Clara-thesis outline

Question

How can generated short story workshops be used as a method to express and deal with an issue?

Structure and Design

My idea is to structure the thesis in the same way I structure the books for generative story workshops. You will at first only read a short sentence that is supposed to state something about the chapter but all the content and context is hidden inside the pages, such as this. It's about slowly revealing the story and playing with the idea that little can say a lot and the hidden messages behind words.

So the chapters are based on the story structure of who, where, what, why and how. I want to be playful with the sentences that are shown before you rip the pages open and see their context. My idea is really to have this short story with a thesis hidden inside of it.

Prologue

500 words

Intro

1000 words
~Setting a historical overview
~An intro in types of short stories, from fables to children’s books to social media one liners (instagram, news headline, clickbait)

Who

1000 words
~The characters, shapes and objects of my childhood ~Talking animals, plants and shapes that educate ~Them shaping our morals and ways of behaving within society

Where

1000 words
~From classrooms to reading to children at bedtime to social media ~the short attention span generation where could we use them

workshops with specific audiences

What

1000 words
What do they teach

The morals present in these stories

What is the psychology behind this method to shape people

Why

1000 words
Why do we relate to them

The psychology behind us feeling empathy for imaginary characters
why do we bring things that don't talk to life

How

1000 words
How little can say a lot

the hidden messages
how these workshops can be a window to the state of the person

Ending

500 words

Reveal story reading creating new worlds within the book