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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 A Novel-in-Waiting : Creative Research : Towards Writing Fiction
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This publication contains three lectures that Bobis delivered in January 2003 at the University of Santo Tomas' Centre for Intercultural Studies, and an extract from her first, and unpublished, novel, 'Fish-Hair Woman.'

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* Contents derived from the Manila,
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The Centre for Intercultural Studies, University of Santo Tomas ,University of Santo Tomas Publishing House , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Creative Research : Towards Writing Fiction, Merlinda Bobis , single work criticism
Bobis comments upon her research for and writing of her unpublished novel 'Fish-Hair Woman.' She sets her own research processes - including interviews in the militarised Philippines of the 1990s - among other academic research practices in order to query research intentions.
(p. 1-18)
Mythmaking : The Transformation of Stories, Merlinda Bobis , single work criticism
In this lecture, Bobis continues her reflections upon her research and writing processes, which she interrogates using the structure of mythic quest and transformation.
(p. 19-33)
The Architecture of the Story, Merlinda Bobis , single work criticism
In this third lecture of the series, Bobis comments upon literary techniques, including voice, style, image, story and theme.
(p. 34-60)
Two Chapters from 'Fish-Hair Woman', Merlinda Bobis , extract novel (p. 63-88)

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