Date of Award
Spring 5-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
Program/Concentration
Creative Writing
Committee Director
John McManus
Committee Member
Elizabeth Groeneveld
Committee Member
Manuela Mourao
Abstract
In Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, a fictional Gertrude Stein delivers some wonderful advice to an overwhelmed novelist, stating, “The artist’s job isn’t to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.” This has become a personal mantra. We are taught that Art—which, here, is to say the novel, or a collection of short stories—is the barrier dividing people from us. The stories informing Inter Alia are direct attempts to close this divide, and, using characterization, along with a handful of other literary elements and techniques, reflects my quest to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.
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DOI
10.25777/deqs-jj87
Recommended Citation
Leise, Richard.
"Inter Alia"
(2021). Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/deqs-jj87
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/142
ORCID
0000-0002-4008-0311