Creative writing -- Fiction
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
The lost daughter of Grover, 2022
Item — Call number MU Thesis Bad
Identifier: b7931298
Abstract
The Lost Daughter of Grover is the start of a novel about a young journalist named Anna who sets out to interview Elizabeth Peuper, a reclusive celebrity, to save her struggling newspaper. At the same time, Anna grapples with the loss of her adoptive mother and ultimately decides to search for her biological mother.
Keywords: The Lost Daughter of Grover, Original fiction, Novel, Journalist, Motherhood, Fame.
Dates:
2022
The measure of a moment, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Taw
Identifier: b7929335
Introduction [excerpt]
"The Measure of a Moment" is the story of Cassandra Harrison, a middle-aged woman who returns to her childhood home in Redding, Massachusetts in 2018, following her mother's death. Years have passed since Cassandra has been home and she is no longer the same woman she was when she left. The visit triggers many memories, forcing Cassadra to confront unresolved issues from her family's past. Narrated in close third person from Cassandra's point-of-view, there are occasional dips...
Dates:
2019
The tale of Jim Bum : a poker memoir, 2021
Item — Call number MU Thesis Lub
Identifier: b7930353
Critical Introduction [excerpt]
"The Tale of Jim Bum: A Poker Memoir" is a satirical fictional account that is half literary realism and half poker memoir. The manuscript covers the beginning (Part One) of the novel I plan to finish for my MFA capstone project. It follows a first person narrator named Jim "Bum", a poker aficiando that works as a janitor at a casino where he gambles his wages irresponsibly, all while supporting his wife who pursues her dreams to be a cardiologist. One half of the...
Dates:
2021
The war to end all boys, 2013
Item — Call number MU Thesis Zie
Identifier: b5596202
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.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2013
Time as it passed , 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis O'Ne
Identifier: b7929302
Introduction [excerpt]
My thesis constitutes part one of a novel set in New Jersey in the year 2008. It is a work of literary realism, yet the narrator's overactive imagination adds an element of absurdist comedy and dream logic.
The story is narrated by Amelia, an abrasive woman in her sixties suffering from substance abuse brought on by the loss of both her son and husband. When a representative of the bank that controls the mortgage to her house shows up on her doorstep one morning to inform her that...
Dates:
2019
Totally fine, 2021
Item — Call number MU Thesis Pug
Identifier: b7930400
Introduction [excerpt]
My manuscript follows two dysfunctional and co-dependent best friends navigating their early twenties. The friends, Phoebe and Nat, are tied together through grief — they have both lost their mothers, and neither is fully willing to admit how the loss unraveled her life. Phoebe's loss occurs a few months before the manuscript's start. Her wounds are new and raw, and she is struggling with depression. Nat's grief is a decade old, and the impact of her loss is seen in obsessive behaviors....
Dates:
2021
Totally fine, 2022
Item — Call number MU Thesis Pug
Identifier: b7931290
Abstract
Totally Fine is a coming-of-age novel that follows Phoebe, a twenty-two-year-old woman who has lost her mother a few months before the story begins. In the midst of her grief, she graduates college and is launched into adulthood. She struggles to find her own identity, and drama with her closest friends ensues.
Keywords: Novel, Fiction, Coming-of-age, Female narrator, relationships, grief.
Dates:
2022
Waiting for the sun, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Whi
Identifier: b7929093
Introduction [excerpt]
Waiting for the Sun is the beginning eighty-eight pages of a novel that follows protagonists Greg Meller and Rose Wiseman as they attend Sarasota College in Sarasota, Florida. Greg, who plays baseball on full scholarship at Sarasota, is hoplessly far from his New Jersey home and popular high school persona. Throughout the novel's course, he must learn to cope with this newfound alienation and the reckoning of his own identity that ensues. Later on, these...
Dates:
2018
Waste, 2011
Item — Call number MU Thesis Kra
Identifier: b4175590
Introduction [excerpt]
My manuscript is a compilation of short stories that explore the intricacies and emotional dealings of relationships. Each story focuses on a specific individual's growth over a short period of time as he or she battles the heartbreak and disappointment that inevitably mark human nature. Relationships between parent and child, husband and wife, or two friends are essential bonds used for communicating change among characters. I have placed each character in a specific situation that...
Dates:
2011
Where did you sleep last night?, 2023
File — Call number MU Thesis Lam
Identifier: b7931461
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.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2023