Graduation Term
2014
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Department of English
Committee Chair
Kass Fleisher
Abstract
Our minds require binaries to process and categorize information. A given piece of knowledge is either true or false. It helps us to process narratives as fiction or nonfiction. Narratives are neither wholly true or wholly false. Rather the borders that separate them are artificially constructed. By breaking down these barriers, authors break the traditional scheme for understanding literature, but they also lead us to question why the author is making the choices. The confusion leads to a constructive questioning of the purpose of the breakdown. Through this we develop a means of examining experimental narratives..
Access Type
Thesis-Open Access
Recommended Citation
DuBois, Katherine, "Linguistic Vomit Ferments the Brain: Exploring the Boundaries of Narratives" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 151.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/151
DOI
http://doi.org/10.30707/ETD2014.DuBois.K