To Narrate A Biblical Story

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To Narrate A Biblical Story
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How is a narrative composed?

• There is a unique sequences of events/mental
  states/happeningsforming the plot configuration
• There are actors
• The narrative can be real or imaginative

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Purpose

• A way of transmitting information
• Religious or ceremonial purpose

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Understanding

• Narrative is primordial
• Interprets human being, extending from the past
  into the future creates meaning

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Re-plotting

• Artistic freedom, trying to find motives for
  actions
• May not determine setting of the text, or
  authors intentions
• Inform about characters, use of artistic
  creativity
• May add strange factors, unexplained motives
• Disturbs the accepted pattern, creates surprise

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Religious narrative

• The message is important
• The inrtigue serves the purpose to highlight the
  message

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The solution

• Should generate a feeling of satisfaction