The Flood: The Collapse of Identity in a Culture of Foundational Myth

Identifier

180

Author

Emily A. Binkley

Date

2021

Document Type

Honors Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Major

English

Concentration

Creative Writing

Committee Chair

Cristina Maria Cervone

Abstract

The relationship between myth and identity is explored through three short stories in which the characters' beliefs about society and self are challenged by a natural disaster. The first is about a woman struggling with her recent fall into poverty; the second is about a girl who struggles with her identity after her father kills her entire family save for herself; and the third is about an orphan boy who is kidnapped and sold to a religious institution for sacrifice. Each story examines how identities supported by myth are damaged by the disproving of these myths.

Comments

Undergraduate Honor's Thesis

Library Comment

Honors thesis originally submitted to the Local University of Memphis Honor’s Thesis Repository.

Recommended Citation

Binkley, Emily A., "The Flood: The Collapse of Identity in a Culture of Foundational Myth" (2021). Honors Theses. 114.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/honors_theses/114