Facets of Eleanor Baker, Daniel 2017, Facets of Eleanor, Text, no. 43 : Australasian fairy tales, pp. 1-14. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Facets of Eleanor Author(s) Baker, Daniel Journal name Text Issue number 43 : Australasian fairy tales Start page 1 End page 14 Total pages 14 Publisher Australian Association of Writing Programs Place of publication Nathan, Qld. Publication date 2017-10-31 ISSN 1327-9556 Summary ‘Facets of Eleanor’ belongs to an increasingly popular and prevalent sub-genre of fantasy, the New Weird (or New Fabulist), that blurs the lines between the fantastic, genre fantasy, mythology, fairy tale, science fiction, and horror. Epitomised by the work of Neil Gaiman, China Miéville, and Jeff VanderMeer (among others), it ‘demonstrate[s] the contemporary urge to pluralize our critical perspectives, questioning the possibilities of an objective vision and a universal language’ (Klapcsik 2009: 193), geared towards destabilising hegemonic ideological and narrative practices.Stemming from research exploring fantasy’s progressive potential, this creative practice encapsulates the desire to defamilarise the familiar through perspectival shifts and a liminal hesitation consistent with the fantastic element underpinning fairy tale. Fundamentally, it addresses Miéville’s hypothesis that Weird Fiction’s ‘focus is on awe, and its undermining of the quotidian’ (2009: 510) within an Australian context. Combining fiction and criticism, ‘Facets of Eleanor’ emphasises this theoretical focus, suggesting that its scope reaches past reality and into the narratives that mediate its perception. ‘Facets of Eleanor’ not only opens up a space to conceptualise a modern, Australian ‘flavoured’ fairy tale, but does so while foregrounding the historical, social, and discursive forces embedded in the form. Significantly, it sits within the author’s academic and creative oeuvre, acting as both a conduit and foil between the disciplines, at once filling gaps and poking holes. Language eng Field of Research 190499 Performing Arts and Creative Writing not elsewhere classified 1904 Performing Arts And Creative Writing HERDC Research category J3 Poems Copyright notice ©2017, The Author Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30104682 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (open access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Sat, 11 Nov 2017, 07:53:11 EST Sun, 12 Nov 2017, 04:00:10 EST Mon, 13 Nov 2017, 07:48:50 EST Wed, 29 Nov 2017, 05:05:02 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 09:34:01 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 09:38:54 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 09:40:53 EST Fri, 23 Feb 2018, 13:03:16 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 96 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Sat, 11 Nov 2017, 07:53:11 EST

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