Term of Award
Fall 2018
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English (M.A.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Literature
Committee Chair
Dr. Olivia Carr Edenfield
Committee Member 1
Dr. Brad Edwards
Committee Member 2
Joe Pellegrino
Abstract
This paper explores the repercussions of the American search for autonomy in the short fiction of Breece D’J Pancake and Adrian Tomine. The idea of agency and independence has been inherently tied to the United States through the evolution of the American Dream, something explicated in the opening sections of this paper. Pancake and Tomine’s writings both demonstrate the hegemonic nature of the American Dream and the societal quest for autonomy, as well as the consequences of failure.
OCLC Number
1085541992
Catalog Permalink
https://galileo-georgiasouthern.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01GALI_GASOUTH/1r4bu70/alma9916208292502950
Recommended Citation
Walsh, Jonathan Hunter. The Quest for Autonomy in the Postmodern Fiction of Breece D'J Pancake and Adrian Tomine. Thesis, Georgia Southern University, 2018.
Research Data and Supplementary Material
No
