Formulating Jesmyn Ward's Literary Style and Technique Through Textual Analysis, Comparison, and Differentiation
Fogel, Daniel;Neal, Patrick
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
2020
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M.A.
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
2020
Over the past twelve years, Jesmyn Ward has published three novels, one memoir, one anthology, and a series of articles. After two National Book Awards, Ward has risen to the top ranks of contemporary literature, invited to universities and lecture series across the country. This thesis seeks to delineate the distinct style with which Ward writes. In doing so, her relation to other authors, both old and new, will become apparent. Not only is Ward writing fiction that is good, even great, but her writing is always urgent and contextualized within contemporary politics.