EMAIL<\/a> | SYLLABUS<\/a> | POLICIES<\/a> | QUESTIONS<\/a> | PRESENTATIONS<\/a> | JOURNALS<\/a> | PAPER<\/a> | FINAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Assigned: On Christian Doctrine<\/em> (156-62 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. How does Augustine initially define the term \u201csign\u201d? What distinctions does he make between things and signs? What is your own definition of this term \u201csign\u201d? (156-57)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. On 158-59, what two kinds of signs, according to Augustine? Which does he exclude from his analysis? Which does he privilege, and why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. On 159-60, compare and contrast Augustine\u2019s account of the spoken and written word with the one set forth by Plato\u2019s Socrates in Phaedrus<\/em> the story about Theuth\u2019s invention of writing (78). Which do you find more valuable, and why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. On 160-62, why is metaphor, or figurative language, important to Augustine? Why might some opponents think that figurative language is dangerous and ought to be avoided altogether? Explain their potential rationale, and what you think Augustine would reply by way of rejoinder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO QUESTIONS FOR E256 LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISMCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, FALL 2012 Assigned: On Christian Doctrine (156-62 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). On Christian Doctrine Book 1 (395 A.D.) 1. How does Augustine initially define the term \u201csign\u201d? […]<\/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-1123","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1123","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=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4794,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1123\/revisions\/4794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}On Christian Doctrine<\/em> Book 1 (395 A.D.)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
On Christian Doctrine,<\/em> Book 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
On Christian Doctrine,<\/em> Book 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n