Keywords
Fiction, literary, collection
Abstract
Preventable Conditions is a collection of literary short stories intended to explore themes of familial communication, complementary dysfunctions, and the degree to which we all try to hide from or correct our own mistakes. The first five stories in the collection are related, while the last three stand alone. Each of the stories before “Fair Grounds” is told from the perspective of a different member of the Powell family, a fictional clan from Marietta, Georgia. The Powell family stories largely adhere to the basic conventions of realism, while the three remaining pieces venture closer to the absurd.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2013
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Milanes, Cecilia
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
English
Degree Program
Creative Writing
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0004773
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0004773
Language
English
Release Date
May 2018
Length of Campus-only Access
5 years
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Subjects
Arts and Humanities -- Dissertations, Academic, Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Humanities
STARS Citation
Wight, William, "Preventable Conditions" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2972.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/2972