Piecework

Abstract

My project, titled Piecework, is a collection of poetry exploring how my family history relates to and affects the woman that I am today. In the first half of my collection, I have created a persona named Madelena, based on my maternal great-grandmother. The poems, told through Madelena's perspective, explore the life of an Italian immigrant and seamstress in the early twentieth century, a woman bound by circumstance. The insight into my heritage helped me build a foundation for the second half of my collection, in which I seek to define myself as a woman in contemporary society. There are parallels and contradictions among the poems in each section that have made this undertaking not only a look further into myself, but also into my history.

In essence the goal of this project was a better understanding of my connection to the past. By building a persona and telling her story through poetry, I have had the opportunity to research a historical time period that has a direct impact on my own life. I was then able to look at myself objectively and more clearly, and thus able to write more effectively. This project essentially is an exploratory endeavor- a look into my past, present and future.

Notes

This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your thesis or dissertation, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by STARS for more information.

Thesis Completion

2005

Semester

Spring

Advisor

Thaxton, Terry Ann

Degree

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

English

Degree Program

English; Creative Writing

Subjects

Arts and Sciences -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Sciences; Women -- Poetry

Format

Print

Identifier

DP0021897

Language

English

Access Status

Open Access

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Document Type

Honors in the Major Thesis

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS