Date of Award
Spring 2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
Committee Director
Janet Peery
Committee Member
Sheri Reynolds
Committee Member
Blake Bailey
Abstract
The stories in this compilation, some in a realistic vein and others set in alternate realities, explore themes of loss by examining various “world gone wrong” scenarios where the main characters lose some form of control. By classifying the stories according to Taxonomic nomenclature (Kingdom, Phylum, etc.,) the stories slot into categories that both hint at the content of the story and imply a universality of human experience. Throughout the compilation, protagonists, attempting to understand their loss, must work out how to proceed—either in concert with or against—the ethical framework created within the story.
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DOI
10.25777/wwhb-1q91
ISBN
9781339787862
Recommended Citation
Entsminger, Leslie S..
"Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species [Short Stories]"
(2016). Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/wwhb-1q91
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/9