A Poetics of Comparison
Euripides, Zhuangzi, and the Human Poise of Imaginative Construction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8205963 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer R Rapp (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 163-201 |
| Publication date | 2010-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7189 • E-ISSN: 1477-4585 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jaarel/lfp092 |
| OpenAlex | W1981130405 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
As constructive acts of imaginative making, comparative endeavors in the study of religion bear descriptive, interpretive, and normative demands in ways that poetry and poetics can speak to especially well. By drawing upon poets to engage and elaborate extant theoretical concerns in comparative study, I present an approach for considering comparisons as made objects. As such, using poet Kay Ryan's terms, I suggest rafters and ghost ribs of various forms characterize the scholar's methodological structures, the religious texts at issue, and the ideals of practice emergent from each. A comparison of Euripides and Zhuangzi—focusing on their chorus-like discursive strategies and their respective ideals of spiritual endurance and spiritual anticipation—accompanies the essay's theoretical emphases as a preliminary example of what might be involved in a terrain for comparative religious ethics comprised via poetics.
Art · Literature · Poetics · Poetry · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2014 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |