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Constructing imaginary narratives

Constructing imaginary narratives Purpose Deleuze and Guattari have argued that in art, including literature, the senses get hold of the world in a nonconceptual or sensational way, adding new varieties that can lead to new ways of knowing and seeing. The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of multidisciplinary, practiceled research in creative writing as a form of knowledge making in qualitative research.Designmethodologyapproach The author uses her own writing, especially the novel Swimming Vanark Press, 2009, which is situated in the broader context of feminist fiction writing, as a subversive feminist project that aims to intervene in and challenge the dominant narratives of what it means to be a woman, by creating alternative figurations of woman which highlight differences among women and enhance our understanding of woman as a complex and multiple subject always in process.Findings By using her own practice of fiction writing and research as a case study, the author explores the ways that constructing an imagined narrative in this case a novel can make a contribution to knowledge and raise questions about representation, truth and subjectivity.Originalityvalue In this paper, through a few examples from her novel, the author's aim has been to write a narrative of the process, of material thinking that led to the final work. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Qualitative Research Journal Emerald Publishing

Constructing imaginary narratives

Gandolfo, Enza
Qualitative Research Journal , Volume 12 (1): 14 – Apr 6, 2012
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Purpose Deleuze and Guattari have argued that in art, including literature, the senses get hold of the world in a nonconceptual or sensational way, adding new varieties that can lead to new ways of knowing and seeing. The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of multidisciplinary, practiceled research in creative writing as a form of knowledge making in qualitative research.Designmethodologyapproach The author uses her own writing, especially the novel Swimming Vanark Press, 2009, which is situated in the broader context of feminist fiction writing, as a subversive feminist project that aims to intervene in and challenge the dominant narratives of what it means to be a woman, by creating alternative figurations of woman which highlight differences among women and enhance our understanding of woman as a complex and multiple subject always in process.Findings By using her own practice of fiction writing and research as a case study, the author explores the ways that constructing an imagined narrative in this case a novel can make a contribution to knowledge and raise questions about representation, truth and subjectivity.Originalityvalue In this paper, through a few examples from her novel, the author's aim has been to write a narrative of the process, of material thinking that led to the final work.

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Qualitative Research Journal – Emerald Publishing

Published: Apr 6, 2012

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