No Vacancy: Family Vacations On The Road, On The Water, And On The Edge.,
2020
University of Louisville
No Vacancy: Family Vacations On The Road, On The Water, And On The Edge., Amy Jackson Sellers
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis is a memoir about the best and worst of traveling on summer vacations with my family as a child and as an adult. This piece is an ode to both my parents and to the art of the family road-trip, which is all but lost thanks to cheap flights, cell phone screens, and a general reluctance to take significant time off work. By alternating between lighter and heavier material with each chapter, this memoir avoids the saccharine nature of nostalgia while still being true to all the brilliance and poignancy of the past. By telling the chapters through …
Skin: Stories, Poems, And Essays,
2020
Missouri State University
Skin: Stories, Poems, And Essays, Amanda G. Hadlock
Graduate Theses/Dissertations
This thesis begins with a critical introduction which analyzes the use of objective correlative and varying points of view in creative writing in order to generate dialogue on cultural issues. I relate theories from Edward T. Hall, T.S. Eliot, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Lubomír Doležel to my own writing. Additionally, I situate my own multi-genre writing with work of contemporaries such as Maggie Nelson and Claudia Rankine. My hypothesis is that writers can use an objective correlative (Eliot) from the top of the cultural iceberg (Hall) as an entry point to representing deeper, more fraught cultural issues. Additionally, by experimenting with …
Meet The Artists,
2020
Syracuse University
Camouflage,
2020
Lindenwood University
Camouflage, Fred Pond
The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose
No abstract provided.
A Blended Displacement; Stories From The Periphery,
2020
Northern Michigan University
A Blended Displacement; Stories From The Periphery, Katherine Belliel
All NMU Master's Theses
A Blended Displacement; Stories from the Periphery, explores various forms and definitions of displacement through relationships, travel, and the sense of home. The thesis explores such subject matter as a creative work of mixed creative non-fiction and fiction. By engaging with controversial terms like expatriate, immigrant, refugee, and third-culture-kid, the work interrogates the political with the personal. The non-fiction part of the thesis centers on the narrative of a woman from Michigan living abroad, contrasting with the historical fiction portrayal of a Slovenian immigrant in Michigan. Both with ties to Michigan, both displaced, both illustrating the different labels, and …
Table Of Contents (V. 28, 2020),
2020
Syracuse University
Section Intro: Facade,
2020
Syracuse University
Section Intro: Facade, Aaqilah Wright, Brandon Belton, Andrew Wallman
Intertext
No abstract provided.
Autism Pain,
2020
Syracuse University
Pride,
2020
Syracuse University
Being A Minority At Syracuse University,
2020
Syracuse University
Being A Minority At Syracuse University, Pamela Flores
Intertext
No abstract provided.
Section Intro: (Un)Common Ground,
2020
Syracuse University
Section Intro: (Un)Common Ground, Jung Won Nam, Berri Wilmore
Intertext
No abstract provided.
Living Document: An Exploration Of “Self” Through Lyric & Hybrid Forms,
2020
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Living Document: An Exploration Of “Self” Through Lyric & Hybrid Forms, Shannon Sweeney
Honors Theses
In the famously confessional field of creative nonfiction, the question of preserving one’s privacy is perhaps best explored by means of lyrical or hybrid essays; an explorative piece found at the intersection of poetic form and prose, between objective fact and creative presentation, which “sets off on an uncharted course through interlocking webs of idea, circumstance, and language - a pursuit with no foreknown conclusion, [and] an arrival that might still leave the writer questioning,” according to Noam Dorr. This pursuit without strict purpose allows for writers to dissect and discover the intricacies of seemingly straightforward topics: truth, memory, even …
Eclipsed By Culture,
2020
Utah State University
Eclipsed By Culture, Andrea Diamond
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
The purpose of this thesis is to explore through poetry my conflicted relationship with an abusive, narcissistic father, a father who passed down to me the after-effects of generations of inherited trauma and traditions of patriarchy. In a narrative arc unfolding through domestic scenes and deepened with metaphor, I offer readers the story of my struggle to accept the personal and psychological damage I experienced as a child, to forgive, and to achieve a measure of healing so that my experience might benefit others. Using poetry enabled me to distill elements of my circumstances that, in my lived experience, were …
The Prodigy Of Existence: An Essay On Identity And Its Constraints With Original Poems,
2020
California State University, Monterey Bay
The Prodigy Of Existence: An Essay On Identity And Its Constraints With Original Poems, Azariah Butler Ruthford
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This research essay and collection of poems will highlight key moments in coming to terms with identity. For myself, these identities include race, sexuality, and gender. I have found an expressive outlet through poetry in which I can deduce experiences and make them more approachable for the audience from the perspective of a black, homosexual man. Similarly, Toni Morrison tasks the readers to understand the ways in which identities propose limitations on individuals in her novel, Beloved .The pieces included in this selection will illustrate how life experiences often dictate ones’ identity, and how exploring these differences can inspire both …
The Wild Diamond Diaries: Healing Alongside America's Wild Horses,
2020
Northern Michigan University
The Wild Diamond Diaries: Healing Alongside America's Wild Horses, Megan Emily
All NMU Master's Theses
To some, America’s free-roaming Mustangs and burros symbolize liberty and beauty. To others, these equines are feral at best, invasive at worst. They have a reputation for being useless, destructive, and untrainable. Yet my childhood horse—gifted to my family when I was three—was a gentled Mustang, W.D. Through W.D., I first encountered these horses’ kind dispositions, composure, and hardiness. After my younger sister died in a riding accident with another horse, my parents rehomed W.D. The devastating loss of both my sister and horse sparked my lifelong interest in Mustangs’ lives in the wild and journey into domestication, especially via …
Blend It Like Beckett: Samuel Beckett And Experimental Contemporary Creative Writing,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Blend It Like Beckett: Samuel Beckett And Experimental Contemporary Creative Writing, Sam Nicole Campbell
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Samuel Beckett penned novels, short stories, poetry, stage plays, radio plays, and scripts—and he did each in a way that blended genre, challenged the norms of creative writing, and surprised audiences around the globe. His experimental approach to creative writing included the use of absurdism, genre-hybridization, and ergodicism, which led to Beckett fundamentally changing the approach to creative writing. His aesthetics have trickled down through the years and can be seen in contemporary works, including Aimee Bender’s short story collection The Girl in the Flammable Skirt and Mark Z. Danielewski’s novel House of Leaves[1]. By examining these works …
Chasing Reflections,
2020
SUNY Geneseo
Sisters,
2020
SUNY Geneseo
Resting Wings,
2020
SUNY Albany
Remote Voices: Holding My Breath,
2020
SUNY Geneseo
Remote Voices: Holding My Breath, D’Arcy Hearn
Gandy Dancer Archives
No abstract provided.
