Title
Date of Award
Spring 1-1-2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Jeffrey DeShell
Second Advisor
Marcia Douglass
Third Advisor
Mark Amerika
Abstract
The Hostler is a collection of fictions featuring extravagant and histrionic female narrators cast in iconic roles such as "the woman," "the nurse," "the lover," and "the daughter," among others. By featuring narrators who are prone to melodrama and deploying a writing style that favors artificiality over mimesis, The Hostler strives to explore highly stylized, absurdly comic, and artificial narrative voices as catalysts for the reader's empathy.
Recommended Citation
Levy, Rachel Jennifer, "The Hostler" (2013). English Graduate Theses & Dissertations. 42.
https://scholar.colorado.edu/engl_gradetds/42