The Break

dc.contributor.author	Tonn, LindaMarie
dc.date.accessioned	2020-09-17T13:48:44Z
dc.date.available	2020-09-17T13:48:44Z
dc.date.issued	2020-06-18
dc.description.abstract	The Break is a Young Adult novel which takes place in a near-future United States. My main goal in writing my thesis was to pay homage to queer, YA, dystopia stories with my own. I drew inspiration from staples of adult literature such as The Handmaid’s Tale and Ready Player One. I reframed their themes of gender, sexuality, and identity for my Young Adult audience. I played with traditional YA conventions including first-person POV and dead and absent parents, with the goal of defying expectations of readers who are well-versed in the genre. Over the course of writing this novel I became increasingly aware of its political nature, and I eventually chose to confront the danger of conservative Christians in the US within the novel. This thesis is meant to not only entertain, but also highlight the violence conservative views inevitably lead to for queer youth.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11868/1029
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Tampa	en_US
dc.subject	Young adult literature	en_US
dc.subject	Dystopian novel	en_US
dc.subject	LGBTQ+	en_US
dc.subject	Queer culture	en_US
dc.title	The Break	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US

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