Date of Award
Spring 2019
Degree Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
School
Humanities
Committee Chair
Angela Ball
Committee Chair School
Humanities
Committee Member 2
Adam Clay
Committee Member 2 School
Humanities
Committee Member 3
Craig Carey
Committee Member 3 School
Humanities
Abstract
First Set is a collection of poetry by Alfonso Zapata, with poems contained therein from as long ago as 2015. This thesis and project examines art, especially music, and its effects on memory and emotion. The world that these poems explicate is charged with passion and drive, spurred on by the continuous exposure to art in its characters both fictional and autobiographical. The goal of these writings is not just to portray how people can be affected by art, but to give art its own agency. In the poetry’s efforts to demystify the subject of art, art becomes its own living individual, capable of manipulation and humanity just as much as the people who view it.
Copyright
2019, Alfonso Zapata
Recommended Citation
Zapata, Alfonso, "First Set" (2019). Master's Theses. 647.
https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/647