Browsing by Subject "Creative Writing"
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What does form do for the way creative nonfiction is read, and what effect does it have on our ability to express narrative truth? Many definitions of creative nonfiction have understood the genre as dedicated to communicating ...
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This is a creative work that looks at the practice of ritualistic human sacrifice throughout different ages and cultures and how this custom affects the people of that society. While it is commonly known that ancient ...
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My thesis is a novel which aims to tell the story on an angel who is banished from Heaven and goes on a journey to attempt to return. My novel seeks to portray a journey of spirituality and sexuality through the format of ...
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(2014-07-25)Madness and art are two concepts that are quite often historically interrelated. The term “madness” designates various mental ailments, depression being one of them (major depressive disorder or depressive episodes in their ...
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My project is a 50-80 page fantasy novella, dealing in themes of courage, changing institutions, and interpersonal relationships. It is the story of Vas Pennery, a young farm boy whose quiet lifestyle is threatened when a ...
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Fantasy genre-based media is a long and varied canon and continuum. Female protagonists of this genre have long been pandering and pedantic, and only recently have female protagonists been given the empowering and engaging ...
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The Catholic pantheon of Saints is a vast and expansive collection of unique characters. Their escapades are outlined primarily in the Bible, but also spread across texts such as the Torah and Quran and even secular spaces. ...
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Each day, we might find our attention drifting to somewhere else: the things we need to do, the things we shouldn’t have done, or a fantasy that popped into our heads. For most people, mind wandering happens in fleeting ...
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(2007-07-14)The current system of writing education actually causes many students to become unsure and frustrated with their writing because of ill-designed Freshman Composition classes and poor pedagogy. So how can creative writing ...
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Greatest Hits is a graphic novel about a group of 20-somethings sharing a room in the city trying to get by, while simultaneously attempting to create a following for their band. When given an opportunity to expand their ...
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This thesis breaks down the ideas and processes of an adaptation. It investigates the methods for adapting artistic materials from one medium to another and how my process changed the more I learned. Originally this was ...
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This creative thesis takes the form of a short story and accompanying expanded plotline. The analysis and creative artifact study a self-described lack of understanding about half of my ethnic culture. This is within the ...
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The Rio Grande Valley has been in recent years the attention of media outlets, literature, and art. And while not all that is portrayed is accurate, the depictions of the Valley are created from stereotypes and its people ...
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Leaving Wisdom is a novella, based around historical and sociological research on New York City in the 1980s. The creative work follows seventeen-year-old Joanna Reese as she tries to make it on her own in New York City ...
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Fiction often mirrors real life, taking inspiration from personal or historical events. These influences in creative works provide viewers with a clear vision of a fictional world, helping them place themselves more easily ...
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This project explores the ways that narrative trauma was represented in fiction after the Vietnam War. Trauma is not only felt in the survivors of the War but is also inherited by the generations that follow. This inherited ...
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This creative piece was written to explore self-discovery in a new age. College has become an experience that more and more people are going through as they attempt to invent or reinvent themselves, and the protagonist of ...
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In my novella, “Peas, Bees, and Birds,” I will integrate what I have learned in biology with what I have studied in my creative writing classes (including the Aggie Creative Collective), constructing a bridge that connects ...
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Queen of a Sun-Drenched Land centers around Ramona Santos Riojas, a graduate student of animal science at the University of Sao Paulo. She enjoys her studies and is eager to discover the newest innovations in the field of ...
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Song of the Night is a creative piece that delves into the themes of child abuse and trauma and its lasting effects in adulthood. This work talks about the onset of mental illnesses as well the stigma it carries in today’s ...