The dissertation includes a critical essay on Jorie Graham's "The Guardian Angel of the Little Utopia and a full-length collection of poetry entitled Moonlight in Quota. The essay is a critical examination which argues that Graham's poems question Western anthropocentric thought through her constant arrangement of particular images (flowers, yellow sky, leaves) and her subsequent questioning of such intellectual and linguistic arrangements. Graham grapples with ideas of perception, questions the historical concepts of truth and knowledge, and engages in linguistic play both musically and imagistically. Each section is tied together by some overriding theme or persistent image: 1.) forgetting, Mexican-American border scenes 2.) poverty and faith shown through images of marginalized characters 3.) Artistic creation as a means for the survival for the "other."
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc935758 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Luna-Grochocki, Sheryl |
| Contributors | Bond, Bruce, Ross, John Robert, 1938-, Rodman, Barbara Ann |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 61 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Luna-Grochocki, Sheryl, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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