Changing Images of the Police in Selected Texts by Agatha Christie and Phyllis Dorothy James – Bc. Klára Danielová
Bc. Klára Danielová
Master's thesis
Changing Images of the Police in Selected Texts by Agatha Christie and Phyllis Dorothy James
Changing Images of the Police in Selected Texts by Agatha Christie and Phyllis Dorothy James
Abstract:
Diplomová práce se zabývá obrazem policie v detektivních románech a povídkách Agathy Christie a P. D. Jamesové a zkoumá, do jaké míry se image policie změnila v průběhu dvacátého století. První část práce je věnována historii policejních složek v Anglii, a to jak před vytvořením moderní anglické policie v roce 1829, tak i po něm. Dále se práce zabývá obrazem policie v médiích a v literatuře. Druhá …moreAbstract:
This thesis examines the image of the police in detective novels and short stories by Agatha Christie and P. D. James, and it asks to what extent the image of the police changed in the twentieth century. The first part of the thesis is devoted to the history of the police force in England, both before and after the foundation of the modern police in 1829, and it also deals with the representation of …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 10. 5. 2012
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/s2z6a/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 13. 6. 2012
- Supervisor: PhDr. Lidia Kyzlinková, CSc.
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DANIELOVÁ, Klára. \textit{Changing Images of the Police in Selected Texts by Agatha Christie and Phyllis Dorothy James}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2012. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/365978/.
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Humanities / English Language and Literature
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