Date of Award

2014

Degree Name

English

College

College of Fine Arts

Type of Degree

M.A.

Document Type

Thesis

First Advisor

Rachael Peckham

Second Advisor

Laura Diener

Third Advisor

John Van Kirk

Abstract

Travel Sized: A Collection of Essays investigates the importance of memory and understanding the self in relation to one’s experiences with travel and food. It is the author’s contribution to the genre of creative nonfiction and explores themes of body, self-awareness and self-realization through events that shaped who she is, both personally and professionally. The collection houses eight essays—each focusing on space, the body, and exploration of memory to better understand one’s self. Subjects range from coming to terms with one’s size to appreciating one’s experiences both stateside and abroad. At the center of the collection is the need, no, the desire to recognize one’s own limitations and to learn from them—to stretch one’s level of comfort to become the person she is meant to be.

Subject(s)

Women and literature.

Body, Human, in literature.

Travel in literature.

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