Abstract
Research statement
Research background
An extract from a historically-informed fiction, ‘The last statue’, this work utilises a number of literary devices including story framing (Crew 1990), the construction and inclusion of a fictional language and the repurposing of factual texts to evoke the voice of pioneering anthropologist Katherine Routledge (1919), in a way that Griffiths describes as ‘an intriguing dance between history and fiction’ (2015).
Research contribution
This contributes to investigations of fictional language and narratives (Stockwell 2006), and is one of a series of articles relating to the construction and use of fictional language to enhance narrative elements such as characterisation, setting, atmosphere and plot (Beckton 2014, 2015).
Research significance
This research adds to current discourses around the fictionalisation of history and the controversy associated with fictionalising historical events. It has been accepted for publication in a peer refereed journal.