Mgr. et Mgr. Pavla Nováková

Bachelor's thesis

Angels and Rebels in The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda by George Eliot

Angels and Rebels in The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
Abstract:
Tato práce se soustředí na problematiku ženských postav ve třech románech George Eliot—The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch a Daniel Deronda—a na způsob, jakým jsou obecně vnímány, tedy buď jako postavy reprezentující viktoriánský ideál ženy—domácího anděla, nebo naopak jako hrdinky rebelující proti tomuto ideálu a potažmo i proti společnosti ovládané muži. Hlavní myšlenkou této práce je, že takto jednoznačně …more
Abstract:
The thesis focuses on the question of female characters in three novels by George Eliot—The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda—and their being regarded as representatives of the ideal of the angel in the house or, on the contrary, as characters rebelling against the concept of the domestic angel and, subsequently, against the male-dominated society. The thesis argues that the selected …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 11. 7. 2012

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 5. 9. 2012
  • Supervisor: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy

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