A hermeneutical approach to religious discourse in Mexican narrative / Catherine L. Caufield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caufield, Catherine L. (Catherine Lynne), 1961-

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

American university studies. Theology and religion ; Series VII, v. 225.

American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion ; v. 225

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican fiction--History and criticism.

Mexican fiction.

Religion in literature.

Hermeneutics.

Physical Description:

viii, 201 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : P. Lang, [2003]

Contents:

I Prefiguration

1 Introduction: An overview of the philosophical tradition on which this work bases its innovation 3

II Configuration

2 Written inscription with the capacity to redescribe the world of action 23

3 A hermeneutical approach to the validity and process of inscribing the world of action in narrative form 41

III Refiguration

4 Oficio de tinieblas: Religious discourse and the status quo 61

5 Hasta no verte Jesus mio: The ephemeral Other 87

6 El evangelio de Lucas Gavilan: The popular religious figure 107

7 La Milagrosa: The (im)possibility of miracles 129

8 A hermeneutical approach to the relationship between the written text and the world of action 145

Return to the prefigurative 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-194) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0820463647

OCLC:

51511381