Abstract
dc:description.abstractMy thesis is a creative project that consists of a craft introduction and Act I of my novel, The Zumbrota. In part one, the craft introduction, I look at the history of the serial detective in crime fiction and examine how serial detectives fit into the discussion of round and flat characters as defined by E.M. Forster and James Wood. Through the discussion of serial detectives as round and flat characters, I ultimately examine the fundamental differences between literary and genre fiction. Then in part two, readers go back to 1940 as my detective, Wes Grizzly, uncovers a conspiracy between mobsters and Nazis to undermine America’s recovering economy. The Zumbrota is my love letter to the detective genre, a grand tradition that goes back almost two centuries.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Year dc:date.available
- 2020
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Irwin, Jacob
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Baker, Sybil
- Balazs, Thomas; Braggs, Earl
- College of Arts and Sciences
Subjects
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dc:rights- Language dc:language
- English, eng
Identifiers
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- https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/543
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1707