van Herk, ArithaBews, Jacob2020-11-022020-11-022020-11-02http://hdl.handle.net/1880/112720https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38356In the exegesis, Bews argues that cities have and act as paratexts which define their borders and interpretations by residents. Situated knowledge and research creation, then, become valuable methods for decoding and exploring the implications of those city-paratexts. This is followed by the novella "Celluloid Thirsty," about a film critic tasked with writing a script by a oil-drinking, cannibalistic cowboy.engUniversity of Calgary undergraduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their work. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.paratext, creative writing, novella, film, cinema, cowboy, gasoline, Alberta, narrative, Guy Maddin, Calgary, Ottawa, Michel de Certeau, Gerard Genette, Brisebois, script, Fort Calgarybachelor thesis