Date of Award
12-2017
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Program
English
Department
English
Major Professor
Richard Goodman
Second Advisor
Daniel Doll
Third Advisor
Reggie Poche
Abstract
The following Creative Nonfiction Thesis delves into the suppressed past of a girl who experienced brief episodes of adolescent epilepsy. She was diagnosed with Rolandic seizures when she was eight years old and eventually “grew out” of them when she hit puberty. Since that time, the author had not spoken of these events with her family. The topic of her epilepsy remained, somewhat, the elephant in the room until the epilepsy discontinued. She interviewed her mother and her sister to see the perspectives of those people who were closest to her throughout this era. Through these interviews, the author learns of what her family truly experienced and their opinions of these events. These events largely affected the past and future relationship between her mother, her sister, and the relationship the author has with herself.
Recommended Citation
Goetchius, Kaitlin T., "Creative Nonfiction Thesis -"Becoming Normal"" (2017). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2406.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2406
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