Conservatism and Liberalism in Ford Madox Ford's "Parade's End"

Bc. Michaela Mojzešová

Master's thesis

Anotácia:

Předkládaná magisterská diplomová práce si klade za cíl vyobrazit hodnotový konflikt konzervativní a liberální tradice v prvních třech dílech válečné tetralogie britského autora Forda Madoxe Forda s názvem Parade’s End.

Abstract:

The present master's thesis proposes to retrace the modes of conservative thinking in the first three volumes of "Parade's End", a war tetralogy written and published by the British novelist Ford Madox Ford between the years 1924 and 1928. Its primary focus will be to examine the alleged transformation of the main protagonist, Christopher Tietjens, introduced as the last surviving Tory and specifically selected by Ford as a medium through which would be best represented the clash between the conservative tradition, as revered by Tietjens, and the modern incarnation of the conservative creed, as well as elements of liberal thinking slowly overtaking the British society of the early twentieth century.

Keywords

conservatism, liberalism, First World War, Great Britain, Ford Madox Ford, konzervatismus, liberalismus, první světová válka, Velká Británie, Parade's End

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 23. 5. 2017

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 15. 6. 2017
• Vedúci: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy
• Oponent: doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD.

Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / odbor:
Philology / English Language and Literature