Date of Award
Spring 2019
Degree Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
School
Humanities
Committee Chair
Olivia Clare
Committee Chair School
Humanities
Committee Member 2
Joshua Bernstein
Committee Member 2 School
Humanities
Committee Member 3
Monika Gehlawat
Committee Member 3 School
Humanities
Abstract
This fiction manuscript can be divided into two parts: three independent stories which are variously located in the contemporary South, and four connected stories which are set in/around Hattiesburg during 1906. Though these stories span over a hundred years’ time, they all seek to explore what it means to survive in the South in the face of greed, violence, and loneliness. The title Within, Without is meant to reflect the two halves of this manuscript: those stories which came from within myself and thus my personal experiences (the first half), and those which have stemmed from historical research and an outward focus on lives which aren’t mine (the latter half). Eventually these two strains of stories will be collected into two separate collections.
Copyright
2019, Erika Olivia Shoup
Recommended Citation
Shoup, Erika Olivia, "Within, Without: Stories" (2019). Master's Theses. 635.
https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/635