Spectrality in Native Canadian Gothic Literature – Mgr. Jitka Čermáková
Mgr. Jitka Čermáková
Bachelor's thesis
Spectrality in Native Canadian Gothic Literature
Spectrality in Native Canadian Gothic Literature
Abstract:
Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá fenoménem nadpřirozena v kanadské nativní gotické literatuře. Práce demonstruje, jak domorodí autoři pracují s gotickým žánrem a přetvářejí jej, aby vyhovoval jejich politickým i uměleckým záměrům, a dávají mu jedinečné, kulturně specifické rysy. Na základě dvou děl z pera kanadských domorodých autorů, Monkey Beach (2000) autorky Eden Robinson a The Night Wanderer: A …moreAbstract:
This bachelor thesis deals with the phenomenon of spectrality in Native Canadian Gothic literature. It shows how Native authors work with the genre of the Gothic and transform it to suit their political and artistic purposes, giving it unique, culturally specific features. On the example of two novels written by Native Canadian authors, Eden Robinson’s Monkey Beach (2000) and Drew Hayden Taylor’s The …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 20. 5. 2019
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/fvhmu/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 13. 6. 2019
- Supervisor: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.
- Reader: Mgr. Veronika Bosáková
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Faculty of ArtsBachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature
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