Utilizing Narrative Devices: Experimenting With Style and Design in Short Fiction to Heighten the Impression of Character and Place

aut.embargoYesen_NZ
aut.filerelease.date2021-06-19
aut.thirdpc.containsNoen_NZ
dc.contributor.advisorGeorge, James
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Angela
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-18T23:09:05Z
dc.date.available2019-06-18T23:09:05Z
dc.date.copyright2019
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2019-06-10T02:50:35Z
dc.description.abstractThis exegesis investigates the ways in which narrative devices can be implemented in short fiction, to heighten the impression of character and place. The devices are examined in relation to the creative writing in my master’s thesis, 'All That Could Happen', and to experiments with narrative in contemporary American short fiction. The main findings of this study are that implementing specific devices of style and design can; i) give lyrical expression to character and place, engaging the reader in a ‘listening’ rather than mainly ‘visual’ interaction with the text; ii) direct the telling of the story through meanings and tensions residing in conversations between characters, or in the relationship between character and place; rather than through the narrative; and, iii) allow the reader greater contemplation of, and empathy for characters and places that are fractured and under stress.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/12565
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectNarrative Devicesen_NZ
dc.subjectLyricismen_NZ
dc.subjectMinimalismen_NZ
dc.subjectFragmentationen_NZ
dc.subjectCharacter and Placeen_NZ
dc.subjectAmerican Short Fictionen_NZ
dc.titleUtilizing Narrative Devices: Experimenting With Style and Design in Short Fiction to Heighten the Impression of Character and Placeen_NZ
dc.typeExegesisen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Creative Writingen_NZ
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