In Conversation with Jonah
Conversation Analysis, Literary Criticism and the Book of Jonah
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 1996
204 pages
978-0-567-52554-3 (ISBN)
Description
The author analyses the various conversations that occur between the characters in the Jonah narrative and the 'conversation' that occurs between the text and its readers. The study opens with an introduction to the field of conversation analysis, with a focus on one feature of conversation analysis-that a fundamental structure in the organization of language is adjacency pairs (for example, question/answer and invitation/refusal). Person notes how complex the adjacency pairs in the Jonah narrative are, and shows how they contribute to the narrative elements of plot, characterization, atmosphere and tone. He then refines reader-response theory (especially that of Wolfgang Iser) and provides a reader-response commentary on the book. The study ends with an analysis of the history of the interpretation of the book of Jonah, demonstrating how the structures of adjacency pairs in the narrative have been successfully and unsuccessfully interpreted.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-0-567-52554-3 (9780567525543)
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Raymond F. Person, Jr.
In Conversation with Jonah
Conversation Analysis, Literary Criticism and the Book of Jonah
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 CONVERSATION ANALYSIS AND NARRATIVE
- 1. Conversation Analysis
- 2. From 'Ordinary' Conversation to Narrated Conversation
- 3. Summary
- Chapter 2 COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF JONAH FROM A CONVERSATION ANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE
- 1. Translation
- 2. Commentary
- 3. Conclusion: The Use of Adjacency Pairs in the Jonah Narrative
- Chapter 3 NARRATIVE IN THE BOOK OF JONAH
- 1. Plot in the Jonah Narrative
- 2. Character in the Jonah Narrative
- 3. Atmosphere in the Jonah Narrative
- 4. Tone in the Jonah Narrative
- 5. Conclusion: The Jonah Narrative
- Chapter 4 READING THE JONAH NARRATIVE: THE IMPLIED READER
- 1. The Implied Reader: Interaction between Text and Reader
- 2. Principles Guiding the Interaction between Text and Reader
- 3. Who is the Implied Reader of the Jonah Narrative?
- 4. The Implied Reader of Jonah Reads his Narrative
- Chapter 5 READING THE JONAH NARRATIVE: ACTUAL READERS
- 1. The (Almost) Universal Recognition of Jonah's Omitted Refusal (1.3
- 4.2)
- 2. Omitted Dialogue other than Jonah's Account
- 3. The Narrator's Satirical Tone
- 4. Flashback (4.1-11)
- 5. Conclusions Concerning the Interaction between the Text and Actual Readers
- Chapter 6 CONCLUSION
- Appendix 1 THE EXPLAINING AND HEIGHTENING OF JONAH'S ACCOUNT (4.2)
- Appendix 2 JONAH'S OMITTED ANSWER TO THE LORD'S LAST QUESTION (4.10-11)
- Bibliography
- Index of References
- Index of Authors
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