiations of the novel’s themes will help elucidate some of the ways in which literary discussion can provide a space for individuals to articulate and refine their personal beliefs.
url https://www.diegesis.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php/diegesis/article/view/330
work_keys_str_mv AT meganmilota wheredoyouputjesusinyourthinkingnegotiatingbeliefinbookclubs
_version_ 1725531661604487168

Similar Items