Godly Play National Annual Lecture & AGM

Parable, poetry... and Godly Play

University College 'Archbishop Fonseca'

"The exegesis of the Gospel parables has passed through five easily recognized stages. Throughout these stages these parables have been interpreted in different ways: at times as allegories and symbols, at other times as metaphors or as moral tales. In more recent times, the methods of modern literary critique have been applied to the study of the parables, and from this application have arisen new readings and interpretations. This latter line of analysis includes the hermeneutical approach of affirming the aesthetic value of the parables and their autonomy as literary works." (translation of A. J. Levoratti http://www.revistabiblica.org.ar/articulos/rb59_45.pdf)

This latter approach is the one that has been adopted by Charles W. Hedrick (Parables as Poetic Fictions. The Creative Voice of Jesus, Peabody, Massachusetts; Hendrickson Publishers: 1994), where he analyses the parables as 'poetic fictions'. He highlights their languaje as 'aesthetic objects' and thus the figures of speech that are found in them: assonance, consonance, euphony, etc.

Alfredo Pérez Alencart

What's the relationship between parable and poetry? Godly Play Spain's annual lecture for 2013 is by ALFREDO PÉREZ ALENCART, a Peruvian-Salamancan poet, a lecturer at Salamanca University, and a member of the Castilian-Leonese Academy of Poetry. His poems have been translated into German, English, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Rumanian, Indonesian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Hebrew, Serbian, Korean and Vietnamese.

DATE: Saturday 2 March 2013

PLACE: Evangelical Church in Salamanca, Paseo de la Estación 32 (http://www.iglesiaevangelica.net/) + Auditorium at the Salamanca University College of Archbishop Fonseca (http://campus.usal.es/~residen/Fonseca/index4.html).

PRICES:
-- The lecture 'Parable and Poetry' is free and open to the public.
-- For the whole day's programme (registration, conference folder, workshops, Godly Play session, coffee/tea, lunch and afternoon snack all included), there is a fee of 30 euro.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME: (all sessions will be in Spanish!)
10:00 Welcome & Godly Play session (Evangelical Church, Paseo de la Estación)
11:30 Guided walk through the Medieval heart of Salamanca (Plaza Mayor, etc.)
12:30 Public lecture + discussion (Auditorium, University College of Archbishop Fonseca)
13:30 Display of Godly Play books & materials + information about the Godly Play Spain national association (Auditorium, 'Fonseca')
14:00 Lunch (Restaurant, 'Fonseca')
15:00 Guided visit to a Godly Play classroom (Evangelical Church, Paseo de la Estación)
16:00 Workshops (options):
(a) 'The poetic language of Godly Play' (the verbal language, scripts and translation issues)
(b) 'Beginning Godly Play' (for those who are new to the method)
(c) 'Godly Play materials' (how to create your own materials)
17:30 Farewell ceremony + afternoon snack
18:00 AGM of the Godly Play Spain national association (1st call)
18:30 AGM (2nd call)
20:00 Farewell

ACCOMMODATION:
For participants visiting Salamanca and who need accommodation (and who may wish to extend their visit in order to explore the city), we recommend thel Hotel Emperatriz (http://www.emperatrizhotel.com/) for its centrality and economic rates.

REGISTRATION:
Please contact...
--Dori Alonso Santamaría... teléfono: 653683021; correo-e: joseydori [at] hotmail.com, or...
-- Arantxa Urrue Anttila... teléfono: 600417470; correo-e: atxanttila [at] hotmail.com