"Laughter" by Mahrukh Aamir

Publication Date

5-2022

Date of Final Oral Examination (Defense)

3-10-2022

Type of Culminating Activity

Thesis

Degree Title

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Department Filter

Theatre Arts

Department

Theatre, Film, and Creative Writing

Supervisory Committee Chair

Mitch Wieland, M.F.A.

Supervisory Committee Member

Martin Corless-Smith, Ph.D.

Supervisory Committee Member

Mary Pauline Lowry, M.F.A.

Abstract

Set in Boise, “Laughter,” is centered on a gullible anti-heroine and an aspiring writer, who is infatuated with a poet.

The novel is about relationships with parents, friends, strangers, complete strangers. An inquiry into what it means to live an authentic life; and what to make of “other” people in fiction: people in books, films, songs.

It’s about blurriness: funniness and sadness; creepiness and devotedness; fiction and reality.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18122/td.1913.boisestate

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