Light Carries On
Light Carries On, a young adult fantasy novel, comprises the creative segment of the thesis. Valo, a member of a harpy-like species, serves as a musher for his tundra-bound, flightless society. When his mate falls ill with a deadly disease, he must race against time to seek out and deliver a cure. T...
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fthollinsuniv:oai:digitalcommons.hollins.edu:mfatheses-1007 2023-05-15T17:24:01+02:00 Light Carries On Crivilare, Gabriella 2020-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.hollins.edu/mfatheses/7 https://digitalcommons.hollins.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=mfatheses unknown Hollins Digital Commons https://digitalcommons.hollins.edu/mfatheses/7 https://digitalcommons.hollins.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=mfatheses Children's Literature (MFA) Theses young adult literature animal stories fantasy fairy tale retellings plagues in fiction dogsledding quest narratives wolves in fiction great race of mercy same sex relationships Hollins University Dissertations Children's Literature Children's and Young Adult Literature text 2020 fthollinsuniv 2021-12-24T06:48:24Z Light Carries On, a young adult fantasy novel, comprises the creative segment of the thesis. Valo, a member of a harpy-like species, serves as a musher for his tundra-bound, flightless society. When his mate falls ill with a deadly disease, he must race against time to seek out and deliver a cure. The manuscript reimagines the Great Race of Mercy—the relay of diphtheria antitoxin from Nenana, Alaska to Nome by sled teams in 1925—with a “Cinderella” inspired element. The accompanying critical paper, “A Fairy Tale, a Race, and an Enchanted Place: The Road to Enlightenment in Light Carries On,” discusses the manuscript in comparison to East, The Cry of the Icemark, and Tess of the Road. It also provides a topographical analysis of the main character’s journey and an examination of how the author’s writing process adheres to the home-away-home format of a circular narrative. Text Nome Tundra Alaska Hollins University: Hollins Digital Commons |
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Light Carries On, a young adult fantasy novel, comprises the creative segment of the thesis. Valo, a member of a harpy-like species, serves as a musher for his tundra-bound, flightless society. When his mate falls ill with a deadly disease, he must race against time to seek out and deliver a cure. The manuscript reimagines the Great Race of Mercy—the relay of diphtheria antitoxin from Nenana, Alaska to Nome by sled teams in 1925—with a “Cinderella” inspired element. The accompanying critical paper, “A Fairy Tale, a Race, and an Enchanted Place: The Road to Enlightenment in Light Carries On,” discusses the manuscript in comparison to East, The Cry of the Icemark, and Tess of the Road. It also provides a topographical analysis of the main character’s journey and an examination of how the author’s writing process adheres to the home-away-home format of a circular narrative. |
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