Mgr. Lenka Drešerová

Bachelor's thesis

Journey as Reality and Metaphor in the Works of Jamaica Kincaid

Journey as Reality and Metaphor in the Works of Jamaica Kincaid
Abstract:
Tato práce se zabývá významem literární tvorby při objevování a utváření vlastní identity. Tento proces je popisován na základě analýzy pěti knih současné karibsko-americké spisovatelky Jamaiky Kincaid. Konkrétně analyzuji román Annie John (1985), cestopisnou esej A Small Place (1988), román o dospívání Lucy (1990) , fiktivní semi-autobiografii The Autobiography of My Mother (1995) a (auto)biografii …more
Abstract:
This thesis examines the process of negotiating one’s identity through literary creation. To trace such process I analyze five works of contemporary Caribbean-American writer Jamaica Kincaid, namely a novel Annie John (1985), a travel essay A Small Place (1988), a coming-of-age novel Lucy (1990), a fictional semi-autobiography The Autobiography of My Mother (1995), and an (auto)biography My Brother …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 17. 5. 2013

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 11. 6. 2013
  • Supervisor: Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A.
  • Reader: Mgr. Anna Machová

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature

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