Committee Chair
Baker, Sybil
Committee Member
Balazs, Thomas; Braggs, Earl
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
My thesis is a creative project that consists of a craft introduction and Act I of my novel, The Zumbrota. In part one, the craft introduction, I look at the history of the serial detective in crime fiction and examine how serial detectives fit into the discussion of round and flat characters as defined by E.M. Forster and James Wood. Through the discussion of serial detectives as round and flat characters, I ultimately examine the fundamental differences between literary and genre fiction. Then in part two, readers go back to 1940 as my detective, Wes Grizzly, uncovers a conspiracy between mobsters and Nazis to undermine America’s recovering economy. The Zumbrota is my love letter to the detective genre, a grand tradition that goes back almost two centuries.
Degree
M. A.; A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts.
Date
5-2018
Subject
Private investigators -- Fiction; Detective and mystery stories
Document Type
Masters theses
DCMI Type
Text
Extent
v, 96 leaves
Language
English
Rights
https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Date Available
6-1-2020
Recommended Citation
Irwin, Jacob, "The Zumbrota" (2018). Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/543
Department
Dept. of English