There's Always a Clock
Location
Wedgewood Conference Center, Room 4094
Presentation Type
Panel Discussion
Start Date
22-9-2014 12:00 PM
Description
In Aspects of the Novel, E.M. Forster argues that in every story “there is always a clock.” Time, specifically the passage of time, defines characters and individuality as past experience is the cause of present action. A story must use the past to explain the present, characters learn from their past histories, and this careful attention to both time and the individual’s psychology is what makes a plot into a story. This panel of students and professors will explore the concept of time in fiction writing — how it works and why it is necessary.
Recommended Citation
Finch, Susan, "There's Always a Clock" (2014). Humanities Symposium. 36.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2014/2014/36
There's Always a Clock
Wedgewood Conference Center, Room 4094
In Aspects of the Novel, E.M. Forster argues that in every story “there is always a clock.” Time, specifically the passage of time, defines characters and individuality as past experience is the cause of present action. A story must use the past to explain the present, characters learn from their past histories, and this careful attention to both time and the individual’s psychology is what makes a plot into a story. This panel of students and professors will explore the concept of time in fiction writing — how it works and why it is necessary.
Comments
Convocation Credit: Academic Lecture