Identifier

184

Date

2021

Document Type

Honors Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Major

English

Concentration

Creative Writing

Committee Chair

Eric Schlich

Committee Member

Emily Skaja

Committee Member

Amit Sen

Abstract

"Subsistence" is a personal creative project that seeks to respond to Albert Camus' philosophical essay, "The Myth of Sisyphus." It is made up of two short fiction stories and nine poems that address topics of both familial and romantic love, labor, suicide, and hopelessness. "The Myth of Sisyphus" centers on the necessity of embracing the absurd in objection to suicide, and "Subsistence" serves as an illustration of this: creating meaning through art, expression, and rebellion.

Comments

Undergraduate Honor's Thesis

Library Comment

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

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