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Man and myth : (short stories)

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Man and myth : (short stories)

Wright, Leanne (2003) Man and myth : (short stories). Masters thesis, Concordia University.

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This collection of five short stories is arranged around the theme of failed relationships, both familial and romantic. Though its point-of-view characters are exclusively female, the collection is an attempt to explore the dynamics of interdependence in both male and female experience, and is concerned with the ways in which an individual is inevitably located in a social construct even as he or she struggles to maintain an individual space within it. Distance is an important preoccupation in each of the stories, so that the narrative voice attempts to reflect the distance each character maintains from the people in her life, as well as the difficulties of knowing, or being known by, another. In all cases, the stories are concerned with life's very small lessons--the things we learn through exchanges that are almost unnoticeable events in the course of a day or a life. Although no character achieves unqualified fulfillment by the end of her story, each comes away with some small new piece of understanding--of insight--that better prepares her for the future.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > English
Item Type:Thesis (Masters)
Authors:Wright, Leanne
Pagination:iv, 118 leaves ; 29 cm.
Institution:Concordia University
Degree Name:M.A.
Program:English
Date:2003
Thesis Supervisor(s):Allen, Robert
Identification Number:PS 8595 R475A27 2003
ID Code:2265
Deposited By: Concordia University Library
Deposited On:27 Aug 2009 17:26
Last Modified:13 Jul 2020 19:51
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