Date of Award
2011
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing
Keywords
Canadian Literature.
Supervisor
Holbrook, Susan (English Language, Literature and Creative Writing)
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
They Say is a collection of seventeen short stories that draws its inspiration from Canadian folklore. The stories use a variety of different styles and genres in order to reflect certain aspects of folkloric tradition, particularly folklore's communal and performance-based qualities. These styles/genres include first person narration, direct addresses to the reader, mock play scripts, song lyrics and prose poetry. Overlapping images, phrases and characters also appear throughout They Say. While the stories in They Say can be read as complete, individual stories, the overlaps serve to create a shared textual universe for the collection as a whole.
Recommended Citation
O'Grady, Brianne, "They Say" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 15.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/15