Critical Dialogue with Christian Narrative Literature
Abstract:
Christian narrative literature presents not only a strong message but it also employs a good deal of the thriller tradition with its characteristic mass appeal to make the genre of literary relevance. This research covers the study of Christian Narrative Literature as means to kindling such literary interest that has uncovered reality through religious lenses. This research effort has made a foray into the field of Christian fiction and discovered that the genre is a major contributor to the popular culture. Its messages, language and styles have found a relevant medium within the expanding genre of the thriller tradition. The research is carried out by engaging the two primary texts and other relevant secondary texts in the exploration of the themes, diction, setting and characterization to situate the social and literary relevance of the genre especially in educating, informing and answering moral questions to a large number of readerships. Library research is adopted to aid the effort of analyzing both the primary and secondary texts. So also, journals, magazines and other media including electronic contributed to the effort. As a result, this study has discovered that the genre is in dire need of serious scholarly interest and attention the same way other genre like biography and autobiography, children novels, travelogues, picaresque, gothic novels etc have been standardized and are being subjected to healthy reviews and criticisms. The research adopted the sociology of literature as a theory that underscores the social relevance of the texts. One thing that is common to the two primary texts examined is the timeline and coherent stand on the subject of end time. This research effort has further paved the way for examining this subject matter from the standpoint of literature as a major contribution to knowledge. ORDER COMPLETE MATERIAL FROM CHAPTER 1-5
