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      Tiny Ruins: Short Prose Works

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      Date
      2016-07-18
      Author
      Haldoupis, Nicole
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      Tiny Ruins is a collection of short prose works consisting of flash fiction, prose poetry, and vignettes. The collection examines the everyday experiences of being an urban millennial, including current electronic methods of communication, such as Twitter and text messaging. Short prose forms proved conducive to the millennial experience because they are able to accurately mimic the ways in which we connect in the era of instantaneous communication. The short prose works explore themes of communication, alienation, social anxiety, relationships, and gender. Secondary themes include technology, surveillance, privacy, and dysfunctional social spaces. Many of the pieces depict the everyday experiences of two sisters, Janie and Alana. These experiences don’t always have a beginning, middle, and end, but rather illustrate encounters with people and the world that are often fragmentary, fleeting, and inconclusive.
      Degree
      Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
      Department
      Interdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativity
      Program
      Writing
      Supervisor
      Lynes, Jeanette
      Committee
      Voitkovska, Ludmilla; Rochester, Joanne; Brenna, Beverly
      Copyright Date
      June 2016
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/7355
      Subject
      short prose
      flash fiction
      prose poetry
      vignette
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