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(Don't Anybody Laugh)
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Oden, Zachary K.
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Year and Degree
2012, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, English (Arts and Sciences).
Abstract
This thesis, entitled, (Don't Anybody Laugh) contains a collection of essays and a critical preface entitled, "Pockets of Confession: Exploring Issues of Narrator Persona in Creative Nonfiction." The preface describes the parallel nature of the nonfiction essayist, specifically in regards to issues of voice and humor. I draw extensively from the works of David Foster Wallace and John Jeremiah Sullivan, as well as some brief essays by Mark Twain, Anne Lamott, and Montaigne to show the inherent difficulties and uniquely joyous aspects of essaying the self in the modern American tradition of "long-form" journalism. I hope that the critical work serves to enlighten the reader as to why certain thematic and stylistic choices were employed in the crafting of this collection.
Committee
Eric LeMay, Dr. (Advisor)
Mark Halliday, Dr. (Committee Member)
Dinty Moore, Dr. (Committee Member)
Pages
94 p.
Subject Headings
Literature
Keywords
Nonfiction
;
essay
;
memoir
;
magazine journalism
;
poetry
;
music
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Oden, Z. K. (2012).
(Don't Anybody Laugh)
[Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1339176334
APA Style (7th edition)
Oden, Zachary.
(Don't Anybody Laugh).
2012. Ohio University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1339176334.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Oden, Zachary. "(Don't Anybody Laugh)." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1339176334
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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