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.

Keywords:AMERICAN LITERATURE, NARRATIVE THEORY

Disciplines:Language studies, Literary studies

Project type:Collaboration project