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We will consider Prudentius' Hamartigena.
(You may want to compare Aristotle on hamartia.)
Among topics of your choosing, consider please the one that Augustine raised: how is it that
we
constantly
fall into sin? Or, in more secular terms, what is the nature
of evil?
Consider also Prudentius'
portrait of Cain. You may want to compare similar portraits, such as that in Beowulf,
where Grendel and his kin are called the kin of Cain. What is
the tradition of Cain and his kin? How does the natural generation
of monsters concord with an epistemology of evil?
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Also, how
do the metaphors and images Prudentius uses contribute or detract
from the theological niceties of the issues of sin and evil? |