Doctoral Dissertations
Date of Award
5-2014
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Major
English
Major Professor
Michael Knight
Committee Members
Margaret Lazarus Dean, Bill Hardwig, Sarah Lowe
Abstract
This Humbling River follows the character of Carson Sellars as he returns to Dine, Missouri. “Structure and Fiction: Through the Lens of Hollywood Beat Sheets” is an essay about narrative structure in fiction and film. The essay discusses various structural models, specifically looking at Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat! structure as a potential model for fiction writing.
Recommended Citation
Woldruff, Ryan Dean, "This Humbling River. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2014.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/2779
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