SyndicateMizzou Podcast: M. Heather Carver - Performative writing

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:57:05 GMT

Performative writing is a way of writing about performance that engages the reader as one would engage the audience when performing in theatre: “So instead of performing over _here_ and then writing about it over _there_, writing about the work as if the reader were not involved in any kind of audience relationship, performative writing takes the combination of audience, performer, and text and moves that into the writing of performance.” By involving those different levels, Carver suggests, writing “is more accessible to people.”

SyndicateMizzou Podcast: M. Heather Carver - “Methodology of the Heart”

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:41:50 GMT

In her article, "Methodology of the Heart," Carver does several things to draw attention to writing itself as performance: “I was trying to expose the nature of the self in this writing. That’s really what it’s about – trying to make our experiences more raw, more real for the reader.” While this kind of writing takes a lot of courage, because it leaves the writer vulnerable and exposed, Carver adds that “it also takes a sense of play; play is such an important part of performance.”

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SyndicateMizzou Podcast: M. Heather Carver - Performative writing

SyndicateMizzou Podcast: M. Heather Carver - “Methodology of the Heart”