Confronting the dark: using practice-led research to write about death

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dc.contributor.authorKlima, K.
dc.contributor.editorBrien, D.
dc.contributor.editorPiatti-Farnell, L.
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractIn this article, I describe how my personal experience of death prompted the writing of a novel and how the practice of writing about death led me to develop a critical inquiry into Continental philosophy and other theories of death. I discuss philosophical approaches to living authentically in the face of death and the human tendency to search for meaning. I undertake a close reading of Helen Garner’s The Spare Room (2008) in light of these issues and the changing attitudes to death since modernism, particularly the need for open communication about death and the importance for the dying in feeling that their life has significance for other people.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityKaren M. Klima
dc.identifier.citationText (Australia), 2016; (35):1-13
dc.identifier.issn1327-9556
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/102127
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTEXT Journal
dc.rights© Author
dc.source.urihttp://www.textjournal.com.au/speciss/issue35/Klima.pdf
dc.subjectCreative writing
dc.subjectPractice-led research
dc.subjectDeath
dc.subjectPhilosophy
dc.titleConfronting the dark: using practice-led research to write about death
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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