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Johns Hopkins University | AS.220.117

Imagining The Bible: Creative Rewriting in Contemporary Literature

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In this mini-term course, students will read and analyze modern and contemporary rewriting of biblical narratives, compare/contrast with the original source material, and write their own reimagining of an ancient story. Examples will be drawn from fiction, poetry, and music, including the work of José Saramago, Aimee Bender, Primo Levi, Jeanette Winterson, Danez Smith, Leonard Cohen, and others.

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