Kata Markon

["Webber's MUN Account" <gwyoung AT morgan.ucs.mun.ca>]

Dear Phil:

Its always nice to hear from 'down under.'  I agree that sometimes the
distinction between the ironic and the satirical is hard to differentiate,
and the ironic clearly has a place in Mark - including the coronation scene.
Yet my focus carries me into more acrid terrain, where the narrator's
pleasure teeters over from the serio-comical (irony) into one of ridicule
(satire).  My interests spring from a continued dissatisfaction with the
endless stutter of the BIOS school, i.e., those who frame all three
synoptics (and John) as some mutation of the 'Life' genre. And, as you know,
any 'frame' cannot but hide the margins, or, in my view, the satirical
side(s) of Mark.  Currently, I'm drawing from the insights of Northrop Frye
(Anatomy), M. Bakhtin (Doestovesky's Poetics), and many others' discussions
of the ancient Menippean Satire.  Both Frye and Bakhtin argue effectively
(in my opinion) that the Menippean Satire was one of the most influential
literary experiments of the ancient world.  First attributed, or given
'form,' by Menippus, but then 'nurtured' by Varro, Lucian, and many others
to follow, and finding a special place in early and medieval Christianity,
and, still more, (as Bakhtin argues) perfected in Doestovesky.  Anyway, the
paucity of secondary literature concerning satire in Mark (as defined
above), suggests that maybe there is still more canvas under that annoying,
ugly, old frame which that B(i)os(sy) school keeps handing us!

George Young
Queen's College
Newfoundland, CANADA
gwyoung AT morgan.ucs.mun.ca



-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Campbell <pressies AT onthenet.com.au>
To: Kata Markon <gmark AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:58 PM
Subject: [gmark] Re: Book/Article Suggestions


>How strong is the distinction you want to make between irony and satire? A
>search under IRONY at Amazon.com turns up a book on irony in Mark. Do you
>see the whole resurrection "coronation" as satire?
>
>Phil Campbell
>Mitchelton Presbyterian Church
>Queensland, Australia
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "George Young" <gwyoung AT morgan.ucs.mun.ca>
>To: "Kata Markon" <gmark AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>Sent: Friday, 12 May 2000 9:47
>Subject: [gmark] Book/Article Suggestions
>
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>> Hello List Members:
>>
>> Currently I'm researching the use of *satire* in Mark.  Here 'satire' is
>> taken in its broadest sense, including that of 'militant irony'.  To date
>I
>> haven't found much material that addresses the use of satire in Mark
>> directly.  Do any list members have any hints of books and/or articles
>that
>> address this topic in Mark?  Any suggestions would be helpful.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> George W. Young, PhD
>> Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies
>> Queen's College Faculty of Theology
>> 210 Prince Philip Drive
>> St. John's  NF
>> CANADA   A1B 3R6
>> Tel. (709) 753-0116
>> Fax. (709) 753-1214
>> email: gwyoung AT morgan.ucs.mun.ca
>>
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