Date of Graduation
Spring 2017
Degree
Master fo Arts in English
Department
English
Committee Chair
Jennifer Murvin
Abstract
This creative thesis is comprised of six short stories of fiction in various styles and lengths, as well as a critical introduction wherein I discuss the various influences on my work, ranging from Charles Baxter and Karen Joy Fowler to Doležel and John Gardner. All of these stories share a theme of family and loss. Each story also grapples in some way with changing times and places. I have endeavored, by using rhyming action, repeating images, and melodrama, to give each story a great sense of emotion, a feeling both specific to the story but connects to the wider reading experience throughout the collection as well.
Keywords
short stories, short story, literary, family, literature
Subject Categories
Fiction | Literature in English, North America
Copyright
© Anastasia M. Berkovich
Recommended Citation
Berkovich, Anastasia M., "Dinner at Eight" (2017). MSU Graduate Theses/Dissertations. 3106.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/3106
