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 …more
Abstract:
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

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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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature