Help That Does Not Heal: Alcoholism in Sherman Alexie`s Reservation Blues and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven – Bc. Eva Tomaštíková
Bc. Eva Tomaštíková
Master's thesis
Help That Does Not Heal: Alcoholism in Sherman Alexie`s Reservation Blues and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Help That Does Not Heal: Alcoholism in Sherman Alexie`s Reservation Blues and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Abstract:
Cílem práce je analýza dvou literárních děl Shermana Alexieho, konkrétně románu Reservation Blues a sbírky povídek The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, ve spojitosti s tématem alkoholismu mezi americkými indiány dvacátého století. Alexie, který se narodil v indiánské rezervaci kmene Spokane, zobrazuje ve svých dílech životy amerických indiánů žijících v této oblasti. Práce na analýze literárních …moreAbstract:
The primary aim of this thesis is to analyse Sherman Alexie’s novel Reservation Blues and his short story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven in relation to the theme of alcoholism among Native Americans in the twentieth century. Alexie who was born on the Spokane Indian Reservation depicts the lives of Native American people living in the area in his works. The thesis shows on …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 13. 1. 2009
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Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 30. 1. 2009
- Supervisor: Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A.
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TOMAŠTÍKOVÁ, Eva. \textit{Help That Does Not Heal: Alcoholism in Sherman Alexie`s Reservation Blues and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2009. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/lq7o28/.
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Philology / English Language and Literature
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