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Dotted Lines
Author Info
Weeks, Elizabeth K
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Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2018, Master of Fine Arts, Miami University, English.
Abstract
Dotted Lines is a collection of short stories centered around commodification to reflect the ways systemic ideologies affect the individual psyche. By placing monetary value on abstractions like death and time, I comment on consumer culture and capitalist influence. Similarly, I inspect social constructs like gender, sexuality, and love to dissect the patriarchal/puritanical foundations from which westernized perspectives are derived, with emphasis given to queer relationships. I convey these stories with consideration for accessibility, prioritizing clarity and humor. Fabulism, realism, transgression, and absurdity are all present within the collection, with tonal influences of Mary Gaitskill, Lorrie Moore, and Flannery O’Connor.
Committee
Margaret Luongo (Advisor)
Joseph Bates (Committee Member)
Daisy Hernandez (Committee Member)
Pages
75 p.
Subject Headings
Fine Arts
Keywords
fiction
;
short story
;
short story collection
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fabulism
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transgressive fiction
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absurdism
;
queer fiction
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Weeks, E. K. (2018).
Dotted Lines
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1531909104613623
APA Style (7th edition)
Weeks, Elizabeth.
Dotted Lines.
2018. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1531909104613623.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Weeks, Elizabeth. "Dotted Lines." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1531909104613623
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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