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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.
Recommended Citation
Appleton, Sarah K. (Sarah Kathleen), "Borderlands" (2016). WWU Graduate School Collection. 475.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwuet/475
