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"SOME OF THE WORDS ARE THEIRS": THE ELUSIVE LOGOS IN “A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT”

"SOME OF THE WORDS ARE THEIRS": THE ELUSIVE LOGOS IN “A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT”. By Lauren Roberson, Katelyn Fletcher, Marcella Melton. The Credibility of the Author and Journal.

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"SOME OF THE WORDS ARE THEIRS": THE ELUSIVE LOGOS IN “A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT”

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  1. "SOME OF THE WORDS ARE THEIRS": THE ELUSIVE LOGOS IN “A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT” By Lauren Roberson, Katelyn Fletcher, Marcella Melton

  2. The Credibility of the Author and Journal • Christianity & Literature is devoted to the scholarly exploration of how literature engages Christian thought, experience, and practice. • The journal is sponsored by the Conference on Christianity and Literature, a national organization interested in the relationship of Christianity and literature and dedicated to both scholarly excellence and collegial exchange. • Member of CELJ, the Council of Editors of Learned Journals

  3. The Word and the Water • “In the part I was reading, it says the Word was in the beginning, and that’s right. I used to think water was first, but if you listen carefully you will hear that the words are underneath the water” (Maclean 95). • “While the primacy of the Word is a central concern in Maclean's work, so too is the difficulty with which humans engage both the Word and words” (Browning 679).

  4. Help • "I knew there were others like me who had brothers they did not understand but wanted to help" (Maclean 28). • “Knowing whether one should be of help is easy; what is difficult is one's discerning what form that help should take” (Browning 681).

  5. Communication • "I still do not understand my brother. He himself always turned aside any offer of help, but in some complicated way he was surely talking about himself when he was talking about Neal needing help" (Maclean 47).

  6. Communication (cont.) • “Inability to communicate parallels or even causes the inability to connect and therefore help another person, a problem far more important for Norman and Paul than any of their fishing lore or brotherly banter. It is in the tortuous communications related to Norman's failed attempts at connecting with and helping Paul that A River Runs through It seems closest to the tragic” (Browning 684).

  7. Connections and Relationships • “Something within fishermen tries to make fishing into a world perfect and apart - I don't know what it is or where, because sometimes it is in my arms and sometimes in my throat and sometimes nowhere in particular except somewhere deep. Many of us probably would be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect” (Maclean 37).

  8. Connections and Relationships (cont.) • “At the same time that Maclean portrays interpersonal connections as difficult, tenuous, and imperfect, a more hopeful form of connection stands as the best-remembered feature of ARiver Runs through It: the series of connections between angler and trout” (Browning 685).

  9. How and Why is this Article Informative and Relevant to our Studies • A "river . . . has so many things to say that it is hard to know what it says to each of us" (Maclean 102). • “Without access to the words, connection, communication, and help are impossible” (Browning 687).

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