Material Information |
| Title: |
Evocative Experiments in Non-Fiction Representation and Identity Constuction in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictee and Jacqueline Goss' Stranger Comes to Town |
| Physical Description: |
Book |
| Language: |
English |
| Creator: |
Bardsley, Jessica |
| Publisher: |
New College of Florida |
| Place of Publication: |
Sarasota, Fla. |
| Creation Date: |
2008 |
| Publication Date: |
2008 |
Subjects |
| Subjects / Keywords: |
Identity Construction
Experimental Non-Fiction
Documentary
Autobiography |
| Genre: |
bibliography ( marcgt )
theses ( marcgt )
government publication (state, provincial, terriorial, dependent) ( marcgt )
born-digital ( sobekcm )
Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Notes |
| Abstract: |
This thesis theorizes and analyzes experimental works of non-fiction that actively engage their own constructedness and also work to construct identity in alternative ways. Specifically, I focus on how representation is enacted and how identity is configured within Theresa Hak Kyung Cha�s 1982 autobiography/autoethnography Dictee and Jacqueline Goss� 2006 experimental documentary Stranger Comes to Town. I explore these experimental texts in order to make visible the ways in which their approaches to representing the historical world generate new possibilities for rethinking more dominant modes of constructing identity and enacting non-fictional representation. This thesis argues that Dictee and Stranger Comes to Town demonstrate a movement toward an "evocative" mode of representation and identity construction. Evocation rejects transparent, descriptive, and authenticating approaches to representation that constructions identity as whole, authentic, and as on a teleological trajectory. Evocation engages the constructedness of re-presentations and leaves the viewer/reader with a suggestion of some part the historical world through a more indirect means. Avoiding teleological constructions of identity, evocation instead utilizes techniques like fragmentation to construct identity in alternative ways. Dictee and Stranger Comes to Town demonstrate the usefulness of the concept of evocation in attempting to theorize experimental works of non-fiction. |
| Statement of Responsibility: |
by Jessica Bardsley |
| Thesis: |
Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2008 |
| Electronic Access: |
RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Source of Description: |
This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. |
| Local: |
Faculty Sponsor: Johnson, Robert; Flakne, April |
Record Information |
| Source Institution: |
New College of Florida |
| Holding Location: |
New College of Florida |
| Rights Management: |
Applicable rights reserved. |
| Classification: |
local - S.T. 2008 B2 |
| System ID: |
NCFE003881:00001 |
|
Material Information |
| Title: |
Evocative Experiments in Non-Fiction Representation and Identity Constuction in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictee and Jacqueline Goss' Stranger Comes to Town |
| Physical Description: |
Book |
| Language: |
English |
| Creator: |
Bardsley, Jessica |
| Publisher: |
New College of Florida |
| Place of Publication: |
Sarasota, Fla. |
| Creation Date: |
2008 |
| Publication Date: |
2008 |
Subjects |
| Subjects / Keywords: |
Identity Construction
Experimental Non-Fiction
Documentary
Autobiography |
| Genre: |
bibliography ( marcgt )
theses ( marcgt )
government publication (state, provincial, terriorial, dependent) ( marcgt )
born-digital ( sobekcm )
Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Notes |
| Abstract: |
This thesis theorizes and analyzes experimental works of non-fiction that actively engage their own constructedness and also work to construct identity in alternative ways. Specifically, I focus on how representation is enacted and how identity is configured within Theresa Hak Kyung Cha�s 1982 autobiography/autoethnography Dictee and Jacqueline Goss� 2006 experimental documentary Stranger Comes to Town. I explore these experimental texts in order to make visible the ways in which their approaches to representing the historical world generate new possibilities for rethinking more dominant modes of constructing identity and enacting non-fictional representation. This thesis argues that Dictee and Stranger Comes to Town demonstrate a movement toward an "evocative" mode of representation and identity construction. Evocation rejects transparent, descriptive, and authenticating approaches to representation that constructions identity as whole, authentic, and as on a teleological trajectory. Evocation engages the constructedness of re-presentations and leaves the viewer/reader with a suggestion of some part the historical world through a more indirect means. Avoiding teleological constructions of identity, evocation instead utilizes techniques like fragmentation to construct identity in alternative ways. Dictee and Stranger Comes to Town demonstrate the usefulness of the concept of evocation in attempting to theorize experimental works of non-fiction. |
| Statement of Responsibility: |
by Jessica Bardsley |
| Thesis: |
Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2008 |
| Electronic Access: |
RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Source of Description: |
This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. |
| Local: |
Faculty Sponsor: Johnson, Robert; Flakne, April |
Record Information |
| Source Institution: |
New College of Florida |
| Holding Location: |
New College of Florida |
| Rights Management: |
Applicable rights reserved. |
| Classification: |
local - S.T. 2008 B2 |
| System ID: |
NCFE003881:00001 |
|