Characterising British Magical Realism Through Selected Works of Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, and Jeanette Winterson – Bc. Barbora Zuskinová
Bc. Barbora Zuskinová
Master's thesis
Characterising British Magical Realism Through Selected Works of Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, and Jeanette Winterson
Characterising British Magical Realism Through Selected Works of Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, and Jeanette Winterson
Abstract:
Magický realismus, jeden z mnoha postmoderních literárních žánrů, prošel od svých německých počátků ve 20. letech značným vývojem. Autoři z celého světa si osvojili techniku psaní magického realismu a jeho současná podoba nabízí spektrum různých pevně ukotvených a také proměnlivých rysů, které se v jednotlivých zemích liší. Tato práce si klade za cíl vyzdvihnout tyto rysy a dosánhout unifikaci prvků …moreAbstract:
Magical realism, as one of the many postmodern literary genres, underwent great developments since its early origins in the 1920s Germany. Authors from around the word have appropriated the technique of magical realist writing and its present character offers a spectrum of various firmly grounded, as well as variable features which vary from country to country. This thesis aims at pinpointing such …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 23. 5. 2016
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/peyhz/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 15. 6. 2016
- Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.
- Reader: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy
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ZUSKINOVÁ, Barbora. \textit{Characterising British Magical Realism Through Selected Works of Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, and Jeanette Winterson}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2016. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/8hw128/.
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Philology / English Language and Literature
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