Form and Content: A Rationale for a Fractured Narrative

Citation

Bell LM (2011) Form and Content: A Rationale for a Fractured Narrative. New Writing, 8 (2), pp. 132-142. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790726.2011.558201

Abstract
This essay will examine the constructs that I am employing in my work-in-progress novel about Northern Ireland, ‘rubber bullet, broken glass’ (subsequently renamed 'So It Is'. Using M.M. Bakhtin's ‘The Problem of Speech Genres’ it is intended that the paper interrogates authorial decision, literary antecedent, and the relationship between form and content.

Keywords
creative writing; Bakhtin; narratology; poststructuralism; writing; narrative theory; fiction; authorship; composition; craft

Journal
New Writing: Volume 8, Issue 2