Conceptions of Humanity in Three Works of Post-Apocalyptic Fiction – Bc. Tereza Šplíchalová
Bc. Tereza Šplíchalová
Bachelor's thesis
Conceptions of Humanity in Three Works of Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
Conceptions of Humanity in Three Works of Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
Abstract:
Tato práce se zabývá analýzou jednotlivých zobrazení lidstva a lidskosti ve třech dílech post-apokalyptické fikce, jmenovitě Poslední člověk od Mary Shelley, Rudý Mor od Jacka Londona a Cesta od Cormaca McCarthyho. Práce porovnává jednotlivé přístupy a hodnotí, do jaké míry se v dílech zrcadlí osobní přesvědčení autorů a události či myšlenkové proudy historické doby, ve které žili. Díla jsou interpretována …moreAbstract:
This thesis deals with different conceptions of humanity in three works of post-apocalyptic fiction, namely Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s The Last Man, The Scarlet Plague by Jack London and The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It aims to compare different approaches of respective authors to determine to what extent were their works influenced by their personal convictions or historical era they lived in. The …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 20. 5. 2016
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/wxpmi/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 13. 6. 2016
- Supervisor: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy
- Reader: Velid Beganović
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Faculty of ArtsBachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature
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