Novel Ideas: Writing Innovative Fiction

ISBN-13: 9781352008487 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 201 str.

Paul Williams

Opis

This concise yet comprehensive study explores innovative practice in the novel and, from the perspective of creative writing, the astonishing resilience of the novel form.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Novel.- 1. Rise of the Novel: It was a Dark and Stormy Night.- 2. Realism: The Willing Suspension of Disbelief.- 3. Modernism: The Fragmentation of Reality.- 4. Minimalism: Le Mot Juste.- 5. Magical Realism: How Flying Carpets Really Fly.- 6. Postmodernism: Constructing ‘Reality’.- 7. Metafiction: Writing About the Mirror.- 8. The Transgressive Novel: Writing with Dark Ink.- 9. Ecriture Feminine: Writing the Body.- 10. Postcolonialism: Writing Back to Empire.- 11. The Graphic Novel and Illustrated Books.- 12. Interactive Narrative and Digital Possibilities.- Conclusion: Writing Innovative Fiction

O autorze

Dr Paul Williams is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Program Coordinator at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He is co-author of 'Playing With Words', with Shelley Davidow. His Young Adult novel 'The Secret of Old Mukiwa' won the Zimbabwe International Book Fair award in 2001 and his memoir 'Soldier Blue' was nominated as Book of the Year in South Africa in 2008.