Bc. Blažena Kotrsová

Master's thesis

J. M. Coetzee's Ageing Public Intellectuals: JC and Elizabeth Costello

J. M. Coetzee's Ageing Public Intellectuals: JC and Elizabeth Costello
Abstract:
Diplomová práce analyzuje dvě literární postavy jihoafrického spisovatele J. M. Coetzeeho, konkrétně JCho z Diary of a Bad Year (Deník špatného roku) a Elizabeth Costellovou z Elizabeth Costello: Eight Lessons (Elizabeth Costellová: Osm lekcí; do češtiny dosud nepřeloženo). Cílem této práce je porovnat, jak Coetzee zobrazuje veřejného intelektuála v závislosti na jeho/jejím stáří a genderu. Diplomová …more
Abstract:
This thesis seeks to analyse two elderly writer characters of a South African writer J. M. Coetzee, namely JC of Diary of a Bad Year, and Elizabeth Costello of Elizabeth Costello: Eight Lessons. The primary focus is on the interplay of Coetzee's representation of public intellectualism alongside advanced age, and in dependence on gender of the two characters. It is argued that by using ageing writers …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 10. 5. 2012

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 13. 6. 2012
  • Supervisor: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.

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