Thesis (M.A..)--Marshall University, 2008. / Title from document title page. Includes abstract. Document formatted into pages: contains Includes bibliographical references

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Also available on the Internet.

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The author's dissertation, Münster. / "Literaturnachweis": p. 163-169.

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This thesis on literary writing consists of a critic and of a fiction. / The critic entitled De la nouvelle au recueil: la singularite d'un genre is the result of a detailed research regarding the literary characteristics of the short story. The last part of the text is devoted to a study on the collection. / This essay is followed by the creation Aspirations. This collection contains thirteen stories, of which twelve are moments of quiet cruelty in every day life. / The characters in Aspirations attempt to resist silently to the aspiring power of certain events. Most of them keep up struggling for life.

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This creative project has served to aid the writer in understanding the craft of the short story through the writing of six original short stories based on the theme of submission/revolt. The stories deal with various stages in the theme from the repression of the emergency room clerk in "Annie" to the suppression and drastic revolt of the grandaughter Becky in "A Different Night."This study deals predominantly with the question "What is the Short Story?" and analyzes the craft in terms of four major devices: time, place, people, and purpose. Each of these unities is discussed in terms of its relation to the story. Although the writer has made every effort to craft her writings into successful stories, not every attempt has been successful. Specific works have been included for evaluation to demonstrate the writer's discovery of what the short story is and what it is not which was gained through experiment with the craft.

This project consists of the following five short stories: "A Farm Story," "The Awakening," "Escape," "The Lake Country," and "Zac." The stories were not forced into any particular thematic structure but, rather, illustrate the development of individuals confronted with circumstances which reveal their personalities and the personalities of those around them in the hopes of enlightening the reader in some aspect of life.The project also includes an analysis of the major technical problems--such as point of view, imagery, and dialogue-encountered while writing each of the stories with an evaluation of the techniques used to deal with these problems.