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內容簡介: |
In what is both a radical approach to the Bible , and a
fundamental return to its narrative prose, Robert Alter reads the
Old Testament with new eyesthe eyes of a literary critic. Alter
takes the old yet simple step of reading the Bible as a literary
creation.
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關於作者: |
Robert Alter is professor of hebrew and comparative literature
at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of, most
recently, the highly praised biography of Stendhal, A Lion for Love
Basic Books, 1979.
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目錄:
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A Literary Approach to the Bible
* Sacred History and the Beginnings of Prose Fiction
* Biblical Type-Scenes and the Uses of Convention
* Between Narration and Dialogue
* The Techniques of Repetition
* Characterization and the Art of Reticence
* Composi
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