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Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative (utgåvan 2019)

av Jane Alison (Författare)

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As Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: "For centuries there's been one path through fiction we're most likely to travel-- one we're actually told to follow--and that's the dramatic arc: a situation arises, grows tense, reaches a peak, subsides . . . But something that swells and tautens until climax, then collapses? Bit masculosexual, no? So many other patterns run through nature, tracing other deep motions in life. Why not draw on them, too?" W. G. Sebald's Emigrants was the first novel to show Alison how forward momentum can be created by way of pattern, rather than the traditional arc-- or, in nature, wave. Other writers of nonlinear prose considered in her "museum of specimens" include Nicholson Baker, Anne Carson, Marguerite Duras, Gabriel García Márquez, Jamaica Kincaid, Clarice Lispector, Susan Minot, David Mitchell, Caryl Phillips, and Mary Robison. Meander, Spiral, Explode is a singular and brilliant elucidation of literary strategies that also brings high spirits and wit to its original conclusions. It is a liberating manifesto that says, Let's leave the outdated modes behind and, in thinking of new modes, bring feeling back to experimentation. It will appeal to serious readers and writers alike. -- Provided by publisher.… (mer)
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Titel:Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative
Författare:Jane Alison (Författare)
Info:Catapult (2019), Edition: Illustrated, 272 pages
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Delightful to read, and I applaud the core idea (traditional building arc is not the only or best narrative structure). Felt like it was reaching pretty far for a few of its points, and given the formal nature of a few of its premises, would have loved to have seen more in-depth exploration.

Would recommend to anyone who loves the craft/theoretical aspects of reading/writing; this book doesn't come across as dryly academic. ( )
  jakecasella | Sep 21, 2020 |
A thrilling work of literary criticism from a writer who very clearly loves to read. "Literary Criticism" sounds wrong, actually. Meander, Spiral, Explode isn't criticism per se. More, it's the "how to be a better reader of contemporary lit" book I've been waiting and searching for. Alison observes and categorizes the many ways fiction writers structure their work, from word choice, to sentence, to paragraph, to chapter, to finished structure. She excerpts many works of recent fiction. She observes the way the words behave on the page and shows me patterns I was only dimly aware of before. It reminds me of the best art criticism: it allows me to see/read better, with greater appreciation for what I'm experiencing as I read.

I'm sure this book will make me a better reader, more willing to let a story tell itself even when it doesn't take the expected aristotelian storytelling shape. Anyone who loves reading contemporary literature will find it enlightening. ( )
  poingu | Feb 22, 2020 |
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As Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: "For centuries there's been one path through fiction we're most likely to travel-- one we're actually told to follow--and that's the dramatic arc: a situation arises, grows tense, reaches a peak, subsides . . . But something that swells and tautens until climax, then collapses? Bit masculosexual, no? So many other patterns run through nature, tracing other deep motions in life. Why not draw on them, too?" W. G. Sebald's Emigrants was the first novel to show Alison how forward momentum can be created by way of pattern, rather than the traditional arc-- or, in nature, wave. Other writers of nonlinear prose considered in her "museum of specimens" include Nicholson Baker, Anne Carson, Marguerite Duras, Gabriel García Márquez, Jamaica Kincaid, Clarice Lispector, Susan Minot, David Mitchell, Caryl Phillips, and Mary Robison. Meander, Spiral, Explode is a singular and brilliant elucidation of literary strategies that also brings high spirits and wit to its original conclusions. It is a liberating manifesto that says, Let's leave the outdated modes behind and, in thinking of new modes, bring feeling back to experimentation. It will appeal to serious readers and writers alike. -- Provided by publisher.

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