Tools of Narrative Theology with Pádraig Ó Tuama
The gospels are, to put it frankly, works of art. Someone (or some people) took themselves to writing, and chose what the first words would be? How can we learn to appreciate their final craft through the lens of literary criticism? This course will consider matters such as narratorial voice, plot, characterization, foil, location and style. Designed for anyone who wishes to learn some new tools of story analysis, matters of surprise, conflict and defamiliarization will be explored. Less theology, and more literature this course will consider what it means to pay close attention to overfamiliar texts.
Dates & Times:
June 2, 3, 9, 10 (6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST)
Online Session
Instructor: Pádraig Ó Tuama
Registration Deadline: May 19
Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet from Ireland with interests in conflict, religion and language. He presents Poetry Unbound from On Being, and his current publications are Kitchen Hymns (Copper Canyon Press) and 44 Poems on Being with Each Other (WW Norton). He holds a Pontifical undergraduate, a masters in literary approaches to the gospels from Queen’s University Belfast, and a PhD in Critical Studies, focused on poetry and creative approaches to theology from the University of Glasgow.