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Bc. Tereza Střížová

Master's thesis

Ecological Dystopia in Contemporary British Literature

Ecological Dystopia in Contemporary British Literature
Abstract:
Magisterská diplomová práce se zabývá ekologickou dystopií v současné britské próze. Zkoumá tři díla britských spisovatelek: The Ice People (Maggie Gee), The Stone Gods (Jeanette Winterson) a Mara and Dann (Doris Lessing). Práce nabízí krátký úvod a historii utopických a dystopických teorií, kterou poté aplikuje na zkoumané novely. Tato práce zkoumá vliv nadměrného užívání (či zneužívání) moderních …more
Abstract:
The Master’s Diploma Thesis focuses on three dystopian works: The Ice People written by Maggie Gee, The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson and Mara and Dann by Doris Lessing. The main focus is on people’s relationship to technologies. As people become fully dependent on their technologies, they start losing both their freedom and their knowledge. The thesis also deals with the climate changes that are …more
 

Keywords

ecological dystopia british literature female authors contemporary literature dystopia The Stone Gods The Ice People Mara and Dann
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 4. 1. 2016
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/n1xex/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 26. 1. 2016
  • Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.
  • Reader: Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.

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