The Wish to Be Alone: Solitude, Distance, and Proximity in the Poetry of Philip Larkin – Bc. Dominika Dovčíková
Bc. Dominika Dovčíková
Master's thesis
The Wish to Be Alone: Solitude, Distance, and Proximity in the Poetry of Philip Larkin
The Wish to Be Alone: Solitude, Distance, and Proximity in the Poetry of Philip Larkin
Abstract:
Tato práce se zabývá způsobem, jak se přání Philipa Larkina zůstat sám proniká do jeho poezie tím, že ve čtenáři vytváří dojem odstupu, zatímco reprodukuje své zkušenosti. Toto je objasněno na základě analýzy vybraných Larkinových básní, konkrétně „Church Going“, „Vers de Société“, „Poetry of Departures“, „Home is so Sad“, „The Importance of Being Elsewhere“, „Talking in Bed“, „Love“ a „This Be The …moreAbstract:
The present work analyses the way Philip Larkin’s wish to be alone pervades his poetry by creating a sense of distance while endeavouring to reproduce his experience in his reader. In order to illustrate this, the present work focuses on examining several of his poems, namely “Church Going”, “Vers de Société”, “Poetry of Departures”, “Home is so Sad”, “The Importance of Being Elsewhere”, “Talking in …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 17. 5. 2019
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/vjufh/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 17. 6. 2019
- Supervisor: doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD.
- Reader: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy
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DOVČÍKOVÁ, Dominika. \textit{The Wish to Be Alone: Solitude, Distance, and Proximity in the Poetry of Philip Larkin}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2019. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/lrenq7/.
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Philology / English Language and Literature
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