The literary benefits of linguistic and cultural hybridity

Date
2010
Authors
Radojkovich, Leanne
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Cranna, John
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Master of Creative Writing
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Auckland University of Technology
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The objective of this exegesis is to show how linguistic and cultural hybridity create a unique prose style, and how my stories sit within that style. I will use Grace Paley and Lucia Berlin to demonstrate the distinctive narrative techniques. These include the use of sensuous details (instead of descriptions) to make place and character palpable; dialogue that convincingly evokes living speech; plots which emanate from the characters, rather than the other way round; and open-ended resolutions, as in real life. I will then show how I use these narrative techniques in my collection Happiness and other stories.

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Literary fiction , Cultural hybridity , Linguistic hybridity , Mixed identities , Prose style , Narrative techniques
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