Blue violets, 2025

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Loz

Identifier: b7932115

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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: 2025

Creator

Lozzi, Jenna M. (Jenna Marie) (2000- ) (Author, Person)
Graedon, Alena (1980- ) (Thesis advisor, Person)
Moscaliuc, Mihaela, 1972- (Thesis advisor, Person)
Womack, Kenneth (1966- ) (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) : 62 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Contained in this manuscript submitted to the Monmouth University’s Guggenheim library [sic] for binding are chapters from my creative writing project currently entitled as “Blue Violets.” This project is a work of fiction intended to highlight focus on the unique burden faced by young people in the worsening climate crisis. Climate dread, as well as climate grief, are specific emotions confronted in this work. Social anxiety due to increasingly contentious politics is also explored. The characters encounter barriers to understanding one another, whether it is because of clashing perspectives or otherwise, these rifts are cause for lapses not only in understanding but also in opportunities for these characters each other honestly. This manuscript is meant to serve as a launching point for a more comprehensive final version that will be submitted for the MFA program thesis.

Keywords: climate, climate change, ecological fiction, eco fiction, environmentalism, environmental imagination, fiction, literary fiction, political anxiety, social anxiety.