Mgr. Zénó Vernyik, Ph.D.

Doctoral thesis

"Not to Harmony or to Rationall Beauty": The Representation of Urban Space in E. E. Cummings' Complete Poems, 1904-1962 and Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor.

"Not to Harmony or to Rationall Beauty": The Representation of Urban Space in E. E. Cummings' Complete Poems, 1904-1962 and Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor.
Abstract:
Tato disertační práce se zabývá problematikou zobrazení městského prostoru v poezii E.E. Cummingse a v próze Petera Ackroyda, konkrétně v jeho nejznámějším románu Howksmoor. Ačkoliv je dílo těchto dvou autorů zřídka srovnáváno, tato práce ukazuje, že lze najít pro takovéto srovnání přesvědčivé důvody. Zevrubná analýza textu s využitím tzv. teorie prostoru ukazuje, že struktura městského prostoru má …more
Abstract:
This dissertation deals with the issue of urban space in the poetry of E. E. Cummings and the prose of Peter Ackroyd, as represented in his best known novel, Hawksmoor. It shows that although the oeuvres of these two authors are rarely considered to be connected or similar in any way, there nevertheless is a good and academically sound reason to compare them. Through a close analysis of texts from …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 29. 6. 2012

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 19. 9. 2012
  • Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.
  • Reader: Taimi Olsen, Ph.D., PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D.

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Doctoral programme / field:
Philology (4-years) / Literature Comparatistics

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