Empyrean, 2024

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Zad

Identifier: b7931988

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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.

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.

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.

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: 2024

Creator

Zadotti, Robert (1996- ) (Author, Person)
Graedon, Alena (Thesis advisor, Person)
Womack, Kenneth (Thesis advisor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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

Research appointments are scheduled by the Monmouth University Library Archives Collections Manager (732-923-4526). A minimum of three days advance notice is required to arrange a research appointment for access to the collection.

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

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

Full Extent

1 Items (print book) : 148 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Empyrean is the working title of an epic fantasy novel that follows three protagonists with conflicting worldviews as distinct POV characters. Merrin, a young man studying sorrcery [sic] who becomes embroiled in the center of a conflict between the all-powerful Auriole Church and his school, The Citadel, when he discovers a mysterious artifact called The Codex; The Wren, a thief under a false identity who sequesters Merrin away from the Citadel on a cross country trek to deliver him to her masters; and Galath, a zealous veteran knight of the Church with disdain for all sorcery who pursues the two of them seeking to bring them to justice at any cost. Along the journey, the three characters’ viewpoints intersect as their identities and beliefs become the backdrop for a great conflict between forces bigger than any of them realize.

Keywords: novel, fantasy, epic scope, multiple narrators, coming-of-age, trauma, faith.