Narrative bending : the subversion of Watakushi shōsetsu in Ruth Ozeki's A tale for the time being and an abstract from My Amy : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Creative Writing, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorMolloy, Michelle Rose
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-01T03:45:36Z
dc.date.available2015-09-01T03:45:36Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is comprised of two sections: a critical research essay focusing on Ruth Ozeki’s novel A Tale for the Time Being (2013), and the first part of a novel entitled My Amy. Both sections focus on the fictionality of fiction, as well as narrative structure and the effect of space and time on content, structure, and the organisation of a non-linear narrative. In the critical portion of the thesis I read A Tale for the Time Being in the context of narrative theory, Buddhist philosophy, and the traditional Japanese literary form of shōsetsu, examining how the structure and content of the novel originate from multiple literary and religious traditions. I argue that Ozeki appropriated the form of the Japanese ‘I-novel’ (shōsetsu) in an innovative reimagining of form and tradition, whilst juxtaposing the duality of her hybridised identity as a Japanese-American writer in the meta-textual, non-linear, montaged, semi-autobiographical text, which focuses on the reader-writer-character relationship. In My Amy I employ a non-linear narrative structure to support the flashbacks and trauma experienced by a woman raised in a religious cult, and her later selfdestructive behaviour which is a result of her seclusion in the cult and limited life experience.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/6987
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectRuth Ozekien_US
dc.subjectTale for the time being (Novel)en_US
dc.subjectCreative writingen_US
dc.subjectWatakushi shosetsuen_US
dc.subjectNarrative in fictionen_US
dc.titleNarrative bending : the subversion of Watakushi shōsetsu in Ruth Ozeki's A tale for the time being and an abstract from My Amy : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Creative Writing, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorMolloy, Michelle Roseen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Creative Writing (M.C.W.)en_US
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