ENG458H1 Lecture Notes - Seven Bowls, Seven Seals, Intertextuality
Document Summary
Romantic writers vision must be direct and immediate. As letter to church (seven churches) to help resolve problem [church believes jesus as messianic figure, have to reconcile with power of roman empire and killing of xtians -> Jesus came to save world and died vs reality salvation and evil] Prophetic text -> idea of metaphorical vs literal meaning, generic vs specific group of people common idea of being predictive, but more metaphorical and general/vague. Attempt to redescribe world and see world in different way, hope or judgement. Interjection, laying out words without beating around bush. Hope and helping see world differently in reality experience. Prophetic writing encouraging thinking about world differently than what used to. Not working out exact events but way to imagine different world. Apocalyptic text as genre, intentionally cosmic and dramatic imagery to make comment on present day events enforcing the drama, describing as choices to be made, making it seem significant and focal to history.
