Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling [microform]: a Metaphorical Reading

ISBN-10
0612198987
ISBN-13
9780612198982
Pages
109
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
Author
Jonathan A. Hayes

Description

"This study proposes to investigate the central metaphors of journey and silence as they as found in Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling. Relying primarily on Paul Ricoeur's corrective to the tradition of metaphor theory, The Rule of Metaphor, Kierkegaard's use of these metaphors will be analysed for the way in which the nature of faith is depicted in this difficult, highly lyrical text. Key features of this study include a consideration of the role of "possibility" and "indirect communication" in the language of faith and, by extension, metaphor. Ricoeur's theory helps to connect what he terms the "work" of the text with the "world" of the text." --