- Title
- Jungle Drive and Other Stories
- Creator
- Koenig, Nathalie
- ThesisAdvisor
- Wessels, Paul
- Subject
- Creative writing (Higher education) South Africa
- Subject
- South African fiction (English) 21st century
- Subject
- South African poetry (English) 21st century
- Subject
- Short stories, South African (English) 21st century
- Date
- 2021-10-29
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/192225
- Identifier
- vital:45207
- Description
- My thesis comprises prose in a variety of forms with porous borders, including the short story, flash fiction and prose poetry. I am attracted to a processual approach to writing as I like the potential for experimentation with spontaneity and textual improvisation within and across forms that this allows. I am influenced by Joanna Ruocco’s novellas, The Mothering Coven and Dan, whose worlds are built with generously scattered references, interesting words and strange features, delivered in a dead-pan tone that joyfully scrambles my logic. At the same time, I am inspired by the precision and beauty of Tina May Hall’s prose, and how she plays in the space between the natural and magical worlds. In addition, I draw on the musicality and rhythm of Noy Holland and JA Tyler’s prose, adding a corporeal layer to the words, sounds and movement of the text.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Languages and Literatures, 2021
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (85 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, School of Languages and Literatures
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Koenig, Nathalie
- Rights
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Rights
- Open Access
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