Narrative and Performance Criticisms
The focus of this Special Issue is the relationship between Narrative and Performance Criticisms. Both approaches prioritize stories, the ways in which stories are communicated, and how audiences experience and receive stories. Given these similarities and the shared terminology, we seek to answer t...
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| description | The focus of this Special Issue is the relationship between Narrative and Performance Criticisms. Both approaches prioritize stories, the ways in which stories are communicated, and how audiences experience and receive stories. Given these similarities and the shared terminology, we seek to answer the following question: “Are the differences between Narrative and Performance Criticisms simply a matter of degree or of kind?” Conversations between these two criticisms are not new. In fact, many of the initial investigations of performance were developed in conversation with Narrative Criticism. Kelly Iverson’s From Text to Performance (ed. 2014) is a prime example of the productivity of this dialogue. We envision this fascicle as both a continuation and expansion of the work begun in that volume. Not only has performance criticism matured and developed since From Text to Performance but Michal Beth Dinkler’s volume, Literary Theory and the New Testament (2019) and the recent Biblical Interpretation Special Issue: “Cognitive Linguistics and New Testament Narrative” (2021), edited by Jan Rüggemeier and Elizabeth Shively, have also reinvigorated narrative critical conversations among biblical scholars. It is at the intersection of performance’s continued maturation and this renewed discussion of literary theory and narratology that we locate this work. To help us answer this question, we have collected articles that address shared or similar aspects of each approach. Specifically, we were looking for contributions that address the areas of audience, characters, author, performer, “text”, “performance”, and “gender.” |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1753452026-04-16T20:21:07Z Narrative and Performance Criticisms Skinner, Christopher W. Eberhart, Zechariah P. Performance Ancient rhetoric Questions Inference Baptism Gospel of Mark Jesus Audience analysis Cognitive narratology Performance criticism Reading Communal reading Solitary reading Sociology of reading New Testament Orality Textuality Literacy Narrative criticism Biblical performance criticism Biblical interpretation Rhetoric Oral tradition Book of Esther Megillah Purim Minor characters Haman Vashti Pauline epistles Ritual studies Narrative criticism of the Bible Immersive narration Performance criticism of the Bible Gospel of mark Script Scripture Gender Masculinity Drama Narrative Philippians Hymn Prose hymn Biblical Performance Criticism Ecclesiastes Qohelet Embodiment Translation Interpretation Audience thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs The focus of this Special Issue is the relationship between Narrative and Performance Criticisms. Both approaches prioritize stories, the ways in which stories are communicated, and how audiences experience and receive stories. Given these similarities and the shared terminology, we seek to answer the following question: “Are the differences between Narrative and Performance Criticisms simply a matter of degree or of kind?” Conversations between these two criticisms are not new. In fact, many of the initial investigations of performance were developed in conversation with Narrative Criticism. Kelly Iverson’s From Text to Performance (ed. 2014) is a prime example of the productivity of this dialogue. We envision this fascicle as both a continuation and expansion of the work begun in that volume. Not only has performance criticism matured and developed since From Text to Performance but Michal Beth Dinkler’s volume, Literary Theory and the New Testament (2019) and the recent Biblical Interpretation Special Issue: “Cognitive Linguistics and New Testament Narrative” (2021), edited by Jan Rüggemeier and Elizabeth Shively, have also reinvigorated narrative critical conversations among biblical scholars. It is at the intersection of performance’s continued maturation and this renewed discussion of literary theory and narratology that we locate this work. To help us answer this question, we have collected articles that address shared or similar aspects of each approach. Specifically, we were looking for contributions that address the areas of audience, characters, author, performer, “text”, “performance”, and “gender.” 2026-04-16T20:21:02Z 2026-04-16T20:21:02Z 2026 book ONIX_20260416T142754_9783725866380_50 9783725866380 9783725866397 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175345 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/ https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/12260 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-6639-7 10.3390/books978-3-7258-6639-7 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725866380 9783725866397 150 CH open access |
| spellingShingle | Performance Ancient rhetoric Questions Inference Baptism Gospel of Mark Jesus Audience analysis Cognitive narratology Performance criticism Reading Communal reading Solitary reading Sociology of reading New Testament Orality Textuality Literacy Narrative criticism Biblical performance criticism Biblical interpretation Rhetoric Oral tradition Book of Esther Megillah Purim Minor characters Haman Vashti Pauline epistles Ritual studies Narrative criticism of the Bible Immersive narration Performance criticism of the Bible Gospel of mark Script Scripture Gender Masculinity Drama Narrative Philippians Hymn Prose hymn Biblical Performance Criticism Ecclesiastes Qohelet Embodiment Translation Interpretation Audience thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs Narrative and Performance Criticisms |
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| topic | Performance Ancient rhetoric Questions Inference Baptism Gospel of Mark Jesus Audience analysis Cognitive narratology Performance criticism Reading Communal reading Solitary reading Sociology of reading New Testament Orality Textuality Literacy Narrative criticism Biblical performance criticism Biblical interpretation Rhetoric Oral tradition Book of Esther Megillah Purim Minor characters Haman Vashti Pauline epistles Ritual studies Narrative criticism of the Bible Immersive narration Performance criticism of the Bible Gospel of mark Script Scripture Gender Masculinity Drama Narrative Philippians Hymn Prose hymn Biblical Performance Criticism Ecclesiastes Qohelet Embodiment Translation Interpretation Audience thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs |
| topic_facet | Performance Ancient rhetoric Questions Inference Baptism Gospel of Mark Jesus Audience analysis Cognitive narratology Performance criticism Reading Communal reading Solitary reading Sociology of reading New Testament Orality Textuality Literacy Narrative criticism Biblical performance criticism Biblical interpretation Rhetoric Oral tradition Book of Esther Megillah Purim Minor characters Haman Vashti Pauline epistles Ritual studies Narrative criticism of the Bible Immersive narration Performance criticism of the Bible Gospel of mark Script Scripture Gender Masculinity Drama Narrative Philippians Hymn Prose hymn Biblical Performance Criticism Ecclesiastes Qohelet Embodiment Translation Interpretation Audience thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs |
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