Let's Do This: Pharmakon in Fiction | Episode 40

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This week’s full podcast episode:

The Pharmakon in Fiction | Episode 39

A transcript of this episode is available on the web version.

Let’s Do This: the Pharmakon in Fiction

1. To what extent does your fiction include ambiguities in language? How might diction enhance the ability of your story to challenge the reader? How might the inclusion of multilingualism also enhance this element? Are any of your characters described as ‘writers’ in some way and how does that affect their understanding of the world?

2. Have you considered creating a character or ending, for example, with multiple interpretations possible? What are your motivations and concerns?

3. How might you use the motif of the pharmakon in your fiction? What might be both remedy and poison, as well as possibly a scapegoat or other definitions of Pharmakon?

Please feel free to share links to your own work (including other forms of fiction - songs, visual art, film…) or copy and paste short sections to share with our readers!

**I’m traveling to the US with my son today, so I’ll get back to your comments when I can come up for air!**