Date of Award
5-2025
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School
Humanities
Committee Chair
Dr. Michael Aderibigbe
Committee Chair School
Humanities
Committee Member 2
Dr. Alexandra Valint
Committee Member 2 School
Humanities
Committee Member 3
Dr. Emily Stanback
Committee Member 3 School
Humanities
Committee Member 4
Dr. Christopher Spaide
Committee Member 4 School
Humanities
Committee Member 5
Dr. Luis Iglesias
Committee Member 5 School
Humanities
Abstract
This dissertation represents a critical and creative undertaking: a collection of poems composed between 2021 and 2025 accompanied by a critical examination of where poems like these fit in the broader literary imaginary. The title of the manuscript is written in Louisiana Creole, sometimes called Kouri-Vini, and means “Ghost / Storyteller.” I followed my curiosity about my Louisiana Creole identity into the poems of this collection, our close communion with our ancestors, and the ghosts that haunt us. Amidst this personal and creative exploration, I stumbled into scholarship. My ongoing scholarship, as investigated in the critical introduction to Revnan / Rakontèr, considers Creolization, the Gothic, the role of the storyteller, protest, and the connection between Louisiana and the Wider Caribbean.
Copyright
Emily Jean McCollister Goldsmith, 2025
Recommended Citation
Goldsmith, Emily Jean McCollister, "Revnan / Rakontèr" (2025). Dissertations. 2360.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/2360