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dc.contributor.authorTorgeson, Tessa
dc.description.abstractThis project explores the correlation between female creative writers and self-destruction. Self-destruction encompasses a constellation of disorders such as alcoholism, self-harm, mental illness and eating disorders- all of which interfere with a woman’s ability to function in daily life. History gives us many examples of mentally ill female writers such as Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf. There is extensive research on these authors and their struggles with mental illness. Yet, little has been written about healing and recovery. In a Prozac Nation where one in ten people take anti-depressants, it is increasingly important that the traditional view of mental illness evolves beyond a pathological model, towards a more holistic, healing model. As such, my creative non-fiction piece is written in the best form to convey its complex message. It is a fractured Deconstructionist narrative that juggles three different voices. The first layer is a narrative voice, consisting of biographical information, writing, and research about women writers such as Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf and self-destruction. Another layer will be my creative non-fiction writing. Lastly, I will use a metaphor comparing self-destruction to stars, using Carl Sagan’s Cosmos as a guide to astronomy.en_US
dc.publisherNorth Dakota State Universityen_US
dc.rightsNDSU Policy 190.6.2
dc.titleDefying Gravity: Female Creative Writers, Self-Destruction, and Resilienceen_US
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dc.descriptionEnglish Studies Capstone Experience
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-13T18:53:48Z
dc.date.available2012-12-13T18:53:48Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10365/22388
dc.rights.urihttps://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdfen_US
ndsu.collegeArts, Humanities and Social Sciences
ndsu.collegeArts, Humanities and Social Sciences
ndsu.departmentEnglish
ndsu.programEnglish
ndsu.course.nameEnglish Studies Capstone Experience
ndsu.course.numberENGL 467


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