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Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Major/Program
Creative Writing
First Advisor's Name
Campbell McGrath
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Denise Duhamel
Third Advisor's Name
Vernon Dickson
Date of Defense
3-5-2013
Abstract
The purpose of this creative thesis was to explore, in a cacophony of lyric voices and registers, the constant struggle for personal expression in the face of mortality in its many forms. While many of the poems are written purely in free verse, many others are written using traditional forms, variations on traditional forms, and nonce forms, thus the thesis seeks to contemplate and celebrate its themes of mortality, family, cultural and personal myth, language, and abstraction through the use of its fluid, constantly improvised sonic techniques. The result was that the multifarious approach to lyric poetry is an accurate, memorable, and revelatory mode through which mortality can be confronted and celebrated.
Identifier
FI13050201
Recommended Citation
Jones, Jason, "South of the South" (2013). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 890.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/890
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