An Interesting Claim
A fascinating claim has been brought to my attention. Since this claim has a great deal of bearing on many aspects of literature I thought it would be perfect material for writing about on my blog. As a disclaimer, I would like to point out that this claim clearly stems form certain religious roots. I am of course not responsible for this and am currently purposely avoiding these religious issues (although I may address them at some later date…).
Biblical Roots
The first part of this claim is that many great literary creations are actually based on a collection of motifs that constantly repeat themselves. This is patently true and people who study literature call these repeating motifs by various names. The second part of this claim is that all the great and successful motifs stem form the Bible. This part is debatable since I can think of a great deal of motifs that I can’t see directly how they stem from our Holy Bible. The third part of this claim is the most religious and thus most debatable (although not on this blog – this is the stuff that should be discussed in some religious blog!). The third part states that the reason for this is that the Bible reflects the sum of all true patterns of tale and that anything that is at all successful must stem from this mighty source of truth.
Examples
There are several examples that illustrate this claim. This is thanks to the fact that the Bible is replete with drama, action, bloody scenes, incredible self sacrifices, powerful expressions of evil and hatred, pure devotion and several instances of the triumph of good against evil. These are of course all vital components of many a successful tale. Certainly the tales of heroes and their downfalls as they appear in the Bible can be seen in many other literary works as well…
