What You Carry and Surrender No. 40

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dc.contributor.advisorIrwin, Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Kenneth Clayton
dc.contributor.committeememberHanderek, Kelly
dc.contributor.committeememberArchibald-Barber, Jesse
dc.contributor.committeememberPearce, Wes
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-27T17:44:39Z
dc.date.available2017-11-27T17:44:39Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.descriptionA Critical Engagement Paper Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Special Case Degree of Master of Fine Arts in Theatre, University of Regina. iv, 61 p.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis critical engagement paper is intended to accompany the play What You Carry and the solo performance text Surrender No. 40. Part one, the introduction, argues that both texts are intended to contribute to the process of reconciliation between descendants of settlers and Indigenous peoples in Canada, by telling the truth about this country’s colonialist history and by making gestures towards reconciliation. Part two outlines the six methodologies employed while writing these two texts: writing and narrative inquiry, autobiography and/or autoethnography, new play development, historical research, walking-as-performance, and solo or autobiographical performance. Part three discusses two theoretical contexts of the two performance texts: trauma theory and truth and reconciliation. Trauma theory has helped me to understand how Joseph, one of the characters in What You Carry, has responded to the abuse he survived in residential school; it has also been useful in thinking about the family violence Gary and Walter experienced as well. While truth and reconciliation is not a recognized theoretical perspective, it was in my mind while I wrote both texts and during the Muscle and Bone performance. My hope is that, in some small way, these two texts can be part of the truth and reconciliation process in this country—that they might help other settler descendants understand something about Canada’s ongoing colonialist history, as writing these texts has helped me to understand that history.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusStudenten
dc.description.peerreviewyesen
dc.identifier.tcnumberTC-SRU-7860
dc.identifier.thesisurlhttp://ourspace.uregina.ca/bitstream/handle/10294/7860/Wilson_Kenneth_200203286_MFA_Theatre_Fall2017.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/7860
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Reginaen_US
dc.titleWhat You Carry and Surrender No. 40en_US
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Reginaen
thesis.degree.levelMaster'sen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Arts (MFA)en_US
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