Bc. Dominika Šotnarová

Bachelor's thesis

Travelling Women and the Journeys of the Self in the Aritha van Herk’s Places Far from Ellesmere, No Fixed Address and Restlessness

Travelling Women and the Journeys of the Self in the Aritha van Herk’s Places Far from Ellesmere, No Fixed Address and Restlessness
Abstract:
Cílem mojí bakalářské práce je analyzovat koncept ženských cestovatelek ve fikční literatuře Arithy van Herk: Places Far from Ellesmere (1990), Restlessness (1990) a No Fixed Address (1986). Práce se zaměřuje na zacházení autorky s hlavními postavami v těchto knihách. Ačkoliv se příběhy hrdinek liší, lze v nich pozorovat jisté společné prvky a paralely ženských cestopisných narativů. Mým záměrem je …more
Abstract:
The purpose of my Bachelor’s Thesis is to analyze the concept of women travellers in the fiction by Aritha van Herk: Places Far from Ellesmere (1990), Restlessness (1990) and No Fixed Address (1986). The thesis focuses on the van Herk’s treatment of her main female characters in these novels. Each story is different, however all of them can be perceived as containing certain similarities and parallels …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 7. 5. 2014

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 12. 6. 2014
  • Supervisor: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.
  • Reader: Mgr. Dita Hochmanová, Ph.D.

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature