The multiplicity of “I”

Tovic, Irena

The multiplicity of “I”

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	Tovic, Irena
dc.date.accessioned	2012-10-01T00:34:05Z
dc.date.available	2012-10-01T00:34:05Z
dc.date.copyright	2012
dc.date.created	2012
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.date.updated	2012-10-01T00:29:47Z
dc.description.abstract	The Rain of the Praying Mantis is an exploration, a journey, into the life of Kataryna who returns to a place which she loves and cherishes, her childhood ‘home’. Milan Kundera states that “[a] novel is a long piece of synthetic prose based on play with invented characters...Ironic essay, novelistic narrative, autobiographical fragment, historic fact, flight of fantasy: The synthetic power of the novel is capable of combining everything into a unified whole like the voices of polyphonic music.” (232) The Rain of the Praying Mantis is fragmented. It consists of pieces from the past, the present day-to-day occurrences, fairytales and the protagonist’s personal reflections. What keeps the fragments all in tune is the common exploration of the meaning of home, belonging, life and identity; all of which are complex and often contradictory notions. [Note: the novel, The Rain of the Praying Mantis, is embargoed until 31 May 2015]	en_NZ
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10292/4617
dc.language.iso	en	en_NZ
dc.publisher	Auckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrights	OpenAccess
dc.subject	Synthetic prose	en_NZ
dc.subject	Protagonist’s personal reflections	en_NZ
dc.title	The multiplicity of “I”	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