Religious Narratives in Italian Literature after the Second Vatican Council : A Semiotic Analysis

Ponzo, Jenny

Religious Narratives in Italian Literature after the Second Vatican Council : A Semiotic Analysis - De Gruyter 2019 - 1 electronic resource (186 p.)

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This book presents a semiotic study of the re-elaboration of Christian narratives and values in a corpus of Italian novels published after the Second Vatican Council (1960s). It tackles the complex set of ideas expressed by Italian writers about the biblical narration of human origins and traditional religious language and ritual, the perceived clash between the immanent and transcendent nature and role of the Church,


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9783110497830-001 9783110499841 9783110496024

10.1515/9783110497830-001 doi


Religion & beliefs

semiotics of religion Second Vatican Council Italian literature sanctity religious language semiotics of literature