Mgr. Silvia Štulrajterová

Master's thesis

“It’s a story that comes with the land”: Indigenous Land Rights and Environmentalism in Thomas King’s The Back of the Turtle and Tara June Winch’s The Yield

“It’s a story that comes with the land”: Indigenous Land Rights and Environmentalism in Thomas King’s The Back of the Turtle and Tara June Winch’s The Yield
Abstract:
Táto diplomová práca sa zameriava na perspektívy pôdy z pohľadu pôvodných obyvateľov a environmentálnych aktivistov, a porovnáva ich s osadnícko-koloniálnym chápaním pôdy ako komodity. Analytická časť ilustruje odlišné vnímanie týchto troch strán v knihe The Yield od austrálskej autorky Tary June Winch a v knihe The Back of the Turtle od kanadského autora Thomasa Kinga. Cieľom tejto práce je vykresliť …more
Abstract:
This thesis discusses the Indigenous and environmental perspectives on land and contrasts them with the settler-colonial notion of land as a commodity to be exploited. The analytical part exemplifies the diverging perceptions in The Yield by an Aboriginal Australian author Tara June Winch and in The Back of the Turtle by a Canadian author of Cherokee descent Thomas King. The aim of this thesis is to …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 14. 12. 2023

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 29. 1. 2024
  • Supervisor: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.
  • Reader: B.A. Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
North-American Culture Studies / Anglophone and Francophone Area Studies