Writerly dynamics and culturally situated authentic human existence in Amalia Kahana-Carmon's theory of creative writing

Jones, Raya A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5419-677X 2014. Writerly dynamics and culturally situated authentic human existence in Amalia Kahana-Carmon's theory of creative writing. Culture and Psychology 20 (1) , pp. 118-144. 10.1177/1354067X13515935

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Abstract

This study concerns the theorizing of selfhood (rather than creativity), especially in narrative psychology. It is argued that creative writing mediates self-understanding in distinctive ways that are different from autobiographical narration. A concept of writerly dynamics, to do with the reciprocity between writing narrative fiction and the writer’s self-understanding, is introduced and posited as a complex process that involves creative opportunism, a consolidation of an imaginal space within the texts, and mythopoesis. The theory is illustrated with a detailed case study of literary writer Amalia Kahana-Carmon, focusing on the longitudinal interplay between the artistic themes of her fiction, her theory of creative writing, and ultimately her identity as a writer, all of which should be considered as culturally situated.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Creative writing; self-understanding; dialogicality; narrative fiction; Hebrew literature
Publisher:	SAGE Publications (UK and US)
ISSN:	1354-067X
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2022 09:23
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/58264

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