Joseph Luzzi, Ph.D. The Bible as Literature: From Genesis to Steinbeck
** VIRTUAL PROGRAM **
Tuesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
February 10, 17, 24 ■ $325 for series
Tuesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
February 10, 17, 24 ■ $325 for series
How can we read the best-known book of all-time, the Bible, as “literature”? How does the Bible employ literary techniques like narrative, metaphor, and character development to make its claims and construct its stories? In this new class, we will explore the literary elements of one of the Bible’s most celebrated books, Genesis, and then consider its “afterlife” in a modern-day classic, John Steinbeck’s East of Eden. Students will gain a deep understanding of the rhetorical structures of the Bible and a sense of how its brilliant storytelling techniques would go on to shape the development of modern literature.
Joseph Luzzi is the Asher B. Edelman Professor of Literature at Bard, where he has taught since 2002. He is the author of eight books, including most recently Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Biography.
Joseph Luzzi is the Asher B. Edelman Professor of Literature at Bard, where he has taught since 2002. He is the author of eight books, including most recently Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Biography.