DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/R9WF-2M74
Defense Date
2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
English
First Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Hodges
Second Advisor
Dr. Marcel Cornis-Pope
Third Advisor
Harrison Fletcher
Abstract
This thesis examines the birth, rise in popularity, and evolution of the video essay, a subgenre of the essay found recently in online literary journals. Chapter one provides a brief history of the alphabetic essay as it expands to include photo essays, audio essays, and essay-films. The second chapter outlines the history of the online literary journal and John Bresland’s role in the introduction of the video essay as it appears in online journals. Chapter three contains an examination of the way image, text, and sound function in video essays and the tools and strategies essayists are using to create them. The fourth chapter is composed of three case studies of Bresland’s work in an attempt to analyze the continuing evolution and breadth of the form.
Rights
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Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-9-2016
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Digital Humanities Commons, Literature in English, North America Commons, Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority Commons, Nonfiction Commons, Other Film and Media Studies Commons, Other Rhetoric and Composition Commons, Photography Commons, Reading and Language Commons, Visual Studies Commons