Travelling between journalism and literature: kipling’s art in crossing fixed textual borders
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Resumo: | The paper explores Kipling’s art and craftsmanship as a storyteller, whether one is talking about real/factual news reporting or imaginary stories. The main focus falls on Kipling’s experience both as a journalist and a writer in order to problematize the blurring line that sometimes divides these two genres of narrative regarding their commitment to telling the truth. Three texts were chosen for this purpose: “The Sutlej Bridge”, a news article published by the Civil and Military Gazette (1887); and two tales “The Man Who Would Be King” (Wee Willie Winkie, 1888) and “The Bridge Builders” (The Day’s Work, 1898). From a thematic perspective, these narratives are linked, on the one hand, by the act of construction — the construction of bridges or empire-building — and, on the other hand, by the role of the journalist in reporting what he sees and/or listens to. The analysis demonstrates that fiction/literature can often supersede in scope and depthness factual accounts of reality, thus aiming to reach higher levels of truthfulness. |
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Travelling between journalism and literature: kipling’s art in crossing fixed textual bordersJournalismLiteratureBritish empireConstructivismJornalismoLiteraturaConstrutivismoImpério britânicoThe paper explores Kipling’s art and craftsmanship as a storyteller, whether one is talking about real/factual news reporting or imaginary stories. The main focus falls on Kipling’s experience both as a journalist and a writer in order to problematize the blurring line that sometimes divides these two genres of narrative regarding their commitment to telling the truth. Three texts were chosen for this purpose: “The Sutlej Bridge”, a news article published by the Civil and Military Gazette (1887); and two tales “The Man Who Would Be King” (Wee Willie Winkie, 1888) and “The Bridge Builders” (The Day’s Work, 1898). From a thematic perspective, these narratives are linked, on the one hand, by the act of construction — the construction of bridges or empire-building — and, on the other hand, by the role of the journalist in reporting what he sees and/or listens to. The analysis demonstrates that fiction/literature can often supersede in scope and depthness factual accounts of reality, thus aiming to reach higher levels of truthfulness.Resumo: O artigo explora a arte e mestria de Kipling como contador de “histórias”, sejam elas reais/factuais ou imaginárias. A sua experiência como jornalista e escritor é o nosso objeto de análise no sentido de problematizar a ténue linha divisória que, por vezes, separa os dois géneros de narrativa no que respeita o seu compromisso com o contar a verdade. Escolhemos para o efeito três textos: “The Sutlej Bridge”, um artigo publicado pelo jornal Civil and Military Gazette (1887); e os contos “The Man Who Would Be King (Wee Willie Winkie, 1888) e “The Bridge Builders” (The Day’s Work, 1898). A unir estas narrativas, do ponto de vista temático, temos, por um lado, o ato da construção — a construção de pontes ou a construção de impérios — e, por outro, o papel do jornalista em relatar o que vê e/ou o que ouve. A análise demonstra que a ficção/literatura pode muitas das vezes ultrapassar em dimensão e profundidade as narrativas do real, alcançando assim níveis superiores de veracidade.Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa/University of Lisbon Centre for English StudiesRCIPLSimões-Ferreira, Isabel2017-12-21T12:48:00Z20172017-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7768engSIMÕES-FERREIRA, Isabel - Travelling between journalism and literature: kipling’s art in crossing fixed textual borders. “Revista Anglo-Saxónica”. Lisboa: Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa/University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies. ISSN 0873-0628. Série III, nº 13 (2017), pp. 45-580873-0628info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-08-03T09:54:20Zoai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/7768Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:16:40.010639Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Travelling between journalism and literature: kipling’s art in crossing fixed textual borders |
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Travelling between journalism and literature: kipling’s art in crossing fixed textual borders Simões-Ferreira, Isabel Journalism Literature British empire Constructivism Jornalismo Literatura Construtivismo Império britânico |
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Travelling between journalism and literature: kipling’s art in crossing fixed textual borders |
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Travelling between journalism and literature: kipling’s art in crossing fixed textual borders |
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Simões-Ferreira, Isabel |
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Simões-Ferreira, Isabel |
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Simões-Ferreira, Isabel |
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Journalism Literature British empire Constructivism Jornalismo Literatura Construtivismo Império britânico |
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Journalism Literature British empire Constructivism Jornalismo Literatura Construtivismo Império britânico |
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The paper explores Kipling’s art and craftsmanship as a storyteller, whether one is talking about real/factual news reporting or imaginary stories. The main focus falls on Kipling’s experience both as a journalist and a writer in order to problematize the blurring line that sometimes divides these two genres of narrative regarding their commitment to telling the truth. Three texts were chosen for this purpose: “The Sutlej Bridge”, a news article published by the Civil and Military Gazette (1887); and two tales “The Man Who Would Be King” (Wee Willie Winkie, 1888) and “The Bridge Builders” (The Day’s Work, 1898). From a thematic perspective, these narratives are linked, on the one hand, by the act of construction — the construction of bridges or empire-building — and, on the other hand, by the role of the journalist in reporting what he sees and/or listens to. The analysis demonstrates that fiction/literature can often supersede in scope and depthness factual accounts of reality, thus aiming to reach higher levels of truthfulness. |
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