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Mennonite Literature: Final Exam Question on Canadian Mennonite Novels
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Sunday, April 17, 2011. Final Exam Question on Canadian Mennonite Novels. Each of the Canadian Mennonite novels we've read in this class focuses on the "coming of age" of the protagonist, and shows how that character develops increased self-awareness in relation to a series of obstacles related to the main conflict. So far, this is pretty much what all realistic novels do. So what's particularly "Mennonite" about these novels? So, your exam question is: what is that central question raised by each novel?
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Mennonite Literature: Pacifism in Mennonite Literature
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Pacifism in Mennonite Literature. Again and again in the Mennonite fiction we have read this semester, various arguments surrounding Jesus's teaching on peace and the Mennonite stance against war have come up for discussion. Both Peace Shall Destroy Many. Bring up pacifism in light in the context of war. A Complicated Kindness. His poetry, translated into English, has been collected and edited by Wilbur Birky. Here is one of Yaguchi's poems. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Mennonites & Methodists: April 2011
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Miriam Teows’ A Complicated Kindness presents the problem of being enslaved by the tight rules of the Church and the question of when is the Church wrong? When does it turn into manipulation of the truth? What do you do? Do you follow the rules or do you stand up to the Church and demand reform? The central question posed in Rudy Wiebe’s Peace Shall Destroy Many is about nonresistance. Is it okay to sit back while others are fighting and dying for your freedom? He punched Herb ...
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READ THIS NOW (it'snotthatbad): Cultural Critique Through Mennonite Writing
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READ THIS NOW (it'snotthatbad). Friday, March 11, 2011. Cultural Critique Through Mennonite Writing. The Mennonite church is, to some degree, the one unifying experience between most people writing Mennonite literature, and there is a huge diversity of reactions to it, from wholehearted support to piercing criticism. Because of this, I will show through three examples from A Cappella,. A collection of Mennonite poetry,. A Cappella: Mennonite Voices in Poetry. Iowa City: University of Iowa, 2003. Print.
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Woohoo! Mennonite Literature!: Goshen Martyrs
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Saturday, April 23, 2011. A sentence from Stephanie Krehbiel's essay “Staying Alive: How Martyrdom Made Me a Warrior”. Caught my eye. Krehbiel writes, “In the end, it seems the martyr and warrior archetypes both harbor the same dangerous potential: to make us locate evil solely in the Other and imagine ourselves pure, be we sword-bearers or victims” ( Tongue Screws and Testimonies. Last week in The Record. Patrick Maxwell, a senior at Goshen, wrote a perspective. Posted by Sarah and David. Goshen martyrs...
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MennoNight: The Blessing of Deviance
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Friday, April 1, 2011. The Blessing of Deviance. April 1, 2011 at 12:54 PM. In my family, there is plenty of room for deviance, accompanied by acceptance. To me, this realization is one of the biggest gifts that I have been given. This odd combination of freedom and community allows me to explore and add to my life experiences and my faith. I have been gracefully given permission to weave my family’s stories with my own, and take their experiences to learn from. Your family sounds amazing, btw). And that...
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READ THIS NOW (it'snotthatbad): Katya
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READ THIS NOW (it'snotthatbad). Saturday, April 30, 2011. Katya is one of the Canadian Mennonite novels we read this semester in Mennonite Lit. It tells the story of how Mennonites living in a culturally isolated village came upon hard times during the time period close to WWI and the Russian Revolution. It illustrates how larger themes in history can shape personal stories. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Mennonite Literature and Mennonite Theology. Osama bin Laden Dead! Take Life Into Your Own Hands.
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MennoNight: January 2011
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Friday, January 28, 2011. I thought that this issue had a very good variety in style of literature, and it was interesting to see how each author had his or her own perspective on a similar issue. Sunday, January 23, 2011. The plot of Pearl Diver. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Mennonite Literature and Mennonite Theology. Osama bin Laden Dead! READ THIS NOW (it'snotthatbad). Reading some mennonite literature. Conversations About Community: final exam essay. View my complete profile.
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MennoNight: A Complicated Kindness and the Power of the Metaphor
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Monday, April 25, 2011. A Complicated Kindness and the Power of the Metaphor. Not literally, of course. What I mean to say is that I use and think in metaphors about as often as clouds cover Goshen. So, when Nomi Nickel, the narrator and main character of Miriam Toews' novel A Complicated Kindness,. Brought up how she saw her sister's use of metaphors to be a negative thing, she really caught my attention. What is it about the metaphor that is frightening? She has been faced with so much abandonment that...