Date of Award
Spring 2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
Program/Concentration
Creative Writing
Committee Director
Kent Wascom
Committee Member
John McManus
Committee Member
Jane Alberdeston
Abstract
This thesis is a collection of short stories woven together by vignettes of lyrical prose. The stories are self-contained and connected by motifs, and they offer both retellings and explorations of various Bible passages—like Daniel in the Lion’s Den, Jonah in the Whale, Judas’s Betrayal, The Sacrifice of Isaac, David and Bathsheba, and the Raising of Jairus’s Daughter. The narrative thread of this collection primarily arises in the vignettes of lyrical prose, which appear between each short story. These vignettes use the Seven Days of Creation as a frame to depict one daughter’s discovery of herself and all the things that created her—her family’s tumultuous divorce, her Cajun heritage, and her relationship with faith and the Bible.
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DOI
10.25777/yccg-ka47
ISBN
9798382770710
Recommended Citation
Broussard, Rebekah M..
"Days of a Daughter"
(2024). Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/yccg-ka47
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/179