Dissertation
Finding the Words for Feelings: Narrative Fiction’s Linguistic Interpretation of Somatic Markers
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Doctor of Creative Arts, University of the Sunshine Coast
2012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/00614
Abstract
The creative artefact, Anaïs, and the accompanying exegesis explore notions of subjectivity and the limitations of language, particularly in respect to the possibilities for articulation of human feelings (somatic markers) and the process of attaining shared understanding. Being written in first-person, the narrator in the creative artefact, Anaïs, is free to meander in labyrinthine thought among the pressing and the not-so-pressing details of his life. Spanning a contemporary period of a few weeks, Anaïs also includes an intra-text (as 'Notebook') written by the narrator some ten to twelve years earlier. The inclusion of vignettes from the Notebook allows comparisons to be made between earlier and later versions of the 'Self', as well as the stylistic approaches possible to re-present the fragmented nature of thought on the printed page. As with the exegesis, the creative artefact-via the narrator-is concerned with how shared understanding using language is achieved, despite the seeming fact that it is impossible to describe somatic markers in any literal sense.
Details
- Title
- Finding the Words for Feelings: Narrative Fiction’s Linguistic Interpretation of Somatic Markers
- Authors
- Michael L Gardiner
- Contributors
- Gary Crew (Supervisor)
- Awarding institution
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Degree awarded
- Doctor of Creative Arts
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- DOI
- 10.25907/00614
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450305802621
- Output Type
- Dissertation
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