Modern apostles

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Casas, Ruben
Abstract	Modern Apostles actively attempts to blur the line between academic scholarship and narrative fiction for the purpose of satirizing the social and the political assumptions of its contemporary moment. By appropriating the loudest voices in dominant American culture, the inter-textual narratives (1) call attention to the voices that go unheard, ignored, while (2) recognizing that there is an abundance of absurdity in what contemporary culture simultaneously produces and consumes; there is no need to create make more absurdity, and finally (3) are transparent about their dialogic nature—how they instantly are added to the cacophony of voices they mock. Humor and levity, the brand of these narratives, make the intolerable palatable in a culture that touts itself as tolerant.
License	All rights reserved
Resource Type	Masters Thesis
Date Available	2008-06-24T13:11:52+00:00
Date Issued	2008-05-02
Degree Level	Master's
Degree Name	Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Degree Field	Creative Writing
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	2008
Advisor	Daugherty, Tracy
Committee Member	Sandor, Marjorie Ede, Lisa Nishihara, Janet
Academic Affiliation	English
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Graduate School
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/8860

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