Date of Award
Spring 5-20-2021
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
MA English
Department
English
Advisor
Cara Blue Adams, MFA
Committee Member
Nathan Oates, Ph.D.
Keywords
Dominican Republic, History, Tainos, Slavery, Santo Domingo, Fiction
Abstract
The Dominican Republic is the most travelled-to island in the Caribbean, attracting over 6.6 million travelers per year. However, according to renowned scholar and writer Frank Moya Pons, author of The Dominican Republic: A National History, The Dominican Republic is also “one of the least studied countries in Latin America and the Caribbean despite the fact that it is the longest European-inhabited territory in the hemisphere” (Moya Pons 9). To me, this says two things: first, that there is a hunger to explore the Dominican Republic, its culture, and its landscape, and second, that, despite the acknowledgment of all its various beauties, there is a simultaneous need to fully comprehend the gravity of its often dark and ugly past. My collection of short stories, From Parsley and Sugarcane, a collection of short stories, aims to bridge this gap, to portray the Dominican Republic as what it truly is: beautiful--yes, but also deeply broken and in need of a healing that only an understanding of its history can bring.
Recommended Citation
Celeste, Jennifer, "From Parsley and Sugarcane" (2021). Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs). 2875.
https://scholarship.shu.edu/dissertations/2875
