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Creative Writing

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Theses/Dissertations

Short stories, American

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Low Water: A Collection Of Short Fiction, Charles Conn May 2010

Low Water: A Collection Of Short Fiction, Charles Conn

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The craft of fiction evolves and progresses alongside other pursuits in the humanities. This thesis project represents a culmination of study in the process of creating fiction from standard practices which are fundamental to creating fiction that “works” to innovations in the field and how they have shaped the craft through its history. The creative thesis project is an attempt to apply some of these fundamental and experimental concepts to my own creative work and thereby develop a collection of short fiction representative of my abilities as a writer and my training as a writing student. A brief look into …


Not Knowing The Days, Jennifer Davis May 2010

Not Knowing The Days, Jennifer Davis

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This thesis consists of a collection of three short stories and the chapter of my first novel, as well as a critical introduction addressing the literary and creative contexts of the work. The pieces encompass a range of themes, but I have paid particular attention to perspective, perception, and a feeling of displacement or incongruity with society. In the introduction, I discuss the Southern Gothic genre in literature and how several of its characteristics have shaped the stories in my collection as well as my writing in general, especially verisimilitude and the grotesque.


That Almond Smell: Seven Short Stories, John J. Mccormack Aug 2009

That Almond Smell: Seven Short Stories, John J. Mccormack

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

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