Geraldine Brooks - Para 1 Flashcards
what does Brooks demonstrate?
that facts are both the inspiration for and foundation of fiction writing, where the value in historical fiction lies in its ability to reveal a shared human consciousness that is “shaped by fear and joy, hatred and tenderness”.
Brooks’ lecture, ‘A Home in Fiction’ was written and delivered as part of the ?
2011 ABC Boyer Lecture series
She informs the audience that what she writes hopes to be ?
“a true and valuable reflection of the history unfolding before my eyes”, emphasising her ethos as a novelist.
She aims to write to depict the ?
“eternal truths” of the world and history
The rhetorical questions
“what is this world, how can we more perfectly describe it? Who are we, who have we been?”
what does rhetorical qs demonstrate?
how such questions motivates her writings and become key lynchpins within her lecture, engaging her audience.
Her emphasis on the historical reflection in fiction is conveyed in the ?
metaphor and sibilance conveying ethos and pathos, “Something similar has happened in all my novel. Someone rises up out of the grave and begins to talk to me…You will find her there, in every era”.
what does Brooks do?
fills a narrative gap in history and gives voices to those who have been silent.
she reveals?
reveals her love of the past and her work shows a masterful exploration of the boundaries between storytelling and historical fact.
what is she able to do?
to take a shard of historical fact and use it as a fulcrum of a story from the past that she is able to bring vividly to life.
