Storytelling in the Psalter? Chances and Limits of a Narrative Psalm Analysis Shown Exemplarily in Psalm 64
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In this paper, the authors apply the narratological categories narrated/ narrative voice, plot/build-up of tension, characters and characterization, as well as time and space to Psalm 64.Abstract:
Storytelling in the psalter is usually attributed to those psalms which relate stories of the history of Israel. Narratology, the theory and procedure of studying narrative representations, is usually applied to narratives. However, there are certain features in the psalms, which allow us to define them as narrative texts and therefore examine them by means of narratology. This paper aims to contribute to a genre-overlapping approach towards poetry by means of opening the way to showing the benefits, as well as limitations of narratology applied to poetical texts by applying the narratological categories narrator/ narrative voice, plot/build-up of tension, characters and characterization, as well as time and space to Psalm 64.
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The textual strategy and social background of Psalm 64 as keys to its interpretation
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An Introduction to Narratology
TL;DR: An Introduction to Narratology as mentioned in this paper is an accessible, practical guide to narratological theory and terminology and its application to literature, including a comprehensive overview of the key aspects of narratology by a leading practitioner in the field.