Date of Award
12-2009
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Degree Program
Film, Theatre & Communication Arts - Low Residency Creative Writing concentration;
Department
Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts
Major Professor
Lavender, William
Second Advisor
Moore, Dinty W.
Third Advisor
Walden, Gale
Abstract
The following thesis is a memoir in essays. The narrative is a reflection of memory as a chaotic system. Each essay stands alone as a single memory but also is part of the larger story of the writer's life. The fragmentation of the story lends itself to what Roland Barthes called a readerly text. That is, a reader may enter the text at any point and read the chapters in an order, and by doing this, the reader creates his/her own version of the author's life. The overall narrative arch is one of self-discovery and self-destruction.
Recommended Citation
Dotson, Holly, "A Bruised Sky Falling" (2009). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1005.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1005
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