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Date Permissions Signed

4-27-2016

Date of Award

Spring 2016

Document Type

Masters Thesis (Campus-Only Access)

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Paola, Suzanne

Second Advisor

Beasley, Bruce, 1958-

Third Advisor

Warburton, Theresa

Abstract

The creative nonfiction essays in Borderlands explore family, self, memory, dream, and other liminal spaces. The critical concept of writing the body, as it is explored by feminist theorists such as Hélène Cixous, is enacted in these essays through both form and content, particularly in the interplay—or borderland—between mind and body. While some of these essays take a traditional form, other essays are more lyrical in nature, which can be seen in the juxtaposition of fragmented sections that construct a nonlinear narrative. The development of the author’s voice can be tracked through scene and dialogue, original language, and source work—all elements of craft that tie the author into a larger legacy of female writers writing as a transgressive, disruptive act. Some writers who have informed this work are Anne Carson, Leslie Jamison, Ander Monson, Maggie Nelson, Virginia Woolf, and others. Bracketed by essays about two different dead bodies, the borderlands in between examine and question the writer’s growth as a person and lay bare troubling uncertainties.

Type

Text

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25710/6pkq-rp03

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

948682291

Subjects – Names (LCNAF)

Appleton, Sarah K. ǂq (Sarah Kathleen)

Subject – LCSH

Autobiographical memory, Borderline personality disorder

Format

application/pdf

Genre/Form

masters theses

Language

English

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this thesis for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author's written permission.

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