I thought all the plays that we watched written by the Creative Writing Class was really interesting, especially since one of the days we watched the plays was when we were going over Luke, which is the one gospel with the most narrative and the one that focuses probably most on narrative. I thought that was pretty ironic. But the whole topic of the narrative in Luke really fascinates me as a whole. Why did he see fit to put these literary tools in his gospels when others did not see it fit to do so with their own? Was it simply because he thought it would be easy to read and understand if there was a story-like quality to it, or was it there some other element in play in his decision making? I don't think the narrative in Luke makes it way easier to understand though. It is still pretty confusing, although when we delve into it in class we can clearly see some of the differences in message and writing style. But I would love to ask Luke why he felt it necessary to include a narrative in his gospel when the others did not as much, especially Mark.
-Jacob Millay
Jacob,
ReplyDeleteYou ask great questions, and your relating the plays to the notion of narrative is right on the mark. I think that Luke wrote, moreso, for a Gentile audience that had more Greek/Latin education, thus, his narrative style caters more to that kind of rhetoric and literature. Plot seems to be more of an issue w/ him.