Graduation Year
2017
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English
Reader 1
Adam Novy
Reader 2
Jonathan Lethem
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© 2017 Helen E Yenser
Abstract
“LINDA LAND” is a short story about a man who created an amusement park based on Hell, and his teenage son, who has developed a crush on the preacher’s daughter. Though there are many real-life muses that inspired the story—like Simon Rodia, the artist behind the Watts Towers—the four main literary sources are William Shakespeare’s play, “Romeo and Juliet,” Karen Russell’s novel, “Swamplandia!,” Sylvia Plath’s poem, “Mirror,” and Charlie Kaufman’s screenplay, “Adaptation.”
Recommended Citation
Yenser, Helen E., "LINDA LAND: A Short Story" (2017). Scripps Senior Theses. 1001.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1001
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
