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Birth Cage: Poems

dc.contributor.advisorClark, Hilaryen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLynes, Jeanetteen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGlenn, Allysonen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMiller, Dianneen_US
dc.creatorLausas, Camilla Isaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-01T12:00:19Z
dc.date.available2015-08-01T12:00:19Z
dc.date.created2015-06en_US
dc.date.issued2015-07-31en_US
dc.date.submittedJune 2015en_US
dc.description.abstractBirth Cage is a trilingual and genre-bending approach to poetry. It is a postmodernist blend of visual and concrete poetry inspired by Deconstructivist architecture. Through different languages and voices, Birth Cage investigates the evolution of an individual. The transformation of a body, the search for home and the need to communicate are themes in the journey of a fragmented self towards unity. With a visual and linguistic emphasis on the idea of borders and access, various possible reading paths are related to the immigrant experience of a new culture. Language is treated as a cultural construct shaping the self as it defines the experience of space, on pages or in material space surrounding us. The idea of the self as architecture is a poetic reflection on living space, whether that is body, building or city. Architecture’s double-coding is present as a metaphor and followed in the visual formats which further question the graphic possibilities of words. The different languages and shifting visual elements allow a multifaceted reading experience that is a playful challenge for the reader. As a hybrid book, Birth Cage is a multidisciplinary approach to poetry and a blueprint for a cognitive architecture.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-06-2108en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subjectPoetryen_US
dc.subjectVisual Poetryen_US
dc.subjectConcrete Poetryen_US
dc.subjectInterdisciplinaryen_US
dc.subjectSelf as architectureen_US
dc.titleBirth Cage: Poemsen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentInterdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativityen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineWritingen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)en_US

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