Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Open Access Thesis
Keywords
Mandelbrot sets--Fiction; Mandelbrot sets; Academic theses; Fiction;
Abstract
This thesis is a work of fiction. It is a short novel written to entertain and to explore ideas of identity, family, friendship, and what it takes to find a place in the modem world. It follows a young man named Noah through the events of a single summer as he tries to make sense of his life. Its setting and characters are definitively Iowan, but its events and conflicts speak to the human condition at large. The story's overarching metaphor is the Mandlebrot set, a mathematical sequence of infinite complexity. Through the course of the novel the main character learns that life, like the Mandlebrot set, never gets simpler but becomes more complex as it's lived.
Year of Submission
2012
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Languages and Literatures
First Advisor
Grant Tracey
Second Advisor
Jeremy Schraffenberger
Third Advisor
John Swope
Date Original
2012
Object Description
1 PDF file (7 leaves)
Copyright
©2012 Todd Dralle
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Dralle, Todd, "In a Complex Plane" (2012). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2509.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2509
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