Aspects of Carnivalesque in Selected Novels by Margaret Atwood – Bc. Jitka Modlitbová
Bc. Jitka Modlitbová
Master's thesis
Aspects of Carnivalesque in Selected Novels by Margaret Atwood
Aspects of Carnivalesque in Selected Novels by Margaret Atwood
Abstract:
Tato diplomová práce se zaměřuje na trilogii Maddaddam kanadské spisovatelky Margaret Atwood. Účelem práce je poukázat na vztah mezi trilogií Maddaddam a karnivaleskou, což je teoretický koncept vycházející z díla Michaila Bachtina. Práce zkoumá, jak je karnivaleska v trilogii Maddaddam používána za účelem zesměšnění a kritiky negativních aspektů dnešní společnosti jako je chamtivost, konzum, nemorálnost …moreAbstract:
This Master thesis focuses on the Maddaddam trilogy by Margaret Atwood. The thesis aims to show links between carnivalesque, a theoretical concept that was originally described by Mikhail Bakhtin, and Atwood’s trilogy. It explores the ways in which carnivalesque is used in the Maddaddam trilogy to mock and critique the negative aspects of today’s society such as greed, consumerism, immorality and selfishness …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 3. 1. 2017
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/rwu3w/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 2. 2. 2017
- Supervisor: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.
- Reader: PhDr. Thomas Donaldson Sparling, B.A.
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Faculty of ArtsMaster programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature