Digital Post by Ally_EdwardSaid I believe that creative storytelling, such as through movies, poems, digital stories and so on, has the potential to re-enchant our lives, and in doing so, helps us better manage our sadness and suffering. I will use Arthur Frank’s concept of the quest narrative to explore Daniel Tysdal’s lived experience… Read More
Digital Post by Zai (As in Frank’s borrowed narratives and Something Borrowed, a tradition in weddings that is said to symbolize borrowed happiness) Daniel Tysdal’s essay, TIFF is more to me than a film festival, explores how film can be an immersive experience for those who experience mental illnesses. In Tysdal’s own experience, movies… Read More
Digital post by Yirby Content warning: death, suicide In his book, The Wounded Storyteller, Arthur Frank introduces three narrative types used to describe illness. Put briefly, restitution narratives look at illness as something to be cured, chaos narratives imagine illness as something that never gets better, and quest narratives are ones that accept illness… Read More
Blog post by Katana Rider The creative text by Laura Shepherd, “Forgiving the Future,” published in GUTS Magazine (2016) was a great connection and exemplar for one of Arthur Frank’s narrative he discusses in The Wounded Storyteller. The most intriguing aspect of this creative text is possibly the image that Shepherd used; which I understood… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student Daddy’s Little Girl Since this is my last week here, and I have finally finished Scarborough and The Wounded Storyteller, I guess I can say I connected the best with Scarborough. The book made me want to jump in – there was just so much about it that made me never… Read More
Post and podcast by Honourable_Baron The Baron explores and reflects the creative impact of Catherine Hernandez’s novel, Scarborough, on his life as a resident of the district of Scarborough.… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student Zainab Throughout his book The Wounded Storyteller, sociologist Arthur Frank does many comparisons of the various types of illness narratives. As a result, while I was reading the novel Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez, I couldn’t help but identify some of the illness narratives present in this novel. Besides the story line itself (which involves… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student KAKhalfan This week’s blog post will be a continuation of last week’s podcast on the importance of multiple stories for health-related storytelling. In the podcast I discussed the ways that Catherine Hernandez’s Scarborough depicted how multiple stories encapsulate Arthur Frank’s ‘web of stories’ (described in his book The Wounded Storyteller), effectively reducing the isolation many… Read More
Podcast and post by HLTD50 student TChainz In this episode, TChainz offers his insight and critical reflection on the novel Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez. Focusing on the perspective of one of the most noteworthy characters, he reconnects with the foundation of his home ever since setting foot into Canada and reliving childhood memories. Scarborough is… Read More
Podcast and post by HLTD50 student KAKhalfan In this first episode of the KamKast, KAKhalfan recollects stories of his experiences as a first-generation Canadian transitioning between cultural expectations. Through discussing certain characters in Catherine Hernandez’s award-winning novel Scarborough, he connects aspects of their stories to those of the significant individuals within his own life. He… Read More