Reimagining the Fairy Tale in Angela Carter's Earlier Fiction – Mgr. Veronika Šimunková
Mgr. Veronika Šimunková
Bachelor's thesis
Reimagining the Fairy Tale in Angela Carter's Earlier Fiction
Reimagining the Fairy Tale in Angela Carter's Earlier Fiction
Abstract:
Tato práce se pokouší zanalyzovat, jakým způsobem Angela Carterová přetváří pohádky, aby vykreslila genderové problémy současné společnosti, a také jak zkoumá podstatu ženského a mužského pohlaví a jejich vzájemnou interakci. Soustředila jsem se především na to, jak ve vybraných povídkách, Carterová přetváří pohádky, aby vyzvala zaběhnuté genderové role, jejich charakteristické chování a možné způsoby …moreAbstract:
This thesis attempts to analyze in what manner Angela Carter subverts the fairy tale to portray and challenge gender issues of the contemporary society, and in what manner she examines the nature of female and thus male sex and their interaction. I have focused on the manner in which Carter subverts the fairy tales in the selected short stories to challenge the gender archetype behavioral characteristics …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 2. 5. 2011
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/r6zws/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 14. 6. 2011
- Supervisor: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy
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Philology / English Language and Literature
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