House and Home and Their Experience in Susan Hill's Prose Fiction

Bc. Alice Kanitrová

Master's thesis

Abstract:

Tato práce se zabývá zejména zobrazováním subjektivního prožitku domu a domova ve vybraných prozaických dílech (I'm the King of the Castle, In the Springtime of the Year, The Beacon, The Woman in Black) britské autorky Susan Hillové. Teoretická část si klade za cíl nastínit stěžejní myšlenky fenomenologie a humanistické geografie, které slouží jako teoretická východiska pro následnou analýzu. Analytická část zkoumá subjektivní prožitek domu a domova, jak pozitivní, tak negativní očima postav Hillové. Práce je zakončena kapitolou shrnující zjištění.

Abstract:

The main concern of this thesis is to depict the subjective experience of house and home in the selected prose fiction (I'm the King of the Castle, In the Springtime of the Year, The Beacon, The Woman in Black) by a British author, Susan Hill. The theoretical part attempts to provide an outline of the core ideas of Phenomenology and Humanistic geography, which serve as a point of departure for the subsequent analysis. The analytical part investigates the subjective experience, positive or negative, of house and home through the eyes of Hill's characters. The thesis concludes with a summary of findings.

Keywords

Home, house, Phenomenology, Humanistic Geography, experience, family, conflict

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 29. 6. 2015

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 25. 8. 2015
• Supervisor: PhDr. Ladislav Vít, Ph.D.

University of Pardubice

Faculty of Arts and Philosophy

Master programme / field:
Teacher Education for Lower Secondary Schools / English Language Teacher Education