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Western Kentucky University

The Postmodern Improvisor

Abstract

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This thesis represents a revitalization of the thesis form because it has organically blossomed from an integrated consciousness. Instead of the pre-existing thesis form for a Master of Arts Degree in English bending, limiting, and shaping the content, I have shaped the form according to my own synthetic ambition, resulting in a fusion of elements from both a researched and a creative thesis. This strategy is justified since the very subject of the thesis stresses the improviser's ongoing urge to create as the spontaneous moment/impulse requires while simultaneously creating an organic frame or unique inner logic. Above all, this project is a translation of autobiographical reflections which have crystalized years of intense struggle, culminating with my hard fought liberation from the hollow shell of garage band mediocrity.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Department of English
Year
1995

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Caraher, Paul

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/900
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-1903

Chain of custody

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Last updated
2026-07-24
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citation

Caraher, Paul. The Postmodern Improvisor. 1995. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/900