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In this book, Charitini Christodoulou argues that a certain perception of openness that she calls "dialogic" permeates Nikos Kazantzakis' The Last Temptation. Partly based on Umberto Eco's theory in Opera Aperta and Mikhail Bakhtin's notion of dialogism, the term "dialogic openness" refers to the idea of antithetical forces clashing and thus revealing different forms of tension that are not resolved at the end of the novel. Thus, it is shown that subjectivity and meaning is always in the proc...

Kazantzakis, Nikos, --- Kazantzakēs, Nikos, --- Kazantzaki, Nikos, --- Kazandzákisz, Níkosz, --- Kasantzakis, Nikos, --- Kazantzakis, Niko, --- Kazanxaqis, Nikos, --- Kazantzakēs, N. --- Καζαντζάκης, Νίκος, --- קאזאנצאקיס, ניקוס --- קאזאנצאקיס, ניקוס, --- קאזאנצאקי, ניקוס --- קאזאנצאקי, ניקוס, --- Kazan, Nicolas, --- Karma Nirvamē, --- Akritas, --- Psēloreitēs, Petros, --- History and criticism.

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This book explores the philosophical and theological thought of Nikos Kazantzakis. Kazantzakis is a well-known and highly influential Greek writer, having authored such works as Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ, among many others. This volume focuses on the over-arching themes of Kazantzakis’ work, namely the importance of the natural world, the nature of humanity, and the nature of God, by means of an analysis of his major novels and other writings. Along the way attention is given to the views of the important scholars who have interacted with Kazantzakis’s works, including Peter Bien, Darren Middleton, and Daniel Dombrowski. .

Kazantzakis, Nikos, --- Political and social views. --- Kazantzakēs, Nikos, --- Kazantzaki, Nikos, --- Kazandzákisz, Níkosz, --- Kasantzakis, Nikos, --- Kazantzakis, Niko, --- Kazanxaqis, Nikos, --- Kazantzakēs, N. --- Καζαντζάκης, Νίκος, --- קאזאנצאקיס, ניקוס --- קאזאנצאקיס, ניקוס, --- קאזאנצאקי, ניקוס --- קאזאנצאקי, ניקוס, --- Kazan, Nicolas, --- Karma Nirvamē, --- Akritas, --- Psēloreitēs, Petros, --- Philosophy. --- Comparative literature. --- Greek philology. --- Theology. --- Philosophy of Religion. --- Comparative Literature. --- Greek. --- Christian Theology. --- Christian theology --- Theology --- Theology, Christian --- Christianity --- Religion --- Classical philology --- Greek language --- Greek literature --- Comparative literature --- Literature, Comparative --- Philology --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- History and criticism --- Religion—Philosophy. --- Greek language. --- Classical languages --- Indo-European languages --- Greek philology