Faculty Sponsor(s)
David Fiordalis
Location
Vivian A. Bull Music Center: Delkin Recital Hall
Subject Area
Religious Studies
Description
How do we create meaning in life through the telling of narratives? What do we have to gain by comparing stories from different cultures and times? By looking at two seemingly disparate stories - The Story of Kotikarna and Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice - and asking ourselves how they impart similar meanings through varying narratological elements, we can better understand how humans order and establish value in the world, and how humans argue for these orders and values through narrative.
Recommended Citation
Riesenman, Quinn, "Gold Teeth: Making Meaning through Narrative" (2017). Linfield University Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement. Event. Submission 34.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/symposium/2017/all/34
Gold Teeth: Making Meaning through Narrative
Vivian A. Bull Music Center: Delkin Recital Hall
How do we create meaning in life through the telling of narratives? What do we have to gain by comparing stories from different cultures and times? By looking at two seemingly disparate stories - The Story of Kotikarna and Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice - and asking ourselves how they impart similar meanings through varying narratological elements, we can better understand how humans order and establish value in the world, and how humans argue for these orders and values through narrative.
