Gender and Race Issues in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

Kristýna Bromová

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

Cílem této bakalářské práce je analýza otázek pohlaví a rasy v díle Zory Neale Hurstonové. V úvodních kapitolách jsou definovány teorie pohlaví a rasy a také popis afroamerické angličtiny. Dále je v práci nastíněno sociální pozadí prvních desetiletí dvacátého století v dílech afroamerických spisovatelů a je podán krátký popis Harlemské renesance. V práci je také představen život a dílo Zory Neale Hurstonové, hlavně pak dílo analyzované v této bakalářské práci. Nejdůležitější část práce se zabývá analýzou otázky pohlaví a rasy v díle Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Abstract:

The overall aim of this bachelor paper is to analyze gender and race issues in Zora Neale Hurston?s work. In the first chapters the theories of gender and race as well as the description of Black English are defined. Next, the social background of the first decades of the twentieth century is outlined in the works of Afro-American writers, and a brief description of the Harlem Renaissance is made. Hurston?s life and works are introduced, together with an introduction of the analyzed work. The most important part of the paper deals with the double oppression of black women - gender and race issues that are analyzed in the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Keywords

afro-americans, harlem renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, their eyes were watching god, gender, race, black english

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 25. 2. 2013

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 31. 5. 2013
• Supervisor: Daniel Paul Sampey, MFA

University of Pardubice

Faculty of Arts and Philosophy

Bachelor programme / field:
Specialisation in Educational Sciences / English for Education