Theory Into Practice

McNamara, Catherine

Theory Into Practice

aut.embargo	No	en_NZ
aut.thirdpc.contains	No	en_NZ
aut.thirdpc.permission	No	en_NZ
aut.thirdpc.removed	No	en_NZ
dc.contributor.advisor	Johnson, Mike
dc.contributor.author	McNamara, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-08T02:50:00Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-08T02:50:00Z
dc.date.copyright	2014
dc.date.created	2014
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.date.updated	2014-07-04T02:50:58Z
dc.description.abstract	The Gift of Doubt is a contemporary novel set in a rural coastal region of New Zealand, the far north. Two characters are juxtaposed in their concern for aspects of the community around them, most significantly in their concern for a young P addict. The novel is narrated in 3rd person (limited and subjective), present tense. It uses intertextuality, and ironic understatement as well a playful tone and construction, to explore an idealistic cast of mind that could easily seem outdated. The novel both aims to represent the world beyond the text as well as to construct a self-reflexive document in the form of inserted texts, allusions and conflicting world views ending with some devices that throw the whole narrative into question. The exegesis, placed intentionally at the end of the novel, will explore the link between my reading of postmodern theory and a possible new emphasis within my writing.	en_NZ
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10292/7412
dc.language.iso	en	en_NZ
dc.publisher	Auckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrights	OpenAccess
dc.subject	Gift	en_NZ
dc.subject	Doubt	en_NZ
dc.title	Theory Into Practice	en_NZ
dc.type	Thesis
thesis.degree.discipline
thesis.degree.grantor	Auckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.level	Masters Theses
thesis.degree.name	Master of Creative Writing	en_NZ