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Position: A Fiction Collection, Joelle Byars
Position: A Fiction Collection, Joelle Byars
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The creative thesis “Position: A Fiction Collection” is composed of sixteen short and flash fiction stories. The critical introduction to this thesis looks at my journey as a writer that led to its genesis. I analyze the methods used in my writing process, consider the ways in which instruction and passive reading influences what drives me to write, as well as delving into how the personal informs the creative. I discuss the themes of my stories, gender, sexuality, socio-economic class, toxic relationships, and mental illness, and how they emerged in this collection. A creative sample that touches on all of …
Silence Emerging From Birds, Rebecca Macijeski
Silence Emerging From Birds, Rebecca Macijeski
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This dissertation represents the culmination of five years of creative activity in poetry. Included within this document are three main components: 1.) a critical introduction to my book-length manuscript of original poems complete to satisfy the requirements of creative writing within the English Department; 2.) a description of my creative activity reflected in that book-length manuscript, and; 3.) a sample of previously published original poems from the manuscript. I will describe each of these components in greater detail below.
The critical introduction to the creative work seeks to explore and examine various aesthetic and theoretical influences on my poems. The …
After The Rainbow, Rachel Hruza
After The Rainbow, Rachel Hruza
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This thesis contains a multi-genre collection featuring fiction and memoir. It explores characterization through relationships by focusing on the external and internal forces that influence a person’s connection to herself or another. Some pieces verge on the plane of magical realism while others are factually based. While most of this collection is serious in tone, the author hopes the reader will find joy in the small moments as well as the momentous.