Bc. Tereza Urbanová

Bachelor's thesis

Multiculturalism in Zadie Smith's White Teeth and Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia

Multiculturalism in Zadie Smith's White Teeth and Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia
Abstract:
Cílem této práce je prozkoumat jak je britská multikulturní společnost druhé poloviny dvacátého století zachycena v dílech Zadie Smith a Hanifa Kureishiho. Konkrétně jsou rozebrány jejich debutové romány, které jsou také z čísti autobiografické. Rozbor děl se zaměřuje na témata jako rasismus, kulturní identita, pocit sounáležitosti a společenská nerovnoprávnost. Dále je také zkoumán rozdíl v prožívání …more
Abstract:
The aim of this thesis is to analyse British multicultural society of the second half of the twentieth century the it is captured in the works of Zadie Smith and Hanif Kureishi. The focus is on the two debut novels by these authors, which are partly autobiographical. Themes such as racism, cultural identity, sense of belonging and societal inequalities are explored in the thesis. Furthermore, the difference …more
 

Keywords

multiculturalism Smith Kureishi novel culture identity belonging racism postcolonialism Black British 20th century Britain
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 17. 8. 2020
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/axrdj/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 7. 9. 2020
  • Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.
  • Reader: Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová

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