Journal article
Atopia: writer as hermit crab
New Writing, Vol.18(3), pp.320-329
2021
Abstract
Teresa Dovey once advocated that writers inhabit genres and forms and ideological positions as hermit crabs inhabit shells. In this paper, I position the writer as ‘hermit crab’ suggesting a position of displacement that is generative. From this position, a palimpsestic approach to writing can work as a liberating force, enabling an author to move between genres, forms and ideological positions, resulting in fruitful experimentation, innovation and new knowledge. As a writer of books across a range of genres, I have been inspired by J.M. Coetzee and Umberto Eco, both of whom, I propose, use this (Barthesian) atopic process to interrogate, innovate and stimulate their writing praxis.
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- Title
- Atopia: writer as hermit crab
- Authors
- Paul Williams (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Publication details
- New Writing, Vol.18(3), pp.320-329
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/14790726.2020.1837184
- ISSN
- 1943-3107
- Organisation Unit
- Sustainability Research Centre; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99487108302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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