(urth) The Devil in a Forest

[James B. Jordan]

At 09:30 AM 5/19/2009, you wrote:
>I think there is more to it than just how sneaky his propaganda is. 
>Sure, Wolfe is propagandizing, as always---but he doesn't just 
>propagandize for a narrow segment of the political spectrum, and he 
>rarely makes things as black and white and baldly allegorical as you 
>seem to suggest. Rather, he asks questions and examines the moral 
>aspects of the range of answers.

To be sure. And remember, tDiaF is written for teens, not adults. I 
doubt if there is any teen fiction anywhere that does not try to 
educate in some direction.

In fact, I doubt if there is any fiction anywhere that does not come 
from some perspective, and therefore can be said to propagandize for 
that perspective.

For instance, I don't think Wolfe wrote the Severian quintet in order 
to propagandize, but it is certainly the case that he is presenting 
the notion that resurrection and a new world can only come on the 
other side of very serious destruction and judgment, brought about in 
response to serious malfeasance; and that it is the God who sent the 
Theoanthropos long ago who does this kind of thing. It's not a 
Santa-claus cozy liberal Christianity, but it is a Christian 
viewpoint. A "severe Christian" who writes a story about serious 
matters is just going to write in this manner.

FWIW

Nutria



James B. Jordan
Director, Biblical Horizons
Box 1096
Niceville, FL 32588
http://www.biblicalhorizons.com 
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