Bc. Petra Janoušková

Master's thesis

England in Europe: European connections in Maureen Duffy's novels Illuminations and Restitution.

England in Europe: European connections in Maureen Duffy's novels Illuminations and Restitution.
Abstract:
Tato práce představuje současnou britskou spisovatelku Maureen Duffy, jako autorku, jejíž pozornost se v posledních dvou desetiletích soustřeďuje jak na problematiku evropanství obecně, tak na politický a kulturní vztah Anglie ke kontinentální Evropě. Toto téma Duffy rozvíjí ve svých románech Illuminations a Restitution, jejichž dějové linie se odehrávají v ranném středověku a v 80.letech 20.století …more
Abstract:
The aim of this thesis is to present Maureen Duffy, a contemporary British novelist, as an author who, for the past two decades, has focused on the issue of Europeaness on one hand and on England’s political and cultural relationship with continental Europe on the other. Duffy explores England’s European interest in her two novels Illuminations (set in the Early Middle Ages and 1980s) and Restitution …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 28. 5. 2010

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 16. 6. 2010
  • Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature