Terra incognita, 2018

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Man

Identifier: b7929089

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.

From the Collection:

Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts (M.A.) in English from Monmouth University and demonstrate a proficiency for creative writing through a thesis or equivalent work.

From the Collection:

After completing their 30-credit M.A. in English with a Creative Writing concentration, Monmouth’s M.F.A. students take an additional 18 credits of intensive creative writing study that includes the completion of a book-length Creative Thesis.

From the Collection:

During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University Library, together with the University's Graduate School and Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences, began providing open access to select full-text digital versions of current theses and dissertations through links to the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global website in the Library's Online Public Access Catalog. Links to these open access digital publications can also be found in the "External Documents" section under any conforming titles that are listed among the holdings itemized in the collection inventory for this finding aid.

Dates

Creation: 2018

Creator

Mancino, Jeremy (1994- ) (Author, Person)
Gilvarry, Alex (1981- ) (Thesis advisor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

Access to the collection is confined to the Monmouth University Library and is subject to patron policies approved by the Monmouth University Library.

Collection holdings may not be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Research appointments are scheduled by the Monmouth University Library Archives Collections Manager (723-923-4526). A minimum of three days advance notice is required to arrange a research appointment for access to the collection.

Patrons must complete a Researcher Registration Form and provide appropriate identification to gain access to the collection holdings. Copies of these documents will be kept on file at the Monmouth University Library.

Extent

1 Items (print book) : 88 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Statement of Aesthetics [excerpt]

One of the aims I have for this manuscript is to blur the line between "literary" and "genre" fiction — to take the themes and tropes commonly used in genre works and use them to comment on the human condition. In Terra Incognita — both the manuscript proper and the novel I hope to build off it — I hope to explore the negative effects nationalism, paranoia, and xenophobia have on society. While this manuscript only concerns itself with the immediate beginning of Zachary's adventure, these themes are already visible in the first few chapters. The events afflicting the mining town of Betelshire are informed by my understanding of human nature and my observations of the world. However this is not enough, so I have used a variety of sources to further aid me in my quest to merge the "literary" and the "genre." Some of these are other works of fiction which have successfully blurred the line, while others were not books at all, but journal articles meant to further inform and inspire me. All of these have at least subconsciously affected the composition of my manuscript.