Dissertation
Breaking the Silence
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Doctor of Creative Arts, University of the Sunshine Coast
2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/00619
Abstract
This Doctorate of Creative Arts (Creative Writing) comprises an original novel entitled 'Breaking the Silence' and an accompanying exegesis constituting a dialogue with that novel. My research is based upon family lore which held that Jack Cozens, my grandfather, was an unremarkable soldier who fought in France in WWI, returned to Australia unwounded, and resumed his family life. However, my research into family history revealed a long-held secret: far from being unremarkable, Jack was a criminal, on the run from the law when he enlisted in the AIF in 1917, using an alias, and deserting his family. The hundred-year-long silence hid the shame, the humiliation of the financial loss, and the disruption endured by the family.
Details
- Title
- Breaking the Silence
- Authors
- Bronwyn Cozens
- Contributors
- Gary Crew (Supervisor)
- Awarding institution
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Degree awarded
- Doctor of Creative Arts
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- DOI
- 10.25907/00619
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450333302621
- Output Type
- Dissertation
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