Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Wallace, Miriam
Keywords
Capote, Truman, Didion, Joan, Wolfe, Tom, Journalism, New Journalism Movement
Area of Concentration
English
Abstract
In this thesis, I focused on the New Journalism movement, most specifically, the writing style of Truman Capote, Joan Didion and Tom Wolfe. These three authors are all placed under the same genre, yet they have very different styles. Despite this, all three fuse literary and journalistic techniques in order to create works that not only report on the facts, but also describe aspects of an event that would be left out in conventional journalism. By looking at the style of Capote’s In Cold Blood and the essays of Wolfe and Didion, one can deduce that New Journalism is able to traverse both the genre of fiction and conventional journalism in order to create a better sense of understanding for a piece of news and a more detailed account of what transpired. In today’s era, journalists may have to begin employing some of these techniques in order to maintain their readership and keep newspapers alive.
Recommended Citation
Mineo, Sara, "IN KANDY KOLORED BLOOD : HOW THE STYLE OF NEW JOURNALISTS CAPOTE, WOLFE AND DIDION SHAPED AN ERA" (2015). Theses & ETDs. 5070.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/5070