Mgr. Nuhad Atroosh

Master's thesis

Tayeb Salih's Quest for Liberation: Season of Migration to the North as a Postcolonial Rewriting

Tayeb Salih's Quest for Liberation: Season of Migration to the North as a Postcolonial Rewriting
Abstract:
Práce si klade za cíl analyzovat román Tayeba Saliha Sezóna migrace na sever (1969) jako postkoloniální přepis. Román je považován za přepis hlavních textů jako je Srdce temnoty Josepha Conrada a Othello Williama Shakespeara. Kromě toho se tento román zmiňuje o dalších textech, jako jsou příběhy arabských nocí. Mustafa Sa'eed, který je hlavním protagonistou Saliha, je postava podobná Kurtzovi ze Srdce …more
Abstract:
The thesis aims at analyzing Tayeb Salih’s novel Season of Migration to the North (1969) as a postcolonial rewriting. The novel is considered a rewriting of main texts such as Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and William Shakespeare’s Othello. Furthermore, this novel alludes to other texts such as the Arabian Nights tales. Mustafa Sa’eed, who is Salih’s main protagonist, is a Kurtz-like figure from …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 19. 12. 2022

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 30. 1. 2023
  • Supervisor: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.
  • Reader: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.

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