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Play: Anthology of Microlit
Play: Anthology of Microlit
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1-117ISBN-13
978-1-925052-98-5Language
EnglishResearch statement
Background It is a common observation that play is central to the lives of almost all children in every human culture. In recent decades, numerous studies have also asserted the crucial importance of play to human development and emphasized that a great deal of play is complex and sophisticated. Indeed, David Whitebread et al. characterize play as ‘one of the highest achievements of the human species, alongside language, culture and technology’ (2012: 3). They contend that ‘playfulness is fundamental to the development of uniquely human abilities’ (14), including the use of symbolic representation in language. Contribution The idea of ‘pretend play’ connects to the way creative writers so often create personae and hypothetical situations in their works, evoking scenes for the reader that are significant not because they claim to represent the facts of life or any autobiographical scenes, but because they transport readers into imagined realms. This imaginative transportation often quizzes, problematises or challenges the kinds of experiences it presents—or, in some cases, it confronts readers with what they have never previously imagined. Such works allow readers to understand their own lives in freshly symbolic and metaphorical ways, enabling new perspectives. Significance I was commissioned by NSW Spineless Wonders to head the micolit imprint. This is the creative anthology from the joanne burns award.Publication classification
A7 Edited bookEditor/Contributor(s)
Atherton CPublisher
Spineless WondersPlace of publication
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