JESUS AND THE SAMARITAN WOMAN

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Preface

CHAPTER ONE PERCEPTIONS REGARDING THE STYLE OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL IN PAST RESEARCH

1. Introduction

2. Different approaches to Johannine style

2.1 The traditional approach

2.2 Johannine style studies for secondary purposes

2.2.1 Style and sources

2.2.2 Style and the unity of the Gospel

2.2.3 Style and the Aramaic origin of the Gospel

2.2.4 Style and other Johannine writings

a. The letters of John and John's Gospel

b. The Apocalypse and the Gospel of John

2.2.5 The study of style for other reasons

2.3 Research on individual aspects of Johannine style

2.3.1 Irony

2.3.2 The Fourth Gospel as drama

2.3.3 Johannine misunderstanding and double meaning

2.3.4 Certain individual grammatical aspects

2.3.5 Certain poetic qualities

2.3.6 Explanatory notes in the Gospel

2.3.7 Numerical patterns

2.3.8 The literary structure

2.3.9 Other literary devices

2.3.10 Narrative art in John

2.3.11 John and reception theory

3. Conclusion

CHAPTER TWO WHAT IS STYLE?

1. The history and theory of contemporary stylistics

1.1 Historical development

1.2 The current situation

1.3 Approaching a definition of style

2. Style and John's Gospel

CHAPTER THREE SPEECH ACT THEORY, STYLE AND JOHN 4:1-42: SOME PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS

1. Introduction

2. Speech Act Theory

2.1 Sentences vs utterances

2.2 Performatives

2.3 Locution, illocution and perlocution

2.4 Appropriateness conditions or felicity conditions

2.5 The cooperative principle and maxims

2.6 Shared knowledge, beliefs and presumptions

2.7 Indirect speech acts

2.8 Literary works and audiences

2.9 Literary speech acts as 'display texts'

2.10 The literary speech situation

3. Some advantages of Speech Act Theory for the study of style

3.1 The concept of utterances

3.2 Literary texts and verbal interaction

3.3 Importance of context

3.4 Rule-governed behavior

3.5 Speech act theory and reception theory

3.6 Implicature

3.7 Appellative power

3.8 Speech act theory and narratology

3.9 Appropriateness conditions

3.10 Interpersonal relationships

3.11 The success of utterances

3.12 The author's obligations

3.13 Rules and rule-breaking

3.14 Context and style

4. John 4 as literary speech act

4.1 Levels of analysis

4.2 Types of speech acts involved

4.3 Some specifics of John chapter 4

4.3.1 The character level

4.3.2 The level of the implied author and readers

CHAPTER FOUR A SPEECH ACT READING OF JOHN 4:1-42

1. Units of analysis

2. The incident in Samaria analyzed

2.1 4:1-4 General introduction to the story

2.2 Brief summary of 4:1-4

2.3 4:5-7a Specific introduction to the story

2.4 Brief summary of 4:5-7a

2.5 4:7b-26 Dialogue between Jesus and the Samaritan woman

2.5.1 4:7b-15 The first half of the dialogue

a. 4:7b-9 Opening the dialogue

b. Brief summary of 4:7b-9

c. 4:10-15 Discussion on life-giving water

d. Brief summary of 4:10-15

2.5.2 4:16-26 The second half of the dialogue

a. 4:16-26 The topic under discussion changes

b. Brief summary of 4:16-26

2.6 4:27-42 The story continues

2.6.1 4:27-30 Transition: The disciples return and the woman departs

2.6.2 Brief summary of 4:27-30

2.6.3 4:31-38 'Meanwhile'

2.6.4 Brief summary of 4:31-38

2.6.5 4:39-42 Conclusion of the story

2.6.6 Brief summary of 4:39-42

CHAPTER FIVE SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS REGARDING JOHANNINE STYLE BASED ON A SPEECH ACT READING OF JOHN 4:1-42

1. Introduction

2. Johannine style in John 4:1-42

2.1 General observations

2.1.1 An impression regarding style

2.1.2 Style and choice

2.2 Ensuring readers' involvement

2.3 The manipulation/victimization/unstabling of readers

2.4 The stylistic choice of the context

2.5 Rules and rule-breaking

2.6 The interaction of the various style features

2.7 The use of intertexts

2.8 Realism of the verbal interaction

2.9 Style and interpersonal communication

2.10 Different levels of communication in the text

2.11 The style 'between the lines'

2.12 Speech act theory and reception theory

2.13 Characteristic usages

3. Conclusion

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND SOURCES