- The Slave
- should relate to final presentation & final paper
- keep list of unfamiliar terms
- keep list of how the novel relates to the Bible
- Clash of Jewish & Christian Cultures
- Final Paper
- Theme Suggestions:
- Why is it called the Slave?
- Bible & The Slave: Compare and Contrast
- Any instance in the novel that sparks interest
- Greek Influence
- Bible
- OT written in Hebrew translated into Greek to make more accessible
- NT written in both Greek and Hebrew
- Job:
- Wisdom Literature
- three friends: "you are responsible for your fate"
- 4th friend
- young
- probably added by a redactor later on
- tries to explain why bad things have happened to Job
- Dramatic Structure
- Drama
- Acts
- Characters with Dialogue
- 5 Acts
- 1st act: Introduction to Job & God & Satan's Competition
- 2nd/3rd Act: Dialogue with 3 friends
- 4th Act: Appearance of God/ Epiphany
- 5th Act: Conclusion/ Job is rewarded again
- Compared with Prometheus Bound
- gets eaten by a vulture
- also a drama
- torture until Hercules
- Static figure as is Job
- Some people suspect that Job is not Hebrew but is Greek
- Dr. Sexton does NOT agree
- not truly a drama
- too static
- Views of Human Responsibility
- Greek
- secular
- challenge gods
- tragedy promotes standing up to the gods
- Hebrew
- religion
- obey God
- Fear
- Respect & Submission
- Islam means Submission
- Job 42
- Joni Mitchell
- The Sire of Sorrow
- Based on Job
- antagonists-question-words in parenthesis- different voice
- tireless watcher
- Blake
- torture me with visions
- She understands Job raises Greek notion of tragic view of world
- comedy
- http://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=55
- Ecclesiastes
- pessimistic
- The Answer to Job
- Carl Gustav Jung
- answers God should have made to Job
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answer_to_Job
- The Slave
- page 54
- Jacob searching for meaning of existence
- faith not knowledge
- not sustained by pain & agony
- Job 3
- Conflict of wisdom traditions
- Hamlet
- no conventions
- How can I live in this world?
- To be or not to be...
- deep mysteries of wisdom
- Polonists
- advice to sons
- Wine, Women, & Song
- Proverbs
- Domestic
- Harold Bloom
- Where should wisdom be found?
- Turn Turn Turn
- The Birds
- Ecclesiastes 3
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
October 26, 2010 Class Notes
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