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Theme (narrative)
About: Theme (narrative) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 13050 publications have been published within this topic receiving 159511 citations. The topic is also known as: narrative theme.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the five empirical paper and the theoretical theme that organized these papers for the special issue of New Gender Dynamics in Post-reform China (NGDPC).
Abstract: This introduction paper briefly discusses the five empirical paper and the theoretical theme that organize these papers for the special issue of “New Gender Dynamics in Post-reform China.” We intro...
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TL;DR: The interaction of readers with fictional literary texts is explored in this paper, where readers themselves constitute themselves during a dynamic process of creating both the text sense and the larger contextual background, which includes such tasks as: adopting a viewpoint, creating ideations, images, or integrative gestalts, dealing with empty slots or negations, and co-ordinating foreground with background, theme with horizion, and current perspectives with previous or anticipated ones.
Abstract: The interaction of readers with fictional literary texts is explored. Such texts must be constituted by readers themselves during a dynamic process of creating both the text‐sense and the larger contextual background. That process includes such tasks as: adopting a viewpoint, creating ideations, images, or integrative gestalts, dealing with empty slots or negations, and co‐ordinating foreground with background, theme with horizion, and current perspectives with previous or anticipated ones. The dynamics of reading are explicated as a continual evolution, modification, and shifting of viewpoint, perspective, and ideation as the text is progressively understood. Since fictional discourse need not reflect prevailing systems of meaning and norms or values, readers gain new detachment from their own presuppositions and expectations; by constituting and formulating text‐sense, readers in effect are constituting and formulating their own cognition and becoming aware of the operations for doing so.
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01 Dec 1992
TL;DR: A comprehensive survey of previous readings of the Philippians is followed by a clear outline of the principles and practice of rhetorical criticism with particular reference to the study of letter-structure as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: This closely argued and thoughtful book offers a fresh and nuanced understanding of the function of the suffering theme in Philippians. A comprehensive survey of previous readings of Philippians is followed by a clear outline of the principles and practice of rhetorical criticism with particular reference to the study of letter-structure. The book concludes by considering in detail the shape and function of the theme of suffering in each of the rhetorical sections of the letter as identified by the author.
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01 Mar 2000
TL;DR: In this article, a biblical theology of holiness and a promising model for reinterpreting one text in the light on another is presented, together with a discussion of their interplay within the canon of scripture as a whole.
Abstract: God calls his people to be holy. What does this mean? Holiness means belonging to God and being stamped with his character. This belonging is expressed for ancient Israel in the story of the foundational events on Mount Sinai. The idea is then developed, refined and transformed through the establishment of the priesthood, the gift of the Law, the challenge of the prophets and, in the New Testament, through the life of Christ. This book sets out these perspectives alongside each other, and considers their interplay within the canon of scripture as a whole. The result is both a biblical theology of holiness and a promising model for reinterpreting one text in the light on another.
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