Carol SHields: Writing as an Art na Author reconstruction in Carol Shields’s Swann – Bc. Karoline Němcová Růžičková
Bc. Karoline Němcová Růžičková
Master's thesis
Carol SHields: Writing as an Art na Author reconstruction in Carol Shields’s Swann
Carol SHields: Writing as an Art na Author reconstruction in Carol Shields’s Swann
Abstract:
Cílem této práce je analýza novely Carol Shieldsové Swann jako postmoderní parodie na záhadný život Mary Swannové. Shieldsová nám nabízí čtyři vypravěče a jejich vlastní vnímání autorky Mary Swannové a jejího umění. V závěrečné kapitole Shieldsová mění literární žánr z vyprávění na formu scénáře. Na Swannové sympoziu se nám schází akademický svět, aby diskutoval o literární výtečnosti autorky. Při …moreAbstract:
The aim of this thesis is to analyze Carol Shields’s novel Swann as a postmodern parody of the mysterious life of Mary Swann. Shields appoints four narrators to recount their own perceptions on Mary Swann and her art. Shields’s final chapter switches genres, morphing into a screenplay presenting academia, meeting to discuss Swann’s literary excellence at the Swann Symposium. In discovering that Mary …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 23. 5. 2017
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/qqdf2/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 15. 6. 2017
- Supervisor: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.
- Reader: Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
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NĚMCOVÁ RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Karoline. \textit{Carol SHields: Writing as an Art na Author reconstruction in Carol Shields’s Swann}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2017. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/8z40gt/.
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Faculty of ArtsMaster programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature
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