Death's Head,
2018
Lindenwood University
Death's Head, Tyler Atwood
The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose
No abstract provided.
Less Chance For Disappointment,
2018
Lindenwood University
Less Chance For Disappointment, Andie Francis
The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose
No abstract provided.
When You Meet Me Again: A Novel,
2018
Colby College
When You Meet Me Again: A Novel, Jacob O. Hyatt
Honors Theses
This document is Part One of a novel. Join an unnamed central character and five other odd individuals on a journey through a near-future college landscape, where a virtual-reality sandbox world called "Daydreamz" provides people with the opportunity to do whatever they want in a fake landscape of their own creation. This freedom ultimately comes with a deadly cost...
Only One Set Of Bones,
2018
Murray State University
Only One Set Of Bones, Norma Calway-Fagen
Murray State Theses and Dissertations
A collection of short stories, four of which are linked.
Oj,
2018
Virginia Commonwealth University
Oj, David Aldridge
Mighty Pen Project Anthology & Archive
On his first leave from Vietnam, a soldier visits his brother, an All-American placekicker for the USC Trojans before their 1967 game with Notre Dame, and meets OJ Simpson.
Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in the Mighty Pen Project. The program, developed by author David L. Robbins, and in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, offers veterans and their family members a customized twelve-week writing class, free of charge. The program encourages, supports, and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of military experience so …
Elizabeth Bennet Whispering Hush,
2018
Western Michigan University
Hambone,
2018
Western Michigan University
Monday,
2018
Western Michigan University
Dr. Mengelt,
2018
Butler University
Dr. Mengelt, Marc Allan
Graduate Thesis Collection
An obstetrician implants microchips in the babies he delivers so he can track their movements when they get older. The doctor is a white supremacist and determined to find evidence that supports his twisted vision of racial distinction. Eighteen years after his first implantations, two of the children he worked with commit a particularly brutal murder. The doctor turns them in anonymously and quickly becomes a kind of folk hero. But after a relentless New York Daily News reporter finds out how the murderers were identified, the doctor becomes a man on the run.
The Damsel Can Rescue Herself: Subverting Common Literary Tropes Of The Fantasy Genre,
2018
University of New Hampshire, Durham
The Damsel Can Rescue Herself: Subverting Common Literary Tropes Of The Fantasy Genre, Melissa N. Hurlburt
Honors Theses and Capstones
This thesis consists of a fantasy novella. A character-driven work, it focuses on internal conflicts rather than the external conflicts and grand, sweeping plotlines that are typical of fantasy novels. Taye is an aerial performer with the king’s circus troupe, Corracha. She is also the vigilante Saorsa, a figure who fights against the injustices the king of Monadh inflicts upon the kingdom’s immigrants. A young woman haunted by her past and struggling to make something of herself in a male-dominated society, she must confront her inner demons when she is injured during a performance. She relies on her best friend …
The Naked, Running, Screaming Girl,
2018
Virginia Commonwealth University
The Naked, Running, Screaming Girl, Norman Miller
Mighty Pen Project Anthology & Archive
Unable to sleep, an old veteran of Vietnam spends his time and money in a bar, where he meets the perfect person to listen to him.
Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in the Mighty Pen Project. The program, developed by author David L. Robbins, and in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, offers veterans and their family members a customized twelve-week writing class, free of charge. The program encourages, supports, and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of military experience so both writer and …
A Reflection On A Dhc Senior Project: "Silvie Danger",
2018
University of Montana
A Reflection On A Dhc Senior Project: "Silvie Danger", Breann Watterson
Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts
This is a reflection about an Honors College Research Project. The project was a work of historical fiction concerning the coming-of-age of a young woman in mid-nineteenth-century New England.
The Torment Of Exile And The Aesthetics Of Nostalgia : Transnational Chinese Neo-Romanticism In Xu Xu’S Post-War Fiction,
2018
San Francisco State University
The Torment Of Exile And The Aesthetics Of Nostalgia : Transnational Chinese Neo-Romanticism In Xu Xu’S Post-War Fiction, Frederik H. Green
Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報
Physical exile certainly was a painful reality for Xu Xu. Restorative nostalgia might to some extent have informed his literary activity in those years. However, nostalgia in Xu Xu’s postwar fiction, I will argue in this paper, constitutes above all the expression of a quest for a purely aesthetic utopia that had already begun to take shape in his pre-war oeuvre and that came to full fruition in his post-war fiction. By analyzing a number of Xu Xu’s novellas from Hong Kong, such as Bird Talk, The Other Shore 彼岸 (1951), and The All-Souls Tree 百靈樹 (1954), I will show …
Litmag 2017-18,
2018
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Litmag 2017-18, University Of Missouri-St. Louis, Kathryne Johanna Watt
Litmag
The mission of the journal is to nurture the creativity of the students, staff, and alumni by increasing awareness of the vigorous literary talent on UMSL’s campus. We aim to produce a professional, high-quality publication that gives budding writers and artists a venue to display their work and experience the exciting world of publishing. The journal is offered to the campus and local community free of charge, a service we are committed to maintaining.
Life Sucks: Classifying Transgressive Fiction,
2018
South Dakota State University
Life Sucks: Classifying Transgressive Fiction, Jena Christianson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis explores the genre of transgressive fiction and locates my own creative work within this genre. Los Angeles Times writer Michael Silverblatt popularized the term transgressive fiction in 1993 and associates authors such as Dennis Cooper, Kathy Acker, Roland Barthes, Bret Easton Ellis, Michel Foucault, William Gass, Jean Genet, and William Burroughs with the genre; however, the definition of transgressive fiction remains elusive. Therefore, in my first chapter, I analyze three transgressive novels—Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho, Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club, and Tony Tullamuthe’s Private Citizens. My second chapter consists of selections from my creative work, a transgressive novel …
Beaches Without Sand,
2018
University of Montana, Missoula
Beaches Without Sand, Connor Mcelwee
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
No abstract provided.
You Are What You Write,
2018
Missouri State University
You Are What You Write, Yumeng Wang
Graduate Theses/Dissertations
This creative thesis consists of six short stories with different lengths and styles. For the introduction, I discuss how my work is influenced by various aspects of cultural background, with examples including writers from Zitkala-Ša and Richard Wright to Celeste Ng. Cultural background is the key to understand most of the characters in the different stories. After the critical introduction, readers will have a general idea of my stories with a sense of how the relationship between different groups of people shape them to act and live under the influence of their cultural backgrounds and environment they were brought up …
Tracing Writer/Reader Identity In, And In Response To, Queer Latinx Autohistoria-Teorìa,
2018
Humboldt State University
Tracing Writer/Reader Identity In, And In Response To, Queer Latinx Autohistoria-Teorìa, Corrina Wells
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
This project examines how diverse representation changes the discourse around queer latinx identities. This project extends theories of representation that show how a text changes the imaginary of the reader through a two-part methodology. First, through explicating Spit & Passion and A Cup of Water Under My Bed, this project examines how these texts construct a readers’ imaginary. Then, through a corresponding qualitative assessment on readers’ responses to the texts, this project identifies the extent to which the texts change the beliefs and understandings of a small group of students. Articulating an ecology of identity using the texts under examination, …
The Messenger, 2018,
2018
University of Richmond
The Friendly Crocodile,
2018
Humboldt State University
The Friendly Crocodile, Katia Karadjova, Emily Fernandes
Fiction and Poetry
The Friendly Crocodile loved to show off his big toothy smile.... But his marsh friends didn’t know it was friendly! What can he do to keep his friends around?
Al cocodrilo amigable le encantaba mostrar su gran sonrisa de enormes dientes, pero sus amigos del pantano no sabían que era amigable. ¿Qué podrá hacer para mantener cerca a sus amigos? (Translation by Dr. Lilianet Brintrup)
Le gentil crocodile aimait se vanter de son grand sourire avec ses grosses dents… Mais ses amis du marécage ne savaient pas que c’était un sourire sympa ! Que pouvait-il faire pour garder ses amis? …
