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The sense of a beginning : Bakhtinian dialogic criticism on 'the gospel' in Mark.
No full textContemporary literary approaches have caused paradigm shifts in Biblical Studies in the last two decades as it appears in a great deal of Markan studies using narrative, reader-response, deconstructive, feminist, and new historicist approaches. However, literary studies on the Gospel of Mark have not taken into account theoretical questions underlying those approaches. As a result biblical critics are driven by new trends without ever having a chance to examine the critical baggage of the approaches. Consequently, there is a gap of communication between the old and the new one. Therefore this thesis is an attempt to meet the need of enhancing the quality of critical endeavour in biblical studies. In the light of most recent competing critical theories of literature, the first contribution of this thesis is the methodological finding that Bakhtinian dialogic criticism contains the most profound philosophical and practical foundations for solving some crucial theoretical problems in contemporary literary theories. It is a critique to a Saussurian linguistic system of language which becomes the very foundation of modern and postmodern literary criticism. Bakhtinian literary theory shifts the foundation of literary criticism on linguistic signs into the creative activity of the socio-cultural production of human communication. The shift into socio-cultural reality of language communication makes the notion of 'genre' very important to unlock the problem of text and context in literary studies. Since the Gospel of Mark has fascinated most literary critics in Biblical Studies, the problem of 'genre' of this gospel is chosen as the focus of this study. Secondly, as no agreement is reached as to what 'genre' the Gospel of Mark belongs, this thesis makes its contribution to the discussion by locating the problem of 'genre' of Mark in the context of genre theories and argues that the Bakhtinian suggestion to find genre in the socio-cultural sphere by analysing artistic intercourse between narrative agents in Mark has freed the competing analysis from the unresolved problem between the kerygmatic (content oriented) approach and the analogical (form oriented) approach. To achieve finding 'genre' in the socio-cultural sphere, this thesis focuses on Bakhtinian analysis of the process of artistic intercourse between narrative agents. The narrative communicative interrelationships between narrative agents is constructed in this thesis as a 'stereophonic' Bakhtinian model of dialogic communication. This model is an original contribution of this thesis for revising the traditional two dimensional model of narrative communication. Based on this dialogical model of communication, a special role is given to the Bakhtinian 'author-creator' in the realization process of genre through the interaction of polyphonic voices. Through the interaction of voices of the author-artist and the hero we are led to discover a relatively stable type of portraying and controlling reality in Mark, known as the genre of Roman 'satire'. The closest literary affinity is Satyrica by Petronius. This narrative strategy of 'satire' in Mark has its root in the prophetic discourse of the Old Testament which is saturating the speech of the narrator, John the Immerser, the centurion, the people, and even Jesus. Finally, the whole search for Markan 'genre' culminates in the analysis of the realization of genre through the analysis of Bakhtinian chronotope. The reality of the genre of Mark is its social reality that is in its role as dpxrj/ 'beginning'. As the Gospel of Mark proclaims itself as 'a beginning', it defines its claim of socio-cultural 'authority' in early Christianity. It is this 'sense of beginning' which enables the narrating and the narrated world of Mark to interact dialogically
The Gospel on the Margins: The Ideological Function of the Patristic Tradition on the Evangelist Mark
No full textIn spite of the virtually unanimous patristic opinion that the evangelist Mark was the interpreter of Peter, one of the most prestigious apostolic founding figures in Christian memory, the Gospel of Mark was mostly neglected in the patristic period. Not only is the text of Mark the least well represented of the canonical Gospels in terms of the number of patristic citations, commentaries and manuscripts, the explicit comments about the evangelist Mark reveal some ambivalence about its literary or theological value. In my survey of the reception of Mark from Papias of Hierapolis until Clement of Alexandria, I will argue that the reason why the patristic writers were hesitant to embrace the Gospel of Mark was that they perceived the text to be amenable to the Christological beliefs and social praxis of rival Christian factions. The patristic tradition about Mark may have little historical basis, but it had an important ideological function in appropriating the text in the name of an apostolic authority from the margins or periphery
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: How to be a liberal with Ian Dunt
No full textOn this Democracy Sausage Extra, Ian Dunt - host of the Oh God, What Now? podcast and author of How to be a liberal - joins Mark Kenny to discuss the history of liberal thought, how it has shaped present day politics, and the origins of the ‘culture wars’. Have the culture wars emerged out of the failures of liberalism? Why haven’t contemporary political actors done more to protect people from prejudice and the tyranny of the majority? And is liberalism a natural corollary to democracy? On this Democracy Sausage Extra, author, political journalist and broadcaster Ian Dunt joins Professor Mark Kenny to discuss the history of political thought, present day politics, and liberalism’s trajectory
[Interview with Mark Lane in Playboy Magazine #3]
No full textPoor quality photocopies of a magazine article which appeared in Playboy Magazine. The article features an extensive interview with Mark Lane, an attorney and author, who is critical of the Warren Commission's assessment of the assassination of President Kennedy
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Full circle with Scott Ludlam
No full textOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, Scott Ludlam, former Greens Deputy Leader and author of the new book Full Circle: A search for the world that comes next, joins Mark Kenny to discuss what he learnt from his time in politics and Australian climate policy. What role do corporate and private interests play in shaping Australian policy-making? Will the country make changes to political donation rules to make the system more transparent? And how can Australia make meaningful progress on climate policy? On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Professor Mark Kenny speaks with former Greens Senator Scott Ludlam about Australian politics, his new book, and Section 44 of the Constitution
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Truth is trouble with Malcolm Knox
No full textOn this Democracy Sausage Extra, award-winning journalist and author Malcolm Knox joins Mark Kenny to discuss the saga of Israel Folau - former star rugby union player sacked for sharing anti-LGBTQ views on social media - and how free speech got so complicated. The sacking of former star player Israel Folau by Rugby Australia for his comments on social media once again revealed faultlines which had recently been laid bare during Australia’s marriage equality plebiscite. So what did the saga reveal about freedom of expression in Australia? What is the significance of groups like the Australian Christian Lobby in Australia’s public discourse? And, with ‘free speech’ very much a political battleground, what might the future hold? On this Democracy Sausage Extra, Professor Mark Kenny speaks with Australian journalist and author Malcolm Knox about the Israel Folau issue, Australia’s evangelical movement, and the ‘culture wars’. This episode was recorded live as part of the ANU/Canberra Times ‘Meet the Author’ series
[Interview with Mark Lane in Playboy Magazine #2]
No full textPoor quality photocopies of a magazine article which appeared in Playboy Magazine. The article features an extensive interview with Mark Lane, an attorney and author, who is critical of the Warren Commission's assessment of the assassination of President Kennedy
[Interview with Mark Lane in Playboy Magazine #1]
No full textMagazine article which appeared in Playboy Magazine. The article features an extensive interview with Mark Lane, an attorney and author, who is critical of the Warren Commission's assessment of the assassination of President Kennedy
UMUC - Asian Division - Mason G Daly - Greetings - March 26 1961 - Tokyo
No full textAsia;Hoffmann, RosemaryDr. Daly -U of Md, FED
Director
Commencement Ceremony
Tokyo, Japan 26 March ‘61
GREETINGS
Because our campus authorities have other Maryland convocations to attend in early June, the traditional American time of graduation, this Far East Division ceremony is held two months early and happens to coincide with commencement in this part of the world. At the time of the equinox, of the vernal spring, of the start of a new flood of life in the cycle of the year, Japan has picked the best time for the symbolic business of commencing , the best time to graduate the new generation into life. We are pleased that there is both logic and tradition involved in our time of sending forth this new academic generation.
To refer to this 1961 Maryland Far East class as a new generation produces surprise on some very well lined faces down there. A group that averages more than 38 years of age is not quite a fresh generation in the full flush of youthful idealism. Those of us who have dealt with these graduates know there is little about them that is naive, know that their idealism is very well tempered with realism, know that their dreams are rather more solid goals than undefined enthusiasm. The families of these men and women, sitting right here, know the years of sacrifice which have gone into the realization of those goals.
But here in the Kudan, and all round this city and nation in commencement convocations this afternoon, this American university and those Japanese universities hope that the seal of learning conferred today, the diploma which climaxes this affair, symbolizes significant progress for the graduates (regardless of age) and for humanity as a whole.
Although the University of Maryland began graduating new generations of scholars as far back as 1810, this is only the fifth time that degrees have been conferred by this university in the Far East. We mark with pride this fifth anniversary.
Speaking for our staff and entire faculty, I urge the military commands and commanders to join with us in this sense of pride. I especially invite the civilian corps of education directors and advisors, those base and post specialists in education, without whom no one of these graduations could have happened, to take joint pride in this landmark. And I include with them the military personnel, officer and enlisted, who have been charged with education responsibilities. I also wish to include the librarians of the immense complex of Armed Forces libraries who have, cooperating with us, compiled, coordinated, and purchased into being a library system capable of supporting the collateral academic needs of this, now large, student and faculty body.
The despair of the academic statistician is to measure the acquisition or dispensation of learning. The sum total of knowledge we may have lodged with these graduates, and with the four classes before them, will never be known. But because it is a kind of anniversary, I have given in to the temptation to compute something.
More than 36,000 different individuals have so far taken course work with us in the five years. The size of our graduating classes is hardly dramatic when related to that total. But our graduates in Tokyo each year cannot include those several hundred students whom the military returned to the home campus to finish the degree; and it does not include those thousands who have, since study with Maryland out house, completed degrees in other universities, or are now in that process. And no statistician would dare to chart Maryland's contribution to the happiness, livelihood, and enlarged knowledge, whether through one course or a completed curriculum, of each of the 36,000 who have entered our Far East classrooms.
That illustrates, I believe, the frustration of trying to document, define, or delimit academic accomplishment.
But if statistics fail me, I can lay full claim for this class, and for this faculty, to the most important fact of academic life - the fact that we have been, as free individuals, on an unconditional search for truth. This search for truth - this educational process - can be formalized and vigorously pursued anywhere in the world, even on remote military enclaves. Our five years have glowingly proved that, and that is our crowning achievement. We invite all of you here to mark with us this five year anniversary to join us in congratulating these scholars who have completed the baccalaureate, and to take pleasure in the reception which follows the ceremony
UMUC - Asian Division - Mason G Daly - Far East Commencement Greetings - March 24 1958 - Tokyo
No full textAsia;Hoffmann, RosemaryGreetings
Commencement Ceremony, Dr. Mason G. Daly, Director [Far East] Division, University of [Maryland] Overseas Division, Tokyo, Japan, March 24, 1958
The commission to extend greetings to this assemblage on behalf of the Far East Division of the University of Maryland Overseas Program, happily falls to me. We all know this division in Maryland’s world wide educational venture is the youngster, the new one; but those of us in it do not feel of another generation, we know we are quite dry behind the ears, we may have gotten started ten years late, but that does not mean we are a decade behind. We are, in fact, feeling very important today, sure that we have emphatically made our mark, confident that we deserve a full measure of attention. We are insistent that the size of our graduating class is not small, but startlingly large, and we have been insistent that the event getting underway here today must measure up to the significant number of significant men who are being honored.
This audience has assembled, I am sure, out of shared interest and effort, out of pride, and out of curiosity. Many of you are men and women who have worked directly with us and our students in your education services, you have invested time and energy in unmeasured quantity, and you have come to see an especially dramatic result of your cooperative effort. Others of you who have shared in the effort have perhaps come to collect some of the psychic pay that a teacher takes as part of his reward. You are the large number of lecturers who have bolstered our teaching staff and helped make this program possible. There are many commanding officers, from Generals and Admirals to company and wing commanders, there are fellow students, and there are the wives and children of these graduating men, all here in large number, all taking pride in their relationship with these men. And, there are many others present who are not immediately involved or closely acquainted with the graduating group or with dignitaries appearing here.
Many of you are Japanese who have come to observe this American ceremony taking place in your midst. Your press, radio and television are here and they will bring this event to the attention of still more people in the Orient.
You are all welcome, indeed. You are going to observe a traditional ceremony with is also unique. It is traditional in that it is being conducted in the same spirit and with the same procedures that hundreds of commencement are staged annually in the United States. I tis unique in locale, it is unique in the personnel of its graduating class (at least in terms of their age level and accumulated off-spring), and it is certainly a unique representation of an advance in university educational philosophy, a philosophy with now permits, even expect, a university to reach mature and deserving students wherever in the world they may be.
We were asked one day this fall, and not too facetiously, when we expected to set up classes on the far side of the moon. I suppose the replay must be: as soon as the requirement exists, and as soon as the conditions up there are correct (those conditions may have to include a big boost in the oxygen supply when college professors report in for action). I won’t dare anyone present to say that Maryland on the Moon is too wild a dream. However, it will be enough today to contemplate the significance of this American event in this place, to contemplate the significance of this American even this this place, to contemplate the fact that these graduates represent a Maryland student body of many thousands here in the Far East, many more thousands in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Atlantic area, the State of Maryland, Washington D.C., and the Pentagon. We bid you all welcome to our commencement and to the reception which will follow
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