Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Evolution of a Smart Girl is a collection of short stories that chronicles the evolution of the modern American female. The stories are arranged in three parts: "Dirty Barbie & Breakable Boys" focuses on adolescent relationships between boys and girls; "Some Things Can't Be Unbroken" centers on Maggie and Charlie Copper's marriage after Maggie is diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of twenty-five; and "Of Apples and Broken Scabs" presents four stories about four very different women who experience heartbreak in love, friendship, and lust. This work explores the ways in which a girl's interactions with others shape her into the young woman she becomes. Through same-sex friendships, romantic relationships, and sibling rivalries, the women in these stories experience intellectual and sexual awakenings.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.F.A.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts
- Year dc:date.available
- 2008
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Lefante, Casey
- Contributors dc:contributor
-
- Barton, Fredrick
- Leake, Joanna
- Boyden, Amanda
Subjects
dc:subject × 11Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/682
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1682