Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues in Iris Murdoch’s Novels – Bc. Kamila Šumajová
Bc. Kamila Šumajová
Master's thesis
Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues in Iris Murdoch’s Novels
Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues in Iris Murdoch’s Novels
Abstract:
Práce se zaměřuje na středověké téma sedmi smrtelných hříchů a sedm nebeských ctností, jak je definuje středověká rytířská a heroická literatura. Dále analyzuje využití těchto hříchů a ctností ve čtyřech vybraných románech Iris Murdoch. Pro účely této studie byly vybrány čtyři romány, konkrétně The Bell (1962), An Accidental Man (1971), The Philosopher´s Pupil (1983) a The Green Knight (1993). Práce …moreAbstract:
The thesis focuses on the medieval topic of the seven deadly sins and the seven heavenly virtues and analyses the use of sins and virtues as defined by the medieval heroic and knightly literature in the four selected novels by Iris Murdoch. For the purpose of the study four novels have been chosen, namely The Bell (1962), An Accidental Man (1971), The Philosopher´s Pupil (1983), and The Green Knight …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 4. 1. 2016
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/y1bm6/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 26. 1. 2016
- Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.
- Reader: Mgr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D.
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Institution archiving the thesis and making it accessible: Masarykova univerzita, Filozofická fakultaMasaryk University
Faculty of ArtsMaster programme / field:
Philology / Anglický jazyk a literatura
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