The Feminine Metamorphosis

The Feminine Metamorphosis is a fiction collection that explores the ways women adapt and change in order to survive. Eight narratives see their female protagonists grapple with challenges such as the pressures of society, the corrosion of girlhood, or the perils of a difficult home-life. The feminine ability to persevere intrigues me, because it never takes the same shape twice. Rather than setting out on an exploration of femininity and masculinity as opposing forces, one good and one evil, I focus instead on the nuances of a shifting female identity. Some metamorphoses are positive, others negative, but all are necessary to the survival of the character in question. No two stories in the collection are exactly the same, in terms of the struggle being dealt with, the shape of the metamorphosis, or the tone these elements are presented with.

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

Texas State University

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Hickman, Collette Grace

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Reed, Benjamin

Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember

• Mikles, Natasha

• femininity
• feminine
• feminist
• fiction
• literary
• collections
• fiction collections

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10877/19390

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digital.library.txst.edu:10877/19390