Conceptions of Beauty in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse – Bc. Kristína Melišová
Bc. Kristína Melišová
Bachelor's thesis
Conceptions of Beauty in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse
Conceptions of Beauty in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse
Abstract:
Bakalářská práce „Koncepce krásy v díle K majáku od Virginie Woolfové“ se zabývá různými reprezentacemi krásy v tvorbě této autorky. Je inspirována studií Wendy Steinerové s názvem „Venus in Exile“, která upozorňuje na možné problémy modernismu s vyobrazováním krásy. Primárním zdrojem této práce je Woolfové novela „K majáku“. Zmiňovaný titul byl vybrán na základě své částečně autobiografické povahy …moreAbstract:
The bachelor’s thesis “Conceptions of Beauty in Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse” explores various representations of beauty in Woolf’s work. It is inspired by Wendy Steiner’s Venus in Exile which raises possible problems of modernist writing in depicting beauty. This thesis focuses on its primary source, Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, which had been selected due to its partly autobiographical character …moreKeywords
Virginia Woolf To the Lighthouse beauty formalism modernism Bloomsbury Group Wendy Steiner Venus in Exile aesthetics visual art painting post-Impressionism feminity autobiographical element perception perception of beauty Virginia Woolfová K majáku krása estetika formalismus postimpresionismus ženskost autobiografický prvek vnímání krásy vnímání modernismus
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 16. 5. 2018
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/e0ob3/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 14. 6. 2018
- Supervisor: Velid Beganović
- Reader: doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD.
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Philology / English Language and Literature
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