<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Literature and learning play an important role in Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Gilead (2004). By focusing on the author’s many references to books, literature and learning, the present paper attempts to study their individual contextual occurrences and explores how they saturate the discursive substratum of the novel’s major themes. The paper claims that a special role attributed to books and learning, and particularly to the Greek New Testament, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine and The Essence of Christianity, sheds significant light on the philosophical and spiritual aspects of the meaning of life, one of the novel’s central concerns. </p></abstract>

Literature and learning play an important role in Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Gilead (2004). By focusing on the author’s many references to books, literature and learning, the present paper attempts to study their individual contextual occurrences and explores how they saturate the discursive substratum of the novel’s major themes. The paper claims that a special role attributed to books and learning, and particularly to the Greek New Testament, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine and The Essence of Christianity, sheds significant light on the philosophical and spiritual aspects of the meaning of life, one of the novel’s central concerns.

Literature and Learning in Marilynne Robinson’s Novel Gilead

Prague Journal of English Studies

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Literature and learning play an important role in Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Gilead (2004). By focusing on the author’s many references...

Literature and Learning in Marilynne Robinson’s Novel Gilead

Published Online: Jul 22, 2017

Page range: 57 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjes-2017-0004

Keywords
Literature, learning, narrative, meaning of life, wisdom

© Faculty of Education, Charles University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Literature and Learning in Marilynne Robinson’s Novel Gilead

Published Online: Jul 22, 2017

Page range: 57 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjes-2017-0004

KeywordsLiterature, learning, narrative, meaning of life, wisdom

© Faculty of Education, Charles University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Literature, learning, narrative, meaning of life, wisdom