Moby-Dick as an Icon for America – Mgr. Iveta Plachá
Mgr. Iveta Plachá
Bakalářská práce
Moby-Dick as an Icon for America
Moby-Dick as an Icon for America
Abstract:
In my thesis I concentrated on four main periods in the development of Moby-Dick as an American icon. These periods were 1851 and the 1850 when the book was first published but was not recognized by the public nor appreciated by the critics; the 1920s when the first adaptation of Moby-Dick appeared on the screen; 1940s when the Second World War meant a breakthrough in the perception of Moby-Dick as …víceKeywords
Adolf Hitler Ahab Ahab´s leg America Fascism George W. Bush Herman Melville Isoroku Yamamoto Leviathan Mad captain Moby Dick Moby-Dick Monomaniacal leader Pearl Harbor Pequod Slavery Starbuck Stubb Terrorism The 1920s America The 1940s America The Battle of Midway The Sea Beast The United States of America USA White symbolism White Whale World War I World War II
Jazyk práce: angličtina
Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 26. 5. 2008
Identifikátor:
https://is.muni.cz/th/gm44s/
Obhajoba závěrečné práce
- Obhajoba proběhla 4. 6. 2008
- Vedoucí: Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A.
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Instituce archivující a zpřístupňující práci: Masarykova univerzita, Filozofická fakultaMasarykova univerzita
Filozofická fakultaBakalářský studijní program / obor:
Filologie / Anglický jazyk a literatura
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