Date of Graduation
Spring 2015
Degree
Master of Arts in English
Department
English
Committee Chair
Michael Czyzniejewski
Abstract
Catching My Breath is a collection of four fictional, graphic novel scripts that examine themes such as identity, trauma, death, and family relationships. Each story takes place in different coastal cities in Maine, including Kennebunkport, Sandy Neck Beach, Old Orchard Beach, and Crescent Beach. These specific locales create a distinctive atmosphere for each story within the collection, as well as provide the places from which the protagonist's recollections originate. This collection uses the visual and verbal technique of comics to illustrate the protagonist's childhood and adulthood identity construction.
Keywords
comics, trauma, family, archive, photographs
Subject Categories
English Language and Literature
Copyright
© Amanda Faith Conner
Recommended Citation
Conner, Amanda Faith, "Catching My Breath" (2015). MSU Graduate Theses/Dissertations. 1141.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/1141
