Yellow wildflowers, 2021

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Gil

Identifier: b7930481

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: 2021

Creator

Giles, Michelle (1968- ) (Author, Person)
Graedon, Alena (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) : 212 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Thesis Critical Paper [excerpt]

My novel manuscript, Yellow Wildflowers, is the story of a near-future dystopian world where women are imprisoned for crimes they may commit in the future. In a society controlled by a patriarchal government that invents lemon bug robots to diagnose socio-deviancy in women, an imprisoned female journalist smuggles her writing out of jail as a form of resistance. The story is told by a historian who compiles a manuscript of the narrator's journals and other artifacts, decades after the women's prisons have closed....

I chose to write my novel as speculative fiction to work within the genre conventions to show the horrors of societal injustice. My aesthetic approach has been influenced by my coursework and readings....