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The Prairie Girls: A Quest for Identity in Margaret Laurence’s Manawaka Fiction

The Prairie Girls: A Quest for Identity in Margaret Laurence’s Manawaka Fiction
Abstract:
Cílem této diplomové práce je analýza ženských postav v kanadské literatuře 60. a 70. let 20. století, konkrétně v díle kanadské autorky Margaret Laurence, které zahrnuje pět knih spjatých s fiktivním prérijním maloměstem Manawaka: The Stone Angel (1964), A Jest of God (1966), The Fire-Dwellers (1969), A Bird in the House (1970) a The Diviners (1974). Teoretická část práce nabízí historický kontext …more
Abstract:
This thesis aims to analyse the representation of female characters and their search for identity in Canadian Prairie fiction of the 1960s and 1970s, namely in Margaret Laurence’s Manawaka cycle which comprises five books: The Stone Angel (1964), A Jest of God (1966), The Fire-Dwellers (1969), A Bird in the House (1970) and The Diviners (1974). The first part of the thesis provides a brief historical …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 31. 5. 2021

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 30. 6. 2021
  • Supervisor: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.
  • Reader: PhDr. Thomas Donaldson Sparling, B.A.

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
English Language and Literature / English Language and Literature

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