Narrative Story of the Bible Narrative Literary Style
Narrative Story of the Bible
Narrative: Literary Style Plot Dialogue Character Tone Theme: Symbol Experience Setting Allusion Point Style of View
Literary Motifs The Quest The Rescue The Initiation The Cinderella The Tragedy The Scapegoat The Comedy The Journey The Temptation The Death/Rebirth
Archetypal Images Supernatural Animals Human Characters Landscape Relationships Plants Clothing Buildings Human Body Inorganic Foods Water Sounds Nature Movement Direction
Supernatural God Satan angels Demons heaven Evil spirits Evil beasts Witch Hell
Human Characters Hero Villain Virtuous Harlot wife, husband Innocent child Friend Servant Wise man Good farmer Just judge Tyrant Wanderer Traitor Sluggard Fool Drunkard thief
Clothing Wedding clothes White colored clothes Armor Stately garment Sackcloth Dark clothes Lack of clothing Dirty clothes
Food Bread Hunger Milk Drought Meat Famine Manna Starvation Oil Poison Wine drunkenness Olives grapes
Animals Sheep Monsters Lamb Wolf Dove Tiger Gentle Dragon birds Singing birds Lion eagle Vulture Owl Snake Goat Wild dogs
Landscape Garden Park Mountaintop Fertile plain Rock Safe pathway Dark forest Wilderness Dark valley Tomb Cave Pit
Plants Green grass Thorn Rose Weeds Vineyard Dead Lily Evergreen Plants of healing plants Willow tree Pruning of branches
Water River Sea Stream Stagnant Pool Floods Spring Fountain Showers of rain Flowing water pools
Nature Breeze Storms Summer Autumn seasons Calm after storm Sun Stars Sunrise Day rainbow Winter Sunset Darkness Lightning whirlwind
Direction Rising Descent Height Lowness West East North South Right Left Straight Crooked
Structure: Chiasm A light B sea and sky C dry land A’ luminaries B’ fish and birds C’ land animals and humans D Sabbath
David and Goliath Handout
Abraham See Handout
Literary Borrowing LITERATURE Shakespeare Bible Fairytales Greeks/Romans
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