Mgr. Nikola Wiedermanová

Bachelor's thesis

From a Dialogue Full of Holes to a Sacred Conversation: The Notion of Language in Selected Works by Janice Kulyk Keefer

From a Dialogue Full of Holes to a Sacred Conversation: The Notion of Language in Selected Works by Janice Kulyk Keefer
Abstract:
Tato bakalářská diplomová práce se zabývá pojetím jazyka ve vybraném díle současné kanadské autorky Janice Kulyk Keefer, a to konkrétně v románu The Green Library, v memoáru Honey and Ashes: A Story of a Family a ve sbírce poezie Marrying the Sea. Z analyzovaného díla vyplývá celé jazykové kontinuum, které sahá od jazyků pracujících se slovy, přes jazyky těla či přírody až k jazyku posvátnému, přičemž …more
Abstract:
In this thesis the concept of language in three works by Janice Kulyk Keefer is analyzed. These are namely the novel The Green Library, the memoir Honey and Ashes: A Story of a Family and the collection of poetry Marrying the Sea. A whole language continuum is discovered, which stretches from word-languages over body languages and languages of nature to a sacred language, while each level of language …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 24. 11. 2009

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 12. 2. 2010
  • Supervisor: Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A.

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature