FLETT preliminary pages
Date
2013-10-09
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Masters
Abstract
This creative thesis examines and explores the point of first-contact on Turtle Island: the Eastern Coast of what is now known as Canada, now named Newfoundland and Labrador, through a braided poetry/prose narrative of three different cultures and times. The Vikings landed near L’Anse-Aux-Meadows in the early 1000‘s, the Beothuks were last seen in the 18th century, and today’s cod fishery has been on a moratorium since the late 1980‘s/early 1990‘s. An assortment of the few recorded Beothuk words which have survived are also incorporated into the manuscript. ***Because this is a creative work, only the preliminary pages are available on the internet. The manuscript itself, and all publication rights, remains in the possession of the author.***
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Beothuks, Beothuk vocabulary, poetry, Vikings, translation work, Maritimes, Vikings, L'Anse-Aux-Meadows, Newfoundland
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Degree
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Department
Interdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativity
Program
Writing