Title
The Dirt Road House—Personal Discovery Through the Memoir
Date of Award
6-3-2011
Document Type
Undergraduate Capstone Project
Degree Name
Master of Liberal Studies
Organizational Unit
University College, Arts and Culture Management
Disciplines
Arts and Culture
First Advisor
Jennifer Zukowski Boughn
Keywords
Memoir, Personal discovery
Abstract
The Dirt Road House is a partial memoir that consists of two chapters from a larger work in progress, which supports the theoretical foundation of reflection and introspection as pathways to personal discovery. The concept of identity, including the vast and complex way the human mind comprehends the world, is resolved through the memoir. This project includes a reflective paper that draws on the experiences of Karen Dinesen, Primo Levi, Sylvia Plath, and Elie Wiesel as they reflect on external and internal experiences that precipitated their personal discovery. Other well-known writers like Virginia Woolf, Thomas Merton, Alexander Pope, and Walt Whitman, provide the inspiration to reflect on the totality of the human condition, as it pertains to personal discovery.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.
Recommended Citation
Brumley, Thomas, "The Dirt Road House—Personal Discovery Through the Memoir" (2011). University College: Arts and Culture Management Capstones. 54.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/ucol_mals/54