Mgr. Petra Fišerová, Ph.D.

Doctoral thesis

Five Issues with Oppositional Gender Binarism, and How John Green’s Writing Defies It.

Five Issues with Oppositional Gender Binarism, and How John Green’s Writing Defies It.
Abstract:
„Pět metodologických vad opoziční genderové binarity a jak se k ní staví literární tvorba Johna Greena“ je disertace, která v první části poukazuje na metodologický problém v oblasti literární a kulturní kritiky a v druhé části analyzuje gender ve dvou románech pro mladistvé. Navzdory konsenzu, že gender je sociální konstrukt, akademici stále píšou o „zženštilých“ mužích a „ženské maskulinitě“ a podléhají …more
Abstract:
This text attests that despite the academic consensus that gender is a social construct, scholars still buy into oppositional gender binarism by writing about ‘effeminate’ or ‘feminized’ men and about ‘female masculinities.’ “Five Issues” argues that this approach leads to muddled methodology and logical fallacies caused by issues with source evaluation, oversimplification, self-contradiction, durability …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 11. 11. 2021

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 16. 2. 2022
  • Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D.
  • Reader: doc. Mgr. Šárka Bubíková, Ph.D., doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D.

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