Our side of the fence : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Creative Writing (MCW), Massey University
| dc.contributor.author | Parata, Rawinia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-08T03:07:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-07-08T03:07:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | To write, for me at least, has been a calling. I set out to communicate a story that creates empathy, understanding, reflects cultural diversity, and demonstrates Indigenous stigmatisation. Not as a way to be controversial, or political, or to create an intensified sense of pity for the underdog that in this case is a Maori family; but instead to write about two absolutely ordinary families, nothing extraordinary, yet both entirely human. To do this, I chose to pen a play that uses an episodic structure and polyvocal writing techniques. Through these methods, in which there is no single protagonist facing a single antagonist - no hero or villain, no right or wrong - but a circle of episodes that gradually enlarge our view, I hoped to tell a story of diverse human beings, each facing their challenges. It is in our humanness that differences are celebrated.--Te Po | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10179/17293 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Massey University | en |
| dc.rights | The Author | en |
| dc.subject | Māori Masters Thesis | en |
| dc.subject.anzsrc | 360201 Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting) | en |
| dc.title | Our side of the fence : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Creative Writing (MCW), Massey University | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| massey.contributor.author | Parata, Rawinia | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Creative Writing | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Creative Writing (MCW) | en |