Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Kardos, Michael
Committee Member
Pierce, Catherine
Committee Member
Hagenston, Becky
Date of Degree
8-6-2021
Original embargo terms
Visible to MSU only for 2 years
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
English
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of English
Department
Department of English
Abstract
In a time of Global Pandemic, massive social justice demonstrations, and concerning political shifts, reality feels inaccessible and at times even unreal. With quarantine and social distance as the new norm, our human connections are abstract and digitized. My thesis will be a collection of short fiction that seeks to employ methods of the speculative genre and alternative narrative structure to explore our shifting understanding of humanity and connectedness. The introduction to this collection will lay out the process through which speculative realities better define our own.
Recommended Citation
Starliper, Katie, "Chess with Pigeons" (2021). Theses and Dissertations. 5227.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/5227