'Not a Dream, but a Harrowing': Writing a Colonial Fairy Tale
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Article Title | 'Not a Dream, but a Harrowing': Writing a Colonial Fairy Tale |
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ERA Journal ID | 40669 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Sulway, Nike |
Journal Title | Marvels and Tales: journal of fairy-tale studies |
Journal Citation | 36 (1), pp. 40-48 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2022 |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0898-154X |
1521-4281 | |
1536-1802 | |
Web Address (URL) | https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/marvels/vol36/iss1/5/ |
Abstract | This article reflects on two key aspects of the writing process for the short story 'A void and a chasm and a ruin'. It describes two key strategies used by the writer to think with fairy tales about Australian whiteness and womanhood. First, experimenting with interlacing various traditional narrative forms in ways that draw attention to the ways in which narratives obscure as much as they reveal and preserve, while also exploring how the ongoing and iterative processes of storytelling (thinking with stories) can be as destructive as they are productive. Second, extending Jane Tolmie’s critical analysis of ‘exceptional’ female protagonists to the figure of the white woman in Australian colonial narratives. |
Keywords | fairy tale studies; Australian literature; Australian gothic; female characters; creative practice; creative writing |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440502. Feminist methodologies |
470502. Australian literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander literature) | |
360201. Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting) | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7vv4/-not-a-dream-but-a-harrowing-writing-a-colonial-fairy-tale
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