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Thesis Outline

[Steve asks: 1) how can you be sure you meet the criteria for a thesis? See handbook. 2) I would like to see included a formulation of a method for analysing texts and critically evaluating work as you make the diary. Where is your anotated bibliography?]

Introduction

Dear Diary,

Over the past year I have been experimenting with different narrative structures when producing work; these included THE JOURNEY TO FUJI project, in which I first experiment with storytelling; a poem ZHUANGZI which I used as a place holder, in which I substituted the names of people and objects; the APPLE story, in which I use the HERO’S JOURNEY structure, a fairy-tale structure in which the protagonist overcomes obstacles to achieve an aim; BLUETOOTH also the HERO’S JOURNEY, but told in a more fairy tale manner- in which the APPLE takes a central role; the BOWS AND CLOUDS which uses the Bible as a structuring device. After these experiments I worked on a ‘framing’ narrative structure, also known as ‘recursive narrative’ or ‘box narrative’ or ‘story within a story’. In relation to current technological standards and pop-culture I play with similarities within these stories, to I create my own myths and change symbolic messages. By using these structures you more readily engage the viewer (reader); making a path for the viewer and also confusing them, to create a mystery.

The body of your text

The body of my text is the journey you undertake in writing: it is how you get from point A to point B, with the conclusion as the final destination. The body starts in March 2015 when I realize the project THE JOURNEY TO FUJI till the end of my graduation around May 2016, so the whole thesis is a process of more than a year. A process that I’m undertake to make a graduation project. The body will be short important pieces with a date, time and title. The pieces are happenings that are important for the research and the process. For example in the pieces you can find; my own works, annotations of theory, other artist, assessment feedback or talks with tutors, experiments, all working through them and analysing them. All this pieces I’m going to write in a personal diary method. It will give you the feel if you are reading an actual diary, so it fits the work what I’ve been doing. The thesis itself can become a work of art.

Conclusion

Did I answer the questions I sought to explore in my introduction statement? Was I successful in going through examples or case studies to prove my point? I think that because I don’t have a clear question, I will not be able to answer them clear. In all my works when I research something I never got a clear conclusion, because I have never ending research. They are researches of a life time. In this Research Diary the conclusion will be my end work and a synopsis of the things that I have discovered over the months about a narrative structure and system of beliefs.

References

Borges, Jorge Luis, Margarita Guerrero, and Andrew Hurley. The Book of Imaginary Beings. New York: Viking, 2005. Print.

"Butterfly Dreams (Zhuangzi Quote)." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 04 Jan. 2016.

Carroll, Lewis, and John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ; &, Through the Looking Glass. New York: Macmillan, 1963. Print

Dawood, N. J. Aladdin: And Other Tales from the Thousand & One Nights. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Eng.: Penguin, 1957. Print.

Vogler, Christopher, and Michele Montez. "The Hero's Journey." The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007. N. pag. Print.

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 Dear Diary,
-Let me introduce myself very briefly. I’m Solange Frankort, 27 years old and have a cosy house in Rotterdam with my beloved boyfriend named Jordi, my Siamese cat Amy, and also two budgerigar Piet & Koos. We also have a lot of fishtanks because that’s the hobby of my bf. Originally I’m from Maastricht, but I quite like it here in Rotterdam. After my study at the Willem de Kooning, I choose to stay and follow my Masters at Piet Zwart. Here I’m now graduating with this dairy that will help me to write and process everything. I start writing in March 2015 and it will end during April 2016 when I hopefully graduated. It was confusing these couple of months, I found a new strength in me, of making art. It is storytelling that I never thought of doing, but it happened naturally when I was making THE JOURNEY TO FUJI story. I’m using this dairy method to explore my new power and to figure out what you can do it with. By analysing my latest works and the works that yet still have to come, connected to theory what I have be reading. Especially you will see the work THE JOURNEY TO FUJI coming back very often, where I do little test and experiments with it.
+Over the past year I have been experimenting with different narrative structures when producing work; these included THE JOURNEY TO FUJI project, in which I first experiment with storytelling; a poem ZHUANGZI which I used as a place holder, in which I substituted the names of people and objects; the APPLE story, in which I use the HERO’S JOURNEY structure, a fairy-tale structure in which the protagonist overcomes obstacles to achieve an aim; BLUETOOTH also the HERO’S JOURNEY, but told in a more fairy tale manner- in which the APPLE takes a central role; the BOWS AND CLOUDS which uses the Bible as a structuring device.  After these experiments I worked on a ‘framing’ narrative structure, also known as ‘recursive narrative’ or ‘box narrative’ or ‘story within a story’. In relation to current technological standards and pop-culture I play with similarities within these stories, to I create my own myths and change symbolic messages. By using these structures you more readily engage the viewer (reader); making a path for the viewer and also confusing them, to create a mystery.
-In the end I’m trying to find a narrative structure and system of beliefs, by making my own myths and operate symbolic messages. I want to create more anecdotes, like the JOURNEY TO FUJI, with objects/symbols that you never thought of. Because they are uncontrollable there remains confusion and mysterious. Hopefully this personal research diary will give me a path to some conclusions and results.
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