Caring in Creative Writing
Sandbäck Forsell, Johanna (2023-09-29)
Sandbäck Forsell, Johanna
Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University
29.09.2023
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Abstract
Aim: The aim of this research is to gain a deeper understanding about caring in creative writing in relation to human becoming and life.
Methods: The research design is qualitative and conducted with a hermeneutic approach. The thesis consists of four studies that build upon each other. Thus, the used research questions have been developed from the understanding that is created during the research process as it progresses. The first study is a case study focused on caring in creative writing. The second study uses e-forms and a diary design with a focus on human becoming in the process of writing creatively, where the participants are 19 in total. The third study explores the human being’s understanding of life in the aftermath of writing creatively through change in life. The material consists of unsolicited written narratives by three writers. The works convey experiences of hardship in life and creative writing as a way to handle life in times of pressure. The fourth study has an interest in temporality and creative writing, and the material consist of written accounts by seven hobby writers.
Results: The findings show caring in creative writing as caring in relation to oneself, caring in relation to the world one lives in, and caring in relation to one’s time perspective in life (study 1). Creative writing is found to aid human becoming as an act of emotional reactions and release and as a key to self-understanding and growth (study 2). The findings show the human being’s understanding of life as a humble stance towards the changefulness of life after writing creatively through forced change (study 3). Furthermore, the findings also show caring as temporal turns in creative writing (study 4). The results from the four studies are interpreted and the knowledge formation is presented as four abductive assumptions concerning caring in relation to human becoming and life.
Conclusion: Creative writing provides opportunities for caring for a writing human being as caring influences personal growth and life attitude. Caring entails courageous movement in human becoming and life. Caring also entails being authentic in relation to human becoming and life. Caring is an exchange of gratitude and a humble approach towards human becoming and life. Caring also entails freedom in creating wholeness in human becoming and life.
Methods: The research design is qualitative and conducted with a hermeneutic approach. The thesis consists of four studies that build upon each other. Thus, the used research questions have been developed from the understanding that is created during the research process as it progresses. The first study is a case study focused on caring in creative writing. The second study uses e-forms and a diary design with a focus on human becoming in the process of writing creatively, where the participants are 19 in total. The third study explores the human being’s understanding of life in the aftermath of writing creatively through change in life. The material consists of unsolicited written narratives by three writers. The works convey experiences of hardship in life and creative writing as a way to handle life in times of pressure. The fourth study has an interest in temporality and creative writing, and the material consist of written accounts by seven hobby writers.
Results: The findings show caring in creative writing as caring in relation to oneself, caring in relation to the world one lives in, and caring in relation to one’s time perspective in life (study 1). Creative writing is found to aid human becoming as an act of emotional reactions and release and as a key to self-understanding and growth (study 2). The findings show the human being’s understanding of life as a humble stance towards the changefulness of life after writing creatively through forced change (study 3). Furthermore, the findings also show caring as temporal turns in creative writing (study 4). The results from the four studies are interpreted and the knowledge formation is presented as four abductive assumptions concerning caring in relation to human becoming and life.
Conclusion: Creative writing provides opportunities for caring for a writing human being as caring influences personal growth and life attitude. Caring entails courageous movement in human becoming and life. Caring also entails being authentic in relation to human becoming and life. Caring is an exchange of gratitude and a humble approach towards human becoming and life. Caring also entails freedom in creating wholeness in human becoming and life.
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