The aspiring: A novel

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dc.contributor.advisorJarman, Mark Anthony
dc.contributor.authorAlapi, Zachary
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:16:07Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:16:07Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2020-06-05T00:00:00Z
dc.description.abstractIn The Aspiring, an episodic travel novel and hesitant kunstlerroman facsimile, unrest serves as the novel's undercurrent, and the motivations of its characters reflect the struggle against emotional and physical stasis. The novel's protagonist, Nick, desperately strives to create his own identity and mythology as a person and artist through the narrative's comedic allusions to expatriate adventures and the classical notion of the formative European Grand Tour. The Aspiring loosely connects three story arcs: the primary narrative follows Nick's travel adventures with his best friend Adam in Western Europe; stream-of-consciousness recollections exhibit Nick's heartbreak over losing his Montreal girlfriend, Talia; and the third story arc, written as flashbacks, comprises episodes of a teenage Nick listening to his father tell anecdotes of his European travels in the 1960s. These arcs cohere through recognition: Nick must learn to distinguish between authentic and idealized life experiences to create his own mythology.
dc.description.copyright©Zachary Alapi, 2012
dc.description.noteScanned from archival print submission
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dc.format.extentv, 281 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.otherThesis 8975
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13164
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineEnglish
dc.titleThe aspiring: A novel
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Arts
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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