First Advisor

Charles D'Ambrosio

Date of Publication

1-1-2011

Document Type

Closed Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Creative Writing

Department

English

Language

English

Subjects

Realist fiction, Sense of belonging, Sense of place, Place (Philosophy) in literature -- Fiction, Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction, Well-being -- Fiction

DOI

10.15760/etd.1165

Physical Description

1 online resource (ii, 83 p.)

Abstract

The five stories in this collection are an exploration of realist fiction through a variety of narrative points of view and a diversity of characters. The stories explore issues of class, age, work and family, but in each piece, the characters struggle in their own way to discover a sense of belonging in their own lives. Central to each of these stories is a sense of place. All are set in the American west, most in rural California and the land and activities of place provide not only a specific landscape, but often a limitation, a narrative element against which the characters both resist and find their truest home.

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Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/7251

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