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Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Question of Tragedy in the Novels of Thomas Hardy
Kevin Taylor
出版A&C Black, 2013-09-26
主題Religion / Christian Theology / SystematicReligion / Christian Theology / General
ISBN05676195679780567619563
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HfDUAAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋What role do novels, drama, and tragedy play within Christian thought and living? The twentieth century Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar addressed these questions using tragic drama. For him, Christ was the true tragic hero of the world who exceeded all tragic literature and experience. Balthasar demonstrated how ancient, pre-Christian tragedy and Renaissance works contained important Christian concepts, but he critiqued modern novels as failing to be either truly tragic or Christian. By examining the tragic novels of Thomas Hardy on their own terms, we have an important counterpoint to Balthasar's argument that the novel is too prosaic for theological reflection. Hardy's novels are an apt pairing for examination and critique, as they are both classically and biblically influenced, as well as contemporary.The larger implication for Balthasar's theology is that his innovations in theological aesthetics and tragedy must be expanded in the light of modernity and the tragic novel.