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Natural Disasters
| Title: | Natural Disasters. |
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| Name(s): |
Cobb, Rebecca, Author Milanes, Cecilia, Committee Chair Poissant, David, Committee Member Bartkevicius, Jocelyn, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2017 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Natural Disasters is a collection of twelve short stories that feature a variety of narrators as they interact with the ones they love. In these stories, characters experience puberty, friendship, love, loss, trauma, and the everyday magic of living as they fight to master their own failings. Those lucky enough find solace in the forgiving beauty of nature, while others succumb to the untamable power of its disasters. This thesis is useful, important, and unique as it focuses on the stories of a variety of characters, mostly women and children, and displays the beauty and fearsome power of nature as the characters strive to achieve their goals. In today's political and social climate, women, children, and nature are often taken for granted, underestimated, and even forgotten about. Here, they are anything but forgotten. Women join together to fight trauma, children stand together and face some of today's worst natural disasters, and nature is portrayed as a source of magic. This thesis gives these characters a voice and shines a spotlight on their importance to the world and society as a whole. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0006867 (IID), ucf:51741 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2017-12-01 M.F.A. Arts and Humanities, English Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation -- fiction -- short stories -- creative writing | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006867 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | campus 2022-12-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
