The struggle of man, religious and social, as a central motif in the writings of S.Y. Agnon

In this paper, we will assume that Agnon's writing has, in addition to its aesthetic and artistic value, also a clearly didactic intention, and in the course of this paper we will attempt to verify this assumption. There are therefore two basic assumptions at the heart of this paper. 1. There i...

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Main Author:	Herczl, Moshe Y
Other Authors:	Cumpsty, John S
Format:	Doctoral Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	University of Cape Town 2016
Subjects:	Religious Studies
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17893

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spelling	ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uct-oai-localhost-11427-178932020-07-22T05:07:52Z The struggle of man, religious and social, as a central motif in the writings of S.Y. Agnon Herczl, Moshe Y Cumpsty, John S Religious Studies In this paper, we will assume that Agnon's writing has, in addition to its aesthetic and artistic value, also a clearly didactic intention, and in the course of this paper we will attempt to verify this assumption. There are therefore two basic assumptions at the heart of this paper. 1. There is a unity in Agnon's writing. 2. Agnon had didactic intention. The object of this paper is to clarify the nature of the unity and the intention: what is a unifying theme in the work, and what does it come to teach? Our thesis is that Agnon deals with the theme of man's struggle and conflict. His attitude to any character is in direct proportion to its willingness to take upon itself a direct confrontation with the . problems which it faces. We will attempt to show that this subject moves throughout Agnon's varied and diversified writings. 2016-03-17T07:16:39Z 2016-03-17T07:16:39Z 1975 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17893 eng application/pdf University of Cape Town Faculty of Humanities Department of Religious Studies
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The struggle of man, religious and social, as a central motif in the writings of S.Y. Agnon

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