Date of Award
Summer 8-2018
Degree Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
Committee Chair
Angela Ball
Committee Chair Department
English
Committee Member 2
Anne Sanow
Committee Member 2 Department
English
Committee Member 3
Justin Taylor
Committee Member 3 Department
English
Committee Member 4
Linda Allen
Committee Member 4 Department
English
Abstract
Blazing Worlds is a collection of short stories exploring themes of understanding, isolation, the world of work, and identity. These stories follow characters who are searching for connections to others, to their environments, to their work, and to themselves. The protagonists of these stories inhabit worlds that are slightly adjacent to reality, worlds cast into a near future, and worlds that operate by the logic of the campy and the fantastic. Through heightened technology, body horror, or blurred metaphysical boundaries, the residents of these blazing worlds pursue knowledge of their place in life and fight to establish and maintain their identities.
Copyright
2018, Bethany Kinney
Recommended Citation
Kinney, Bethany, "Blazing Worlds" (2018). Master's Theses. 380.
https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/380