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Depersonalization and Creative Writing

Matthew Francis

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  • 176 sidor
  • 2024
Depersonalization and Creative Writing: Unreal City explores the common psychological symptom of depersonalization, its influence on literature and the insights it can provide into the writing process. Depersonalization is a distressing symptom in which sufferers feel detached from their own selves and the world. Often associated with psychological disorders, it can also affect healthy people at times of stress. Beginning with a first-hand account of the experience, the book goes on to argue that many well-known literary texts, including Camuss The Outsider and Sartres Nausea, evoke a similar psychological state. It shows how a concept of depersonalized writing can be found in the work of literary theorists from widely different traditions, including T.S. Eliot, Roland Barthes and Viktor Shklovsky. Finally, it maintains that creative writers can make use of the lessons learned from a study of depersonalization to arrive at a deeper understanding of writing. Given this knowledge, the controversial writing teachers maxim show, dont tell, so often misapplied or misunderstood, can be repurposed as a practical instruction for taking students writing to a new level of sophistication and wisdom.
  • Författare: Matthew Francis
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780367530693
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 176
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2024-05-27
  • Förlag: Routledge