Godly sorrow and despair were spiritual rather than corporeal and could only be overcome through God’s grace. Here the author looks to devotional literature and spiritual autobiographies, including much welcomed writing by women. Protestant theologians characterised godly sorrow as a positive, even joyous, experience. The physical body, particularly the broken, softened heart, provided a langua...

the mu'tazila and the new mu'tazila are two rationalist schools of islamic theology the adherents of which have paid special attention to the literary exegesis of the qur'n.the mu'tazila's literary approach was rooted in their thinking which was based on kalām, including doctrines like quranic createdness )khalq-e qur'an(, inimitability )i'jaz(, the existence ...

the short story as a literary genre has always been of prime concern. studies carried out in this field as far as its literary development is concerned, directly reflects the significance of this genre, and conspicuously distinguishes it from others. french literature normally abandons literary boundaries thereby blurring the identity of genres. this style is most peculiar of jean marie gustave...

The book has nine chapters plus an introduction and concluding remarks with a foreword by Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh (PhD). Its content can be divided into two thematic parts. first part, covering chs. 1–5 (pp. 1–42) is described variously as “elements of biblical interpretation” (p. xv), “foundational principles” “basic elements Biblical Exegesis” 41). authors signal this division indicating in ...

22 English Journal 99.4 (2010): 22–29 by a variety of new terms such as literary nonfiction, creative nonfiction, and documentary narrative. What distinguished these writings from conventional factual and informational texts was that they were not only well-researched accounts of real events or experiences but also artful narratives. They employed literary techniques borrowed from modern and po...

Gnostic prose works cover a wide range of subjects, contents, styles, structures, languages, and manners of expression. They might, therefore, be all categorized under one single literary genre. Applying the general term "gnostic prose works" to these oeuvres hinders our understanding of their true nature. Despite that many gnostic prose works belong to Gnosticism, they have special characteris...

In contemporary literary theory, Plato is often cited as the original repudiator of truth, and Aristotle he who set down that literature “imitation,” thus himself involuntarily banning from truth. This essay argues these interpretations adulterate arguments Aristotle, both believed in We—literary theorists philosophers literature—should recognize this rethink our interpretation ancient texts. w...

defamiliarization, the artistic technique of presenting to audiences common things in an unfamiliar or strange way in order to enhance perception of the familiar, is the main function of artistic literature. paradox is one of its techniques. paradox is used either syntactically or semantically. ibn al-farid was a mystic sufi poet gifted by mystical perceptions in addition to his poetic talents....

mythe in the nations are approciat as imaginary and holly stories.these stories that moved from one generation to other  have such deep conection and graft with religious thought and natural phenomenons ,that is the human,s interpretation views and cultural removed  of death and second life.otherwise these stories like ebullient source have aparticular role to mauntain the values,religions and ...

My study, though concise, problematizes the methodology and some of conceptual vocabulary cognitive poetics in relation to narrative (sub)genre(s). This metatheoretical research attempts reveal specific algorithms concepts literary cartography, seen as an enactive process - interpretation texts is defined a dynamic interaction, mutual transformation both `literary mind` text. In this respect, s...