Panel Presentations
Event Title
Authors
Kathryn E. Bucolo '14, Gettysburg College
Location
Breidenbaugh Hall 311
Session
Special Topics in Literature
Start Time
5-3-2014 9:00 AM
End Time
5-3-2014 10:15 AM
Supervising Faculty Member
Fred Leebron
Department
English
Description
The collection of short stories I have written focuses on how people process (or do not process) tragedy, especially as related to themes of grief, memory, and faith. Most of the stories I have written are dysfunctional narratives in that they do not necessarily provide solid conclusions or solutions for the characters or readers, reflecting current trends in literature to move away from the didactic and moralistic in favor of the ambiguous and unstable, the hopeless and sorrowful. In "Wilderness", one of the pieces I wrote for my collection, Robert struggles with the death of his wife when he realizes that there were aspects of her life about which she never told him, leading him to fear that she never really loved him. I chose to title the collection after this story because in each story, the characters are unable to see the purposes in their sufferings, feel abandoned or alone, and are frustrated by the wildernesses of questions, doubts, and loss in their lives.
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Included in
English Language and Literature Commons, Fiction Commons, Pain Management Commons, Religion Commons, Social Psychology Commons, Social Psychology and Interaction Commons
Wilderness
Breidenbaugh Hall 311
The collection of short stories I have written focuses on how people process (or do not process) tragedy, especially as related to themes of grief, memory, and faith. Most of the stories I have written are dysfunctional narratives in that they do not necessarily provide solid conclusions or solutions for the characters or readers, reflecting current trends in literature to move away from the didactic and moralistic in favor of the ambiguous and unstable, the hopeless and sorrowful. In "Wilderness", one of the pieces I wrote for my collection, Robert struggles with the death of his wife when he realizes that there were aspects of her life about which she never told him, leading him to fear that she never really loved him. I chose to title the collection after this story because in each story, the characters are unable to see the purposes in their sufferings, feel abandoned or alone, and are frustrated by the wildernesses of questions, doubts, and loss in their lives.
Comments
English Honors Thesis
First Place - 2014 Stephen Crane Fiction Prize