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De Vida, Regalos E Historias, Monica Skrzypinski
De Vida, Regalos E Historias, Monica Skrzypinski
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis is a collection of short stories where the common denominator is women, and a compilation of sensual poems that are authored by the protagonists of each story. Stories and poems are intertwined based in the notion that every human being has a sensual and erotic side. The poems are not a reflection of the stories, but a reflection of the woman. This creative work is best defined as hybrid literature.
A New American Fiction: Personal Essays, Observances, And Interviews, Daniel M. Mendoza
A New American Fiction: Personal Essays, Observances, And Interviews, Daniel M. Mendoza
Theses and Dissertations
This work consists of essays on the author’s personal development as a writer. It also contains reflections on the state of contemporary American and Mexican-American fiction. The author seeks to illustrate the relevance of certain writers affiliated with working-class fiction, a genre of contemporary American fiction that blends social, political, and aesthetic values into their novels and short stories.
Included in this work are also a number of conversations with writers of working-class fiction. In these conversations the author engages other writers in dialogue that further illuminates the author’s development of his creative identity as a cultural and literary writer.
My True Father, David Rice
My True Father, David Rice
Theses and Dissertations
My True Father is novel about a Mexican American family in South Texas going through a divorce.
Historias De Psicopatas Desidiosos Y Solitarios En La Frontera, Silvia H. Vera-Huesca
Historias De Psicopatas Desidiosos Y Solitarios En La Frontera, Silvia H. Vera-Huesca
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis is a collection of short stories and poems. The first part focuses on short-fictional stories based on the problematic violence trending in the border between Mexico and the United States, triggering psychosis, sloppiness and loneliness to the characters. The second part of this project includes poetry in prose, based on my own psychotic, sloppiness and lonely experiences living in the border for the past few years.
I Never Left The Borderland, Rosa E. Trevino
I Never Left The Borderland, Rosa E. Trevino
Theses and Dissertations
I Never Left the Borderland is a memoir encouraged seven years ago. It was originally meant to be the story of a young girl and her experiences as a migrant student, but once the writing process got under way, the narrative began to evolve. It became a complicated account of how the protagonist, now an adult, felt she was experiencing an inexplicable second coming of age, wrestling with her roles as a wife, mother and scholar. The critical introduction focuses on her relationship with literature and how it kept her sane while she struggled with who she was and who …