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What Lies Beneath, Eleanor Harrison 2023 Claremont Colleges

What Lies Beneath, Eleanor Harrison

Scripps Senior Theses

In What Lies Beneath, I explore legacy, family dynamics, and the nature of exploration.


Wake Up, Cameron Wagner COM 23 2023 Kansas City University

Wake Up, Cameron Wagner Com 23

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

No abstract provided.


Dedication, 2023 Kansas City University

Dedication

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

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Pulse, Vol. 2 Spring 2023, 2023 Kansas City University

Pulse, Vol. 2 Spring 2023

PULSE: A Student Publication of Literary & Artistic Works

No abstract provided.


Writing Young Adult Fiction: Reflections On Narration And Theme In Young Adult Literature, Kimberly Davidson 2023 South Dakota State University

Writing Young Adult Fiction: Reflections On Narration And Theme In Young Adult Literature, Kimberly Davidson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

According to Young Adult Library Services, “Young Adult Literature is a genre that is separate from Children's Literature. It emerged in the twentieth century when teenagers became a powerful force of the economy in the 1930s and gained prominence in the sixties.” Various sources list common elements that make YA literature a distinct category. 1) YA books appeal to the interests of readers from ages twelve to eighteen. 2) YA books typically explore a teenage character’s entry into an unfamiliar “world.” 3) YA books usually feature a protagonist’s self-reflection on events that influence their forays into the adult world. 4) …


A Siren’S Cry, Angie Bissonnette 2023 Western Michigan University

A Siren’S Cry, Angie Bissonnette

The Laureate

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A Needle Through The Eye Of An Apostate: Baptism, June Pearson 2023 Western Michigan University

A Needle Through The Eye Of An Apostate: Baptism, June Pearson

The Laureate

No abstract provided.


Venus’ Arms, Rian Johnson 2023 Western Michigan University

Venus’ Arms, Rian Johnson

The Laureate

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The Meadow, Lucas Harbaugh 2023 Western Michigan University

The Meadow, Lucas Harbaugh

The Laureate

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Puppet Master, Ryder Dietz 2023 Western Michigan University

Puppet Master, Ryder Dietz

The Laureate

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A Bloody Proposal, Angie Bissonnette 2023 Western Michigan University

A Bloody Proposal, Angie Bissonnette

The Laureate

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Same Earth, Different Planet, Daisy J. Anderson 2023 Kennesaw State University

Same Earth, Different Planet, Daisy J. Anderson

Emerging Writers

This creative nonfiction essay demonstrates the impact moving countries can have on a young person. It describes the major differences between countries and the narrator's various emotions at different stages of the transition.


Wylder And Wynona: A Graphic Novel Retelling Of The Grimm's Fairy Tale "The Little Brother And Sister", Abigail W. Pannell 2023 Hollins University

Wylder And Wynona: A Graphic Novel Retelling Of The Grimm's Fairy Tale "The Little Brother And Sister", Abigail W. Pannell

Children's Book Writing and Illustrating (MFA) Theses

This thesis provides insight on the psychoanalysis of fairy tales, namely the Grimm fairy tale, “The Little Brother and Sister.” The critical analysis defines theories about the human mind popularized by Sigmund Freud and especially Carl Jung. Modern psychologist Paul Moxnes applies Jung’s theories about character archetypes in fairy tales to his modern study about “deep roles” which solidifies the important relationship between human psychology, fairy tales, and fairy tale retellings. With a deeper understanding of the psychological implications of character archetypes, the creative retelling portion of this thesis rewrites the old version of the brother and sister characters from …


Foreign Constellations, Steven Archer 2023 University of Central Florida

Foreign Constellations, Steven Archer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Foreign Constellations is a magical realist collection that centers queer people of color in states of displacement. Facing disconnect from their own tribes along axes of faith, cultural tradition, sexuality, race, geography, and more, the Black and Hispanic characters in these eight stories chafe against the capacity of intersectionality to stratify rather than unite. They are, however, all Floridians, challenging the constraints of national perception with the breadth of their lived experiences. Set across Florida and beyond, each piece sees its protagonists venture into unfamiliar surroundings, or else return to old homes they no longer know how to navigate. A …


Finding Aid For The Gary Hawkins Multimedia Collection (Mum00705), 2023 University of Mississippi

Finding Aid For The Gary Hawkins Multimedia Collection (Mum00705)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids (alphabetical)

Physical and digital files including moving image files, audio, photographs, small manuscripts, and ephemera related to the films Joe and The Rough South of Larry Brown created by filmmaker Gary Hawkins.


Strange Middle Ground, Alisyn Waite 2023 Eastern Washington University

Strange Middle Ground, Alisyn Waite

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.


Vapr, Henry Knollenberg 2023 University of Kentucky

Vapr, Henry Knollenberg

Theses and Dissertations--English

vapr is a collection of short stories loosely interconnected via an anthropoid of smoke self-titled the Antimmanuel. vapr is an acronym for VOID & AUGURY & PRESENCE & RESIDUE; there is nothing else, and it is all ephemeral. The Antimmanuel is the guide; it is there with us even when god is not – within capitalism, within religion, within mental health crises, etc. Although very much not a work of Realism, this collection of eight stories grasps for, at the very least, its own author’s understanding of the real – what it feels like to live in middle America in …


Yes, Baby: Essays, Amy Gault 2023 Missouri State University

Yes, Baby: Essays, Amy Gault

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

This creative thesis includes thirteen flash nonfiction pieces and one fiction short story exploring emotions and experiences that have changed who I am today. These writings are personal experiences or are inspired by personal experience. These creative works interrogate deeply transformative events and situations, such as familial relationships, trauma, poverty, living in the Midwest, patriarchy, and the beauty in existing. In the thesis’s critical introduction, I examine how my flash nonfiction pieces employ Milan Kundera’s theory of the appeal of play and Charles Baxter’s concept defamiliarization. I analyze how the succinct form of the flash essay allows my nonfiction writing …


Samozvanets (The Pretender), Matthew Garrell, Alikzandr Malakov 2023 Dartmouth College

Samozvanets (The Pretender), Matthew Garrell, Alikzandr Malakov

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

he Russian word Samozvanets most directly translates to Imposter in English. However, for this thesis, I have selected the alternative interpretation of Pretender. Imposter implies the taking or assuming of another’s position. Pretender, more personally, carries the meaning of presenting self as something one is not. It is through the lens of the Pretender that I examine the idea of what it means to be a member of a particular ethnicity, and to engage with one’s cultural heritage. I do this through a collection of fictional stories, investigating various lives within the Russian diaspora following the dissolution of the Soviet …


The Razor And The Reel, Lee Mayes 2023 Dartmouth College

The Razor And The Reel, Lee Mayes

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

“The Razor and The Reel” is a crime fiction novel focusing on the darker side of mass media, the corruption of ideals, and the nature of truth in an uncertain world. It is a nightmarish descent into an alternate history of the American 1920s, where the parallels to today's culture of prevailing despair, social collapse, and ruthless capitalism become increasingly obvious as the novel progresses. The plot follows a trio of gangsters as they attempt to rescue a runaway girl from a small but twisted southern town rampant with religious extremism and racism. This town (modeled after Orlando Florida before …


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