Date of Award
5-3-2017
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Joshua Russell
Second Advisor
Dr. Sheri Joseph
Third Advisor
Dr. John Holman
Abstract
This MFA thesis, More Stories About Disappointment and TV, is a collection of short stories. I see them as being interconnected, if only in the loosest possible sense. I have certain ideas and themes that recur throughout my work, which I hope gives the stories a sense of cohesion without making the collection feel too monochromatic. The stories vary in narrative approach and point of view. My stories are character-driven literary fiction, to put it broadly, though they often incorporate characteristics of genre fiction. Some of them are more realistic than others, but they almost always have elements of the weird, the fabulist, and/or the absurd.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/10069588
Recommended Citation
McDermott, James, "More Stores About Disappointment And TV." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2017.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/10069588