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Date Permissions Signed

5-16-2014

Date of Award

2014

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Miller, Brenda, 1959-

Second Advisor

Trueblood, Kathryn R., 1960-

Third Advisor

Dietrich, Dawn Y., 1960-

Abstract

The essays, stories, and novel sections within this multi-genre collection have been assembled through the process of creating small fragments and parts. Through juxtaposition these small parts create multi-genre narratives. The first section, Family Artifacts, is comprised of two creative non-fiction essays tackling complex family dynamics, identity, class, and gender. The same subjects are extended into fiction in the second section titled Story Scraps featuring a short story and sections of a novel in-progress. This thesis offers vastly different ex-amples of the author's voice and range as she works through the dangerous territories of complicated cultural and personal questions within the landscape of a multi-genre collection.

Type

Text

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25710/1j87-tb41

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

880638991

Subject – LCSH

Families; Creative writing

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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