DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/C6TE-0H20
Defense Date
2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
English
First Advisor
Tom De Haven
Second Advisor
Lina Ferreira C.-V.
Third Advisor
John Glover
Abstract
Abstract
THE PIE REDEMPTION THEORY/WHEN THE FLOOD COMES HOW WILL YOU CHOOSE
By Julie Hutchison Geen, MFA
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, dual genre at Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University
July 2018
Director: Tom De Haven, Professor of Creative Writing, English Department
The following document is the first 144 pages of a novel developed over the past three years at Virginia Commonwealth University. It is a dark comedy exploring the complexities of modern motherhood and marriage. Beginning on page 145 are 60 pages of creative nonfiction titled “When the Flood Comes How Will You Choose,” developed over the past three years at Virginia Commonwealth University. It is an excerpt of a longer work exploring the evolution of a love relationship with a woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder after a twenty-year marriage to a man.
Rights
© Julie Hutchison Geen
Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
7-10-2018