Rebooting the lyrical short story
Experimenting with viewpoint
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13005113 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Stewart (0000-0003-2579-1972, University of Huddersfield, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 225-237 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Short Fiction in Theory and Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2043-0701 • E-ISSN: 2043-071X |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/fict.6.2.225_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2610669658 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This article examines the writings of short story theorists, Michael O’Toole, Monika Fludernik, Uri Margolin, Bruce Morrissette and John Gerlach, and analyses their findings through comparison with a number of experiments with viewpoint in my recently published short fiction collection Mr Jolly (2016). These experiments include utilizing second-person in order to understand its ability to exploit narrative indeterminacy, as well as other experiments with point of view in order to explore how various narrative modes can enhance dramatic engagement. Finally, the link between viewpoint and other narrative effects is demonstrated through the inclusion of a short story example from the collection
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Exploit · Indeterminacy (philosophy · Literature · Narrative · Order (exchange · Point (geometry · Reboot · Computer Science · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Mathematics · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Samuel Beckett and Modernism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |