Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Major/Program
Creative Writing
First Advisor's Name
Lynne Barrett
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee chair
Second Advisor's Name
Les Standiford
Second Advisor's Committee Title
Committee member
Third Advisor's Name
Vernon Dickson
Third Advisor's Committee Title
Committee member
Keywords
creative writing, arts and humanities
Date of Defense
10-27-2022
Abstract
TROUBLE IN BIBLELAND AND OTHER STORIES is a collection of fourteen short stories that focus on characters confronting tests of their resourcefulness, relationships, and beliefs.
As in George Saunders’ “Tenth of December,” circumstances challenge characters’ faiths, with unexpected results. In the title story, when convicts employed at a theme park enact roles in the crucifixion, the protagonist, playing a Roman Centurion, learns a lesson in self-sacrifice. A pastor questions everything he's believed after his wife's death from Covid in “Reformation Sunday.”
Point of view and tense are used for focus. “Deliver Us from Evil” uses secondperson present tense to make the protagonist’s trauma more immediate, while in “Camp” the past tense and first-person plural depict high schoolers navigating their group and individual identities.
TROUBLE IN BIBLELAND AND OTHER STORIES shows characters finding unexpected beauty and wisdom, even on the worst days of their lives.
Identifier
FIDC010965
Recommended Citation
Hill, Jordan, "Trouble in Bibleland and Other Stories" (2022). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5148.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/5148
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