Date
7-15-2024
Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Chair
Andrew L. Smith
Keywords
Point of view, point, of, view, Jane Austen, Austen, Karen Kingsbury, Karen, Kingsbury, Nicholas Sparks, Nicholas, Sparks, Creative, Writing, Novel, Fiction, Non-fiction, Persuasive, Craft element, reader, literature, English, Bible, Holy Bible
Disciplines
Creative Writing | English Language and Literature
Recommended Citation
Keever, John Brandon, "The Persuasiveness of Point of View" (2024). Masters Theses. 1184.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/1184
Abstract
An obsession with the point of view, POV, as a craft element, drove the impetus of this research. The artist's statement highlights a love affair with escapism through the written word in fiction. The critical paper reviews evidence of the persuasiveness of point of view, POV, as a critical craft element as seen in the nuances of POV in The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, and A Time to Dance by Karen Kingsbury and in first-person testimony in journalism. While some research into POV exists for literary classics, like Pride and Prejudice, this thesis shows the evidence of the persuasiveness of POV to warrant formal academic research into how each type of POV can be used to entertain and engage specific audiences. The creative manuscript will leverage the styles of POV referenced in the study to deliver a later-in-life romance, Pearls for Persephone.
