Castaway Crusoe contra Colonialist Criticism: Racial and Gender Roles in J. M. Coetzee's Foe and Derek Walcott's Pantomime – Bc. Barbora Novotná
Bc. Barbora Novotná
Master's thesis
Castaway Crusoe contra Colonialist Criticism: Racial and Gender Roles in J. M. Coetzee's Foe and Derek Walcott's Pantomime
Castaway Crusoe contra Colonialist Criticism: Racial and Gender Roles in J. M. Coetzee's Foe and Derek Walcott's Pantomime
Abstract:
Tato diplomová práce analyzuje dvě literární díla držitelů Nobelovy ceny za literaturu, konkrétně novelu Foe od jihoafrického spisovatele Johna Maxwella Coetzeeho a divadelní hru Pantomime od karibského dramatika a básníka Dereka Walcotta v kontextu Defoeova nejslavnějšího románu. Cílem této práce je poukázat na rasové a genderové stereotypy, které svým diskriminačním způsobem značně ovlivňují utváření …moreAbstract:
This thesis analyzes two literary works of the two Nobel Prize winners, namely Foe, by South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee, and Pantomime, by Caribbean author Derek Walcott, in relation to Daniel Defoe’s literary masterpiece – Robinson Crusoe. The thesis explores different modes of the postcolonial play and the postmodern novel, and draws attention to the stereotypes that constitute gender and …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 19. 12. 2014
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/jv1jd/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 29. 1. 2015
- Supervisor: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.
- Reader: doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D.
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NOVOTNÁ, Barbora. \textit{Castaway Crusoe contra Colonialist Criticism: Racial and Gender Roles in J. M. Coetzee's Foe and Derek Walcott's Pantomime}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2014. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/c2mst3/.
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Philology / English Language and Literature