Date of Award
2011
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing
Keywords
Canadian Literature.
Supervisor
Jirgens, Karl (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
News from the Front chronicles the experiences of narrator/protagonist Griffin Keeping, a former soldier and veteran of the Afghanistan War, following his return home to Newfoundland after his release from active duty. Keeping suffers from a fractured psyche as a result of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and struggles to reintegrate himself into society, alienated from his family and environment. The work includes elements of epistolary fiction, as letters from Keeping's great grandfather, a soldier of the First World Word, are interspersed throughout. The use of narrative disjunction reflects Keeping's psychic fragmentation.
Recommended Citation
Pardy, Jeffrey, "News from the Front" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 16.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/16