Christian Texts and Intro to Lit

Texts that focus on Christian topics, or include biblical references or Christ figures, require careful interpretation, not rash conclusions.

From Literature Through the Eyes of Faith

In the quotation above, Susan Gallagher and Roger Lundin insist that like most good interpretation, parsing the relationship between Christianity and a specific piece of literature requires time and care. Below I try to think through how I will demonstrate that time and care in my intro to literature class, specifically in how we read our short story collection by Jhumpa Lahiri.

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