"In this book, Ruf tries to understand how the concepts of "voice" and "genre" function in texts. To this end, he joins literary theorists in the discussion about "narrative." Ruf rejects the idea of genre as a fixed historical form that serves as a template for readers and writ…
This work attempts to understand how the concepts of "voice" and "genre" function in texts, especially religious texts. The theory given is applied to five specific literary texts, detailing the ways in which a text constructs a voice, and in the process, a self.
In this book, Ruf tries to understand how the concepts of "voice" and "genre" function in texts. To this end, he joins literary theorists in the discussion about "narrative." Ruf rejects the idea of genre as a fixed historical form that serves as a template for readers and write…
