Reconciling Religious Orientation with the Demands of Fiction in Andrew M. Greeley’s Selected Novels
This article attempts to reconcile the religious orientation of Rev. Andrew M. Greeley with the demands of fiction, i.e. the literariness required in a masterpiece. As a sociologist-priest, he has written fictions that are considered or labeled as popular or those that belong to genre fiction. Us...
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Editura Universităţii Aurel Vlaicu Arad
2021
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| Résumé: | This article attempts to reconcile the religious orientation of Rev. Andrew
M. Greeley with the demands of fiction, i.e. the literariness required in a
masterpiece. As a sociologist-priest, he has written fictions that are considered
or labeled as popular or those that belong to genre fiction. Using Russian
formalist literary theories in reading Greeley’s selected novels, the researcher
was able to elucidate that Greeley’s craftmanship is present, though it heavily
relies on his background as a priest and sociologist. |
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