Beschreibung
The author applies Umberto Eco's literary theory of the open work to the perennial problem of the literary macrostructure of the Apocalypse. On this basis, multiple and varied structural signals are recognised within specific transitional subsections. These demonstrable complex regularities create a specifically open macrostructral pattern.
Autorenportrait
Roman Mach, a pastor and a seminary teacher, studied at Newbold College (Bracknell, England) and at the International Baptist Theological Seminary (Prague). He received his PhD in Biblical Studies from the University of Wales and his major research interest is in the area of specific literary hermeneutics of creative texts.
Rezension
«Nous ne pouvons que recommander ce précieux vol. d’un haut niveau scientifique qui demande patience et attention soutenue pour produire tous ses fruits chez le lecteur.»
(J. Radermakers, Nouvelle revue théologique 139/1 2017)
Inhalt
Contents: Umberto Eco – The open literary work – Literary criticism – Apocalyptic genre – Genre analysis – Multiple genres – Order versus disorder – Field of communication – Allusively referential and evocative – Imprecise reader-response – Structural analysis – Complex regularities – Composite transitions – Interrelational openness – Open literary arrangement.
