Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-197) and index.
Contents:
Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Towards a Cross-Sociocultural Analysis of Creative Writer Identities; 3. Methodology; 4. Quantitative Analyses of the Connection between L2 Creative Writers' Autobiographical Identities and Their Creative Writing Processes; 5. Quantitative Analyses of Task Influences on L2 Creative Writing Processes and Their Relationship to the Writers' Autobiographical Identities; 6. L2 Creative Writers' Sense of Social Localities; 7. Five Focal Cases; 8. Conclusion; Appendix A: Question List for the In-Depth Interview; Appendix B: An Illustration of the 19 Communities Established through Coding the Participants' We- and You-Statements; References; Index.
Summary:
This monograph investigates fifteen L2 creative writers' social constructive power in identity constructions. Through interviews and thinkaloud story writing sessions, the central study considers how L2 writer voices are mediated by the writers' autobiographical identities, namely, their sense of selves formulated by their previous language learning and literacy experiences. The inquiry takes the epistemological stance that L2 creative writing is simultaneously a cognitive construct and a social phenomenon and that these two are mutually inclusive. The study contributes to L2 creative writing.
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