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Mgr. Jan Hanzlík

Master's thesis

The Concept of Otherness in Novels Never Let Me Go and Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Concept of Otherness in Novels Never Let Me Go and Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Abstract:
Cílem této diplomové práce je, na základě analýzy dvou románů Never Let Me Go (česky Neopouštěj mě) a Klara and the Sun (česky Klára a Slunce), dokázat, že jejich autor, britský spisovatel japonského původu Kazuo Ishiguro prezentuje jinakost (angl. otherness) a její vznik, podporu a rozvoj jako negativní fenomén. Jinakost u obou děl působí na čtenáře díky ostrému kontrastu protagonistů (klonů nebo …more
Abstract:
The aim of this thesis is, based on the analysis of two novels Never Let Me Go and Klara and the Sun, to prove that their author, the British writer of Japanese origin Kazuo Ishiguro, presents otherness and its emergence, support and development as a negative phenomenon. Otherness in both works affects the reader through the sharp contrast between the protagonists (clones or robots) and the characters …more
 

Keywords

otherness dystopia cloning artificial intelligence (AI) Ishiguro analysis ethics
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 16. 5. 2023
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/x0ac8/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 12. 6. 2023
  • Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.
  • Reader: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.

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