Date of Award
2006
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing
Keywords
Literature, Modern.
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Abstract
Incorporating stories in the modes of realism, marvellous realism, and autobiography, Seasons of Salt, Teeth, and Plastic is a Petri dish for examining how realism can be, and often is, limited in short stories so that the story suggests, rather than represents, reality. Realism is limited for reasons of plot, coherent themes, and ease of reading, because true realism would be less coherent and less interesting. Despite this, each story in Seasons is realistic, employing strategies to suggest that the realism portrayed is less limited than it actually is. This balance between suggesting and limiting realism is a tool for fulfilling short story conventions and is a basic dynamic of literary realism. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-01, page: 0079. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 2006.
Recommended Citation
Miller, David, "Seasons of Salt, Teeth, and Plastic (Original writing, Short stories)." (2006). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3389.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/3389