Date of Award
12-10-2018
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
English
First Advisor
Sheri Joseph
Second Advisor
John Holman
Third Advisor
Joshua Russell
Abstract
Sisters is a short story cycle that explores the insular world of sororities and the complicated dynamics of female friendship. Set in Athens, Georgia, at the fictional University of Athens, the book centers on a small group of college women pledging the sorority Delta Theta. Drawing on the literary traditions of the campus novel and bildungsroman—as well as tropes from Greek mythology and the Southern Gothic—Sisters follows multiple protagonists as they move from the first night of Rush, through their collegiate years, and beyond, and tracks their struggles to define themselves on campus, at costume parties, and in the bedrooms of fraternity men. Sisters contains eleven short stories written as stand-alone examinations of character and sorority life, but when read together also attempt to challenge one-dimensional, made-for-TV portrayals of undergraduate women.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/13364232
Recommended Citation
Devine, Stephanie L., "Sisters." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2018.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/13364232