The Cross-cultural Multidimensionality and Syncretic Interpretation of History in Wilson Harris’s Work Based on the Study of The Guyana Quartet

Bc. Zuzana Klímová, Ph.D.

Master's thesis

Anotácia:

Překlad názvu prace: kros-kulturální multidimenzionalita a synkretická interpretace historie v díle Wilsona Harrise založená na studiu Guayánského kvartetu, reflektuje hlavní záměr této práce. Zvažuje možné vlivy historie a odlišných kulturních tradic, které se podílely na utváření současné podoby literární činnosti v karibské oblasti.

Abstract:

The name of the thesis - "The Cross-cultural Multidimensionality and Syncretic Interpretation of History in Wilson Harris’s Work Based on the Study of The Guyana Quartet" reflects main aims of this work. It discusses the influence of history and several cultural traditions present in the region of the West Indies on the work of Wilson Harris. Four novels that comprise The Guyana Quartet represent the developmental phase in the literary history of postcolonial countries and their struggle to achieve the physical as well as spiritual freedom. Literature is presented by Harris as one of the means through which such a freedom can be achieved.

Keywords

postcolonialism, freedom, multiculturality, cross-culturality, Caribbean

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 14. 4. 2010

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 15. 6. 2010
• Vedúci: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.

Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / odbor:
Teacher Training for Secondary Schools / Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature