Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of English
First Advisor
Janice Lee
Term of Graduation
Spring 2025
Date of Publication
6-5-2025
Document Type
Closed Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Creative Writing
Department
English
Language
English
Subjects
Experimental fiction, Hybridity, Hypersensitivity, Nonlinearity, Small town
Physical Description
1 online resource (ii, 92 pages)
Abstract
The Lake is a novella-length fictional work in lyrical and fragmented prose that explores themes of small town origination, belief, hypersensitivity, alienation, and inheritance. In a village surrounded by forest, two sensorially gifted children from different families negotiate the growing magnitude of what they perceive. This narrative incorporates elements of magical realism, shared and shifting perspective, sound, landscape, and time.
Rights
© 2025 Erica Anne Popple
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44009
Recommended Citation
Popple, Erica Anne, "The Lake" (2025). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 6904.
Comments
This thesis is only available to students, faculty and staff at PSU.