CGS HU 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Early Modern English, Sestet, Hagiography
15 Oct 2016
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Passed down orally until eventually written many years later. Jesus: son of god; both human and divine. Hebrew bible -tells about decline in fortune of human beings; We have fallen from grace and have established a community. Christian bible- takes community and shows how we will be redeemed. Sermon on the mount sermon on the mount: complete the story -jesus. Jesus gives us beatitudes; guidelines for how to be a good christian. Ancient greek virtues are extremely different from these. Different idea of how to be god like then adam and eve. Telos: definite goal in all the texts; offers opportunity for salvation. History is not just a record, leads to a goal. Comedy: things are bad, but turn good again. Story of the grail: moment of education. Encounters damsel in distress: perceval wants a kiss, eats other knights food, leaves women, taking mom"s advice, reveals perceval"s ability to follow law blindly/ literally.
