We Bare All

<p>We Bare All is a collection of nine short stories with male protagonists, both children and adults, who encounter various decision making situations. The children face opposition-- sometimes a common occurrence such as confronting a bully, and sometimes a strange situation such as burying a corpse. The young adults deal with their own trials, such as when a recently separated young man visits a roadside nude café, both to test how it feels to be single and to challenge his conservative religious upbringing. . These stories not only reveal previously unseen layers in the characters, but also explore the strange phenomenon where children can behave like adults and adults can revert to childlike conduct when confronted with bizarre situations. The resulting stories prize introspection and further a form of masculinity which is proven in non-traditional arenas such as video games, comics, and films. Also included, is a critical introduction which analyzes how the nine stories employ forms of distance, perspective, and the grotesque to establish theme. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English and Theatre

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year

2014

Author dc:creator

• Parsons, Wesley Shane

• Fiction

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2014 Wesley Shane Parsons

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/304

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1302