The mercurial : stories and essays

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Creator	Dmitriev, Vladena Aleksandra
Abstract	Vladena Aleksandra Dmitriev, in her collection of fiction and nonfiction The Mercurial: Stories and Essays, examines the conflicts inherent in language, whether in her own experiences as a non-English speaking immigrant from the Soviet Union to the submersed anger and resentment that emerges quietly in disintegrating relationships. What unites these pieces are ideas of emotional distance and inaccessibility, from a newly American child who incites her mother’s anger by unintentionally laughing at one of her linguistic mistakes, to a woman who purchases a telescope in order to look away from the instability of her own relationship. Dmitriev’s fiction and nonfiction pieces are about the nuances of language, the poignancy of small events, and, fundamentally, how difficult it is to be an ordinary person.
License	All rights reserved
Resource Type	Masters Thesis
Date Available	2008-09-02T13:05:00+00:00
Date Issued	2008-05-28
Degree Level	Master's
Degree Name	Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Degree Field	Creative Writing
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	2009
Advisor	Daugherty, Tracy
Committee Member	Helle, Anita Henderson, Sarah Holmberg, Karen
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/1957/9269

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