Date of Award

1-1-2023

Language

English

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

College/School/Department

Department of English

Content Description

1 online resource (iv, 98 pages)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Ed Schwarzschild

Committee Members

Aashish Kaul

Keywords

Linked Short Stories, Magical Realism, Short Story

Subject Categories

Creative Writing

Abstract

My creative thesis is titled Selections from Jars of Wilda Point. It consists of five short stories from a larger linked collection. These stories are linked through the theme of what and why the character keep what they do in jars or bottles and by the fictitious town in Coastal Maine called Wilda Point. The five stories are titled by what is in the jar and the year it’s taking place, “Keys, Year 1984” “Ghosts, Year 2008,” “Cross Words, Year 1951,” “Jude’s Life, Year 2014,” and “Crosswords, Year 2016.” They are character-driven, and each reflects the larger project for their exploration of the human experience of grief, longing, relationships, sacrifice, fear, love, and obsession. Along with writing these stories, I researched Maine and the magical/marvelous/fantastical real, and gathered short story collections from around the world, most of which have a touch of magical realism and are predominantly written by women.

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