EMAIL<\/a> | SYLLABUS<\/a> | POLICIES<\/a> | QUESTIONS<\/a> | PRESENTATIONS<\/a> | JOURNALS<\/a> | PAPER<\/a> | FINAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Assigned: Aquinas, Thomas. From Summa Theologica<\/em> (181-84 in Leitch, Vincent B. and William E. Cain, eds. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism.<\/em> 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2010. ISBN 978-0-393-93292-8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. On 181-84, what assumptions in Aquinas regarding representation\u2019s status do you think might be derived from Aristotle? Further, explain any similarities in concept or methodology you find respecting these two authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. On 181-84, to what extent do Augustine (in On Christian Teaching<\/em>) and Aquinas seem to agree about the significance of figurative language such as metaphor, especially in the Bible? Within the religious framework of these two Christian authors, what\u2019s the point of making investigations into figures or tropes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. General question: what is metaphor? Explain this linguistic phenomenon in your own terms, taking care to incorporate the terms \u201cvehicle\u201d and \u201ctenor\u201d in your response but also to get at the heart of what exactly using metaphors accomplishes and why metaphor matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. On 181-82, why, according to Aquinas, is the Bible\u2019s metaphoric language both \u201cnecessary and useful\u201d (181) — what makes it necessary, and in what three ways is it useful to human beings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. On 181-82, what does Aquinas suggest is the value of figurative language to God, as opposed to mere mortals? That is, how does metaphor preserve or remind us of the gap between the human and the divine?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. On 182-84, why, according to Aquinas, is the Bible\u2019s figurative language not a threat to stable meaning or to God\u2019s providential order — i.e. to his all-encompassing plan for humans and the universe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. On 182-84, what in Aquinas\u2019 view is the \u201cliteral sense\u201d of a figurative expression? Why is it important for him to define the term \u201cliteral\u201d as carefully as he does?<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THOMAS AQUINAS QUESTIONS FOR E256 LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISMCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, FALL 2012 Assigned: Aquinas, Thomas. From Summa Theologica (181-84 in Leitch, Vincent B. and William E. Cain, eds. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2010. ISBN 978-0-393-93292-8). Summa Theologica 1. On 181-84, what assumptions in Aquinas regarding representation\u2019s status do you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"wf_page_folders":[18],"class_list":["post-1121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4791,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1121\/revisions\/4791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Summa Theologica<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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