Unearthing

Date Issued:: 2012
Summary:: Unearthing is a hybrid of nonfiction genres, and follows a narrator as she attempts to piece together past and present memories and meditations about family history, travel, and the idea of home. Using an orchid as a metaphor for someone who is searching for home, Unearthing attempts to expose in the author what might also be found in the reader, an exploration of what is meant by home. By following a trail of biography, personal narrative, and memoir, the reader is given every opportunity to identify with the narrator's struggle with the idea of rootlessness and rootedness, travel and home.

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Name(s):	Hobbie, Erin. Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of English
Type of Resource:	text
Genre:	Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Issued:	2012
Publisher:	Florida Atlantic University
Physical Form:	electronic
Extent:	viii, 100 p. : ill. (some col.)
Language(s):	English
Summary:	Unearthing is a hybrid of nonfiction genres, and follows a narrator as she attempts to piece together past and present memories and meditations about family history, travel, and the idea of home. Using an orchid as a metaphor for someone who is searching for home, Unearthing attempts to expose in the author what might also be found in the reader, an exploration of what is meant by home. By following a trail of biography, personal narrative, and memoir, the reader is given every opportunity to identify with the narrator's struggle with the idea of rootlessness and rootedness, travel and home.
Identifier:	794594925 (oclc), 3342109 (digitool), FADT3342109 (IID), fau:3863 (fedora)
Note(s):	by Erin Hobbie. Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2012. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject(s):	Symbolism in literature Metonyms Discourse analysis
Persistent Link to This Record:	http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342109
Use and Reproduction:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Host Institution:	FAU

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