Graduate Program
English
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Semester of Degree Completion
2008
Thesis Director
M. Nonaka
Thesis Committee Member
Martone
Thesis Committee Member
Arbella
Abstract
The Bearded Man is a collection of poems conceived around the theme of mythmaking. Mythmaking in these poems manifests itself as a means of translating or filtering the outside world through a fantasist lens that creates an alternate interpretation of the natural world. However, the project quickly grew beyond myth and evolved into tall-tale-like poems. My purpose in writing or constructing these modem-day tall-tales or fabricated takes on reality, is to enable the reader to reacquaint themselves with the impossible, and to remind the reader that not everything needs to be explained through logic or science. But I suppose ultimately the purpose of these poems is to delight and entertain the reader in their unique approach to illustrating the world.
Recommended Citation
Lutz, Scott, "The Bearded Man" (2008). Masters Theses. 266.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/266
