Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of English
First Advisor
Paul Collins
Term of Graduation
Spring 2024
Date of Publication
6-7-2024
Document Type
Closed Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Creative Writing
Department
English
Language
English
DOI
10.15760/etd.3740
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 180 pages)
Abstract
Rupturing Silence(s): Memoir of a Voice is a dynamic book-length essay, or a memoir of voice, built of fragments mirroring the snapshots of memory we hold onto in moments of voice and voicelessness. These moments are confined in a conversation of fragmented vignettes portraying the ways in which we are silenced, physiological and psychological reasons for those silences, and their rupture. This project follows the intersections of my interests in science and philosophy, as well as my experiences with cPTSD and neurodivergence. I hope to open a conversation about how we can hold space for the voice, the silence, the blurriness that lives between, and the ways in which we heal from rupture.
Rights
© 2024 Abigail Rose Card
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/42080
Recommended Citation
Card, Abigail Rose, "Rupturing Silence(s): Memoir of a Voice" (2024). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 6608.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.3740