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Project

Narrative interest and religious belief in contemporary American fiction.

This project will attempt to apply post-classical narrative theories about narrative interest to contemporary U.S. fiction that evokes the diverse cultural dialogue about belief. As a means of investigating the ways in which narrative interest is affected by the transmission of cultural material during the reading process, the literary corpus of this dissertation will consist of popular and critically-acclaimed American writers who choose to thematize their religious beliefs - Marilynne Robinson, Allegra Goodman, Louise Erdrich, andFae Myenne Ng.
Date:1 Oct 2012 →  30 Sep 2014
Keywords:AMERICAN LITERATURE, NARRATIVE THEORY
Disciplines:Language studies, Literary studies, Theory and methodology of language studies, Theory and methodology of linguistics, Theory and methodology of literary studies, Other languages and literary studies
Project type:Collaboration project