Het eigen leven als scheppingsverhaal
een literaire benadering van Augustinus' Confessiones
This article focuses on Robert McMahon's study Augustine's prayerful ascent : an essay on the literary form of the Confessions. Challenging the widely held view that the Confessions lack unity and structure, McMahon shows how Augustine carefully organized his work in order to achieve special effects...
Author: | Hans van Reisen |
---|---|
Published: |
Verloren,
Hilversum,
2010
|
Volume: | 43 |
Pages: | 327-339 |
Language: | Dutch |
Periodical: | Lampas |
Number: | 4 |
ISSN: | 0165-8204 |
Format: | Article |
Topic: | -
Works
>
Confessiones
>
Topics
>
[Présentation / structure]
- Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Structure littéraire] - Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Théologie autobiographique / narrative] - Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Unité esthétique] - Doctrine > From man to God > Divine revelation > Exegesis > [Exégèse des textes de l'Ancien Testament] > Genesis > Gen 1 |
Status: | Active |
Summary: | This article focuses on Robert McMahon's study Augustine's prayerful ascent : an essay on the literary form of the Confessions. Challenging the widely held view that the Confessions lack unity and structure, McMahon shows how Augustine carefully organized his work in order to achieve special effects. In the 13th book, Augustine identifies the allegory of Genesis 1 as the paradigm for the Confessions as a whole. The nine distinguished divine acts in Genesis as the paradigm for the Confessions as a whole. The nine distinguished divine acts in Genesis 1 parallel Augustine's autobiographical account of his conversion in books 1-9. On another level they also reflect Augustine's extraordinary power of interpretation: in his view all creation (and human history as outlined in church history) gains a new, rich layer of meaning. |
---|