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Fort Brown, Jeannie Marie Floyd
Fort Brown, Jeannie Marie Floyd
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This is a collection of four short stories and three essays with a critical introduction. The people in these stories, both fiction and non-fiction, are all on the fringes of society. They are experiencing financial ruin, emotional turmoil, sickness, mental instability and other struggles. This material is an examination of their lives and the alternately humorous and tragic attempts of coping with their circumstances. Some of the pieces are related to the shrimping industry in the Port of Brownsville, one is about prostitution in Mexico, still others are about social misfits in California and other parts of the country. But …
Senso No Himitsu (Secrets Of War), Ricardo Tijerina Jr.
Senso No Himitsu (Secrets Of War), Ricardo Tijerina Jr.
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This creative thesis is a divided into two parts: “Critical introduction” and “Senso no Himitsu”, which is a full-length staged play. The play involves the lives of two brothers secretly stationed with a family in Okinawa Japan during WWII.
Valley Palm, Melissa E. King
Valley Palm, Melissa E. King
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
In the critical introduction of this thesis, I explore how choices and consequences affect a life, my life. This leads to a discussion of the struggle I had with labeling my work nonfiction. I also explore the effect structure has on the narrative arc and characters in a work, and discuss my process of deciding on a form for my creative thesis. Highlighted in this discussion is the influence of feminism and feminist authors. Finally, I intimate my issues with my cultural identity, and how this is reflected in my story and my place in the literary world. These are …