Fiction (novel, short story)
Leonard’s gambit
Text, Vol.19(Special Issue 30), pp.77-82
Australian Association of Wrtiting Systems
2015
Abstract
Research background:
Many contemporary authors and illustrators recognise that the interplay of modes – text, image, typography, design and other semiotic resources – can be manipulated into a hybrid style of narrative that is more than the sum of its parts. This hybrid approach undermines the view of text as the primary conveyer of meaning, and rather than coexisting, modes interact to breed an entirely new creature (Sadokierski 2010).
Research contribution:
Even in picture books, words have historically had the upper hand and images were generally expected to behave themselves: to represent or illustrate the meaning of the text. This research aims to embody ‘the creative conflict between words and images’ (Crew 2015) and reflect a cultural shift towards multimodal communication and literacy.
Research significance:
Books are more than the storage mechanism and organising principle for a collection of words and images. Books scaffold meaning in unique ways and their physical appearance – paper stock, font, colour, graphic elements and so on – contributes to the reader’s experience and emotional connection to books as objects. Foregrounding the material construction of the book (Schiff 1998) (which is difficult to convey in its current digital format) reveals how sensory properties can act as modes, contributing to meaning rather than just the experience of reading. This work has been selected for publication in a quality peer-refereed journal of creative writing.
Details
- Title
- Leonard’s gambit
- Authors
- Thomas Hamlyn-Harris (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative Industries
- Publication details
- Text, Vol.19(Special Issue 30), pp.77-82
- Publisher
- Australian Association of Wrtiting Systems
- DOI
- 10.52086/001c.27239
- ISSN
- 1327-9556
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Business and Creative Industries
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99663998002621
- Output Type
- Fiction (novel, short story)
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