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Artful Life Stories : Enriching Creative Writing Practice Through Oral History Ariella Van Luyn , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , April vol. 17 no. 1 2013; 'This paper, written at the culmination of a practice-led PhD project in creative writing, describes how the author's engagement with oral history theory and practice enriched the design of the novel emerging from the thesis. The novel, based on oral history interviews and archival materials, blurs the boundaries between historically verifiable information and fiction. Many fiction writers draw on interviews and archival material, but not all of them feel so tied to this material that they disclose its influence on their work. However, authors such as Dave Eggers, Anna Funder, Terry Whitebeach and Padma Viswanathan explicitly identify their novels as based on extended oral histories. While these authors describe their process to some extent, there is a lack of deep theoretical discussion around the task of transforming oral histories into fiction. This paper extends this discussion by providing a practitioner's account of how two key concerns of the oral history project in Australia - a concern with subjectivity and making oral history interviews accessible to a wide audience - underpin the design of the novel. The author concludes that the unique qualities of fiction can explore subjective experience, but the authenticity demanded of novels based on verifiable data can be constraining, and should not be elevated above a concern for the satisfactions of the reader.' (Author's abstract)
These Books are Made from Talking 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 August 2012; (p. 3)
These Books are Made from Talking 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 August 2012; (p. 3)
Artful Life Stories : Enriching Creative Writing Practice Through Oral History Ariella Van Luyn , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , April vol. 17 no. 1 2013; 'This paper, written at the culmination of a practice-led PhD project in creative writing, describes how the author's engagement with oral history theory and practice enriched the design of the novel emerging from the thesis. The novel, based on oral history interviews and archival materials, blurs the boundaries between historically verifiable information and fiction. Many fiction writers draw on interviews and archival material, but not all of them feel so tied to this material that they disclose its influence on their work. However, authors such as Dave Eggers, Anna Funder, Terry Whitebeach and Padma Viswanathan explicitly identify their novels as based on extended oral histories. While these authors describe their process to some extent, there is a lack of deep theoretical discussion around the task of transforming oral histories into fiction. This paper extends this discussion by providing a practitioner's account of how two key concerns of the oral history project in Australia - a concern with subjectivity and making oral history interviews accessible to a wide audience - underpin the design of the novel. The author concludes that the unique qualities of fiction can explore subjective experience, but the authenticity demanded of novels based on verifiable data can be constraining, and should not be elevated above a concern for the satisfactions of the reader.' (Author's abstract)
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