ENG 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Amen
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English 303: introduction to literary theory and criticism. For instance, after his list of examples he says, these are things, but they are at the same time signs of other things ; explain. (155*, 156) Important (linked to question 3), he concludes: in the same way the word of god became flesh in order to live in us but was unchanged (157). 6: how does he distinguish between natural and conventional signs? (158, what does he say about words like alleluia and amen? (159-60) what broader difficulty do these. Augustine"s proposed solution to the problem of the many languages in the bible? (160) What is the problem with irony in this context: important: what is the difference between literal and figurative meaning, as augustine explains them (give specific quotations/examples)? (159, 160, 161-2) Discussion questions: the editor"s introduction to augustine points out the political reasons why it was important for.