Fifth gospel (genre)
Fifth gospel is a literary genre focusing on fictional transfigurations of Jesus. The term has been coined by Theodore Ziolkowski.[1]
According to Ziolkowski, in "fictional transfigurations of Jesus" "the characters and the action, irrespective of meaning or theme, are prefigured to a noticeable extent by figures and events popularly associated with the life of Jesus as it is known from the Gospels."[2]
Books in this genre include Lars Görling 's 491, Gunter Grass's Cat and Mouse, John Barth's Giles Goat-Boy and Gore Vidal's Messiah and Live from Golgotha.[1]
See also
- Gospel
- Gospel (genre)
- The Fifth Gospel
- The Gospel of Afranius
References
- ^ ISSN 0817-458X.
- ISBN 978-1-57910-931-8.