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Keywords
Death instinct--Literary collections; Death--Literary collections; Death; Death instinct; Academic theses; Literary collections;
Abstract
The Freudian concept of thanatos, the death instinct, plays a pivotal role in the following collection of fiction and poetry, and also in the nonfictional introductory chapter. In the tradition of Poe, unreliable narrators of questionable morality are used to explore, through fiction, the psychological characteristics of this death instinct, while in the poetry, the subject matter and perspective has been strongly influenced by Ai's work. Each story reflects in some way death, destruction, or criminal activity, and, as might be expected, dead bodies tend to show up in various and sundry places, sometimes where they would be expected, and sometimes not. In the poetry, serial killers, pedophiles, satanic worshipers and the like make more than a cameo appearance.
Year of Submission
2004
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of English Language and Literature
First Advisor
Grant Tracey
Second Advisor
Vince Gotera
Third Advisor
Susan M. Rochette-Crawley
Date Original
2004
Object Description
1 PDF file (10 leaves)
Copyright
©2004 Robert P. Hansen
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hansen, Robert P., "Morbidity: Poetry and Prose" (2004). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2891.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2891
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