Keywords
Fiction, inquiry, america, constellation, reflection, refraction, phenomena, stories
Abstract
A Look to Burst the Brightest Neon Hearts is an inquiry, via constellation of stories diffuse in structure and subject matter, into the various (and really weird) phenomena comprising contemporary American existence. Cumulatively, the stories seek to: (1) kick up, like bottom feeders searching biogenous sediment, an underlying value system, and (2) explore how language both breastfeeds and like, weans this value system-e.g., what dark matter is it that tethers bromances to reality TV? Quantum mechanics to pop music? How can a country be responsible for both the world's highest incarceration rates, and OKCupid? These stories also explore various American conceptions and embodiments of love, plotting out a strange attractor of cultural reflection and refraction.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2014
Semester
Fall
Advisor
Poissant, David
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
English
Degree Program
Creative Writing
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0005492
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0005492
Language
English
Release Date
December 2019
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
Fershtman, Eric, "A Look to Burst the Brightest Neon Hearts: Attempts" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4669.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/4669