The Law of Mirrors

dc.contributor.advisor	Brkic, Courtney
dc.contributor.author	Collins, Christina
dc.creator	Collins, Christina
dc.date	2015-04-28
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-19T12:46:16Z
dc.date.available	2020-04-28T06:44:49Z
dc.date.issued	2015-08-19
dc.description	This work was embargoed by the author and will not be publicly available until April 2030.
dc.description.abstract	This thesis is a novella that imagines the inner and outer turmoil that would result from a society without reflections—a country where all specular materials are banned and where young people don't know what their own faces look like. Blending dystopian, psychological, and folkloric elements, the novella draws on two classic narratives about mirrors—Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott" and the Grimms' "Little Snow- White"—to pose a what-if scenario that takes current trends in mirror dependence and "mirror fasting" and inflates them to extremes, providing a new lens for understanding the mental and societal ramifications of physical ideals.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1920/9776
dc.language.iso	en
dc.subject	Fiction
dc.subject	Novella
dc.subject	Mirrors
dc.subject	Fairy tales
dc.subject	Snow White
dc.subject	Dystopia
dc.title	The Law of Mirrors
dc.type	Thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Creative Writing
thesis.degree.grantor	George Mason University
thesis.degree.level	Master's
thesis.degree.name	Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

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