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11	Hymnal of Teeth: Southern Stories of Folk and Fey Phillips, James E, III 01 January 2022 (has links) We are the stories we tell. Folk and fairy tales are reflections of the cultures that pass them down. Contemporary literary traditions, such as the Southern Gothic and tales of magical realism, also provide unique ways of responding to concerns within our society. This thesis attempts to merge these literary traditions to create a collection of Southern folk and fairy tales. These stories vary in style from very traditional fairy tales to more modern styles of magical realism and lyrical poetry. This collection was crafted after studying an extensive reading list of novels and short story collections written by masters of the aforementioned genres. Using the setting of the South through the lens of Fabulism, themes of generational trauma, uncontrolled instincts, and hypocrisy are explored. Creative Writing
12	Girl Cannibals of Salem County Carberry, Catherine Julia 25 June 2014 (has links) No description available. Fine Arts Short fiction fabulism Puerto Rico historical fiction
13	Undesirable Miller, Alise N. 12 August 2020 (has links) No description available. Fine Arts fiction flash fiction fabulism non-traditional bodies gender norms societal norms
14	Dotted Lines Weeks, Elizabeth K. 22 July 2018 (has links) No description available. Fine Arts fiction short story short story collection fabulism transgressive fiction absurdism queer fiction
15	We Are Everyone You Know Hayter, Christopher Alexander, Dr. 13 April 2017 (has links) The dissertation for my PhD is a composite novel called We Are Everyone You Know. The novel is set in a small town that is neither rural nor suburban, which, like the characters, defies classification. The cast rotates. Main characters become supporting characters in subsequent chapters and vice versa. I employ this strategy so the reader is able to see each character as an individual, that even those who seem to be in the background are living complex lives. The novel explores such themes as poverty, gentrification, the loss of innocence caused by a corrupt world, and the inability of people to realize their identities when the promises of youth turn out to be lies. Each chapter or story is told from either a different point of view or in a different style or genre. While the novel as a whole is grounded around a family and group of friends in a small town, the pieces of the story range in form from simple realism, to modernism, to post-modernism, to surrealism, to meta-fiction. I experiment with genres ranging from crime drama, to disaster survival, to sports comedy, to kung-fu epic, and more. Interspersed between the genre pieces are realist stories of a new lost generation—thirty-somethings who are stuck in permanent adolescence, who work at soul-crushing jobs, and who find neither the shining future that was promised to them in their youth nor the comfortable mediocrity of their parents’ lives. For this project I have been particularly inspired by the works of Louise Erdrich, James Joyce, and Jennifer Egan. Novel Composite novel Short story cycle Post-modernism Modernism Surrealism Meta-fiction Realism Experimental Fabulism Cross-genre Point-of-view
16	Society writ large: the vision of three Zimbabwean women writers Musvoto, Rangarirai Alfred 15 May 2007 (has links) This study explores the social ‘vision’ of three Shona women writers vis-à-vis their Zimbabwean society, attempting to ascertain whether this vision is entrenched in the post-independence context or has been shaped by the whole canvas of colonization and its impact on Shona society. For this purpose, Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions (1988), Yvonne Vera’s Why Don’t You Carve Other Animals (1992) and Freedom Nyamubaya’s Dusk of Dawn (1995) have been selected to explore the representation of Zimbabwean society in different artistic genres. The approach is mainly socio-historical, examining the selected texts in the context of Zimbabwean history and paying attention to how the socio-political dynamics in both colonial Rhodesia and post-independence Zimbabwe influence the creative output of Zimbabwean writers, in general, and of the selected writers, in particular. In addition, this study refers to other aspects of literary theory, especially African feminist theories, since all three writers discuss the plight of black African women. This study consists of four chapters arranged according to the historical period in which the texts are set, which coincides with publication date. Chapter One provides a general background to Zimbabwean writing in English to root the study in the socio-historical experiences of the country. This chapter thus considers the works of both white and black writers. Chapter Two discusses Nervous Conditions, critiquing it as a women’s narrative in a social realist mode, because it portrays the social and political forces as significant shapers of human lives. Chapter Three analyzes Why Don’t You Carve Other Animals as a text in the fabulist mode, which re-imagines cultural and literary politics. Nyamubaya’s poetry, discussed in Chapter Four, is autobiographical and ideological. It revisits the Zimbabwean liberation war, situating it within both the private and national spheres, and arguing that such a standpoint emanates from Nyamubaya’s need to make sense of her own experiences during the war and in post-independence Zimbabwe. In conclusion, the study summarizes the major findings of the research, analyzing these against the background to Zimbabwean writing in English given in Chapter One. / Dissertation (MA (English))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / English / unrestricted Socio-historical context Social realism The shona experience Fabulism Autobiography Feminist literary representation Post-independence Rhodesia/zimbabwean society Ideology UCTD
17	Glamour (Collected Stories) Blackford, Elizabeth Coulter 04 June 2019 (has links) No description available. Literature queer bisexuality abortion New York City women wicca witchcraft mythology selkies silkes feminism fabulism speculative fiction
18	Withering Hollenbeck, James 13 July 2022 (has links) No description available. Fine Arts fiction dystopia climate change New Weird fantasy science fiction horror magical realism fabulism short stories American Midwest apocalyptic fiction climate fiction
19	The Preservation of Objects Lost at Sea Vogtman, Jacqueline 23 March 2010 (has links) No description available. American Literature Fine Arts Folklore Literature fiction short stories fairy tales magical realism Goldilocks Beauty and the Beast Hansel and Gretel fabulism flash fiction grotesque
20	In the Season of Our Monstering Adams, Samuel J. 17 April 2018 (has links) No description available. Modern Literature Animals Comparative Literature Cultural Anthropology Experiments Fine Arts Folklore Literature Limnology Social Structure Spirituality Personality fiction ohio fiction monsters Fur Experimental Fiction exclusion California Fiction Bucharest Short Stories Stoicism flash fiction orchards beards travel writing monstering chapbooks fabulism anthropological fiction lovelorn cycles

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