Narrative Devices
June 24, 2008
A simple machine for narrative. By spinning the five rods and sliding the card up or down, various fragments are generated that can lead in surprising directions. The question becomes, ‘to what extent does the user become the author or narrator’?
Again, Berendt, p. 45: “Within days of my arrival, I began to consider the idea of extending my stay in Venice for a while…I would have no fixed agenda, but I would look more at the people…” This too is a narrative “machine,” albeit less literal: a modus operandi, an “m.o.” –
http://www.absinthe-literary-review.com/poetics/francis.htm
Have your say...
Please speak your mind. We’d prefer to not moderate comments, but we will delete any comments that are completely irrelevant.
XHTML: If you know how to write XHTML, you can use these tags to format your comment: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>