Date of Graduation
2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
English
Committee Chair
Mary Ann Samyn
Committee Co-Chair
Jenny Johnson
Committee Member
Jenny Johnson
Committee Member
Michael Germana
Abstract
The poems in this collection range in style and content, as they branch out into aesthetic genre-defying & traditional forms. The poems question the nature of the self, identity, social & religious constraints, trauma & healing, and political atrocities. The speaker uses Hieroglyphics as a vehicle that follows a trajectory of transcorporeal personas, moving through time and space, juxtaposing life & death, faith & disbelief, trauma & resilience, shame & pride, anger & humor, belonging & wanderlust, and, eventually, beauty & grotesqueness. Ancient Egyptian mythology & art, visual poems, and multiple artworks occupy a significant space in this book, igniting the imagination, and inviting the eye to travel across the page, yet breaking its artificial limitations, building for the self a place to inhabit, a body to embrace, and colors translated into vivid, poignant experiences of the human person.
Recommended Citation
ElWassify, Ola, "Your Eyes, Two Niles" (2024). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 12321.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/12321