Narrating Homicide Chiastically

Authors

John W. Welch

Keywords

BYU Studies, Chiasmus, murder

Abstract

The truth be known, murder is an ugly, awful subject. Even when packaged in beautifully crafted literature, first-degree homicide is to be universally assailed as vile, horrible, and most terrible. Murder is disruptive to the very fabric of human life. It instills in the community anxieties, horror, fear, chaos, vengeance, and blood feuds. It throws the normal boundaries of human powers in the world into personal turmoil, into metaphysical uncertainty, and into cosmic imbalance.

Recommended Citation

Welch, John W. (2020) "Narrating Homicide Chiastically," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 59: Iss. 5, Article 9.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol59/iss5/9