Date of Award

Spring 5-3-2024

Level of Access Assigned by Author

Open-Access Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

Advisor

Gregory Howard

Second Committee Member

Sarah Harlan-Haughey

Third Committee Member

Hollie Adams

Abstract

Ars Goletica is a Gothic Fantasy novel that tells the story of Claire as she begins her first semester at the College of Clay, a school specializing in the art of Golemancy. Claire has desired to be a master of a magical art since her youth, a desire turned to obsession through her natural inability to produce magic herself. While she struggles in school due to her impediment, her struggles are complicated as her mentor and roommate Alana passes away under mysterious circumstances, circumstances whose origins prove a possible solution to Claire’s failing grades at the college.

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