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This paper investigates how Augustine construes the story of his own conversion as the culmination of a carefully crafted account of his formative years. Recent research on autobiographical memory suggests that such a construction is not incompatible with the authenticity of the memories, but focuse...
Author: | Ineke Sluiter |
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Published: |
2010
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Volume: | 43 |
Pages: | 308-326 |
Language: | Dutch |
Periodical: | Lampas |
Number: | 4 |
ISSN: | 0165-8204 |
Format: | Article |
Topic: | -
Biography
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Person and Life
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Conversion / Baptism
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Conversion
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conversions
- Biography > Relations and Sources > Profane Latin authors > Sallust - Biography > Relations and Sources > Latin Christian writers > Marius Victorinus - Works > Confessiones > Conf. II > Conf. II, 4, 9 - Conf. II, 10, 18 - Works > Confessiones > Conf. VIII > Conf. VIII, 9 - Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Autobiographie, scénographie] - Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Catilina] - Works > Confessiones > Topics > Conversion - Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Fils prodigue] - Works > Confessiones > Topics > Memory - Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Parabole du fils prodigue] - Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Vol de poires] |
Status: | Active |
Summary: | This paper investigates how Augustine construes the story of his own conversion as the culmination of a carefully crafted account of his formative years. Recent research on autobiographical memory suggests that such a construction is not incompatible with the authenticity of the memories, but focuses on their function in presenting a meaningful account of the present. After discussion of a number of earlier episodes, the paper concentrates on the succession of conversion narratives in book 8 and demonstrates their interrelationships and their protreptic effcts. The scenarios of conversion and coming-out are brought to bear on the Marius Victorinus episode. In the garden scene, Augustine is portrayed as a figure in whom aspects of Marius Victorinus, Nathaniel, Antony, Ambrose and Paul are reflected. The scenario of his conversion resembles that of the previous narratives in book 8 and evokes the prodigal son. It also echoes the earlier stories in its effect on the internal audience of the narrative and potentially in its effect on the reader. |
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