Talal Hawshar, Ph.D.

Doctoral thesis

Jack Kerouac's Philosophy of Resistance: Configurations and Potentialities of Authenticity in The Duluoz Legend

Jack Kerouac's Philosophy of Resistance: Configurations and Potentialities of Authenticity in The Duluoz Legend
Abstract:
Vypravěč Jacka Kerouaca v Duluozova Legenda je symbolem dezorientované, odcizené a úzkostné bytosti, která prožívá ztrátu autenticity během společensko-politické liminální fáze konce 40. a 50. let. Tato studie pojednává o ztrátě autenticity v Legenda na třech úrovních analýzy, z nichž každá odpovídá specifickému ohrožení autenticity a specifickým strategiím odporu, které vypravěč uplatňuje, aby mu …more
Abstract:
Jack Kerouac’s narrator in The Duluoz Legend is emblematic of the disoriented, alienated, and anxious being experiencing the loss of authenticity during the late 1940s and 1950s socio-political liminal phase. This study discusses the loss of authenticity in the Legend on three levels of analysis, each of which corresponds to a specific threat to authenticity and specific resistance strategies that …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 20. 9. 2022

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 16. 12. 2022
  • Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D., prof. John S. Bak
  • Reader: prof. PhDr. Josef Jařab, CSc., prof. PhDr. Michal Peprník, Dr., prof. Sophie Vallas

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Doctoral programme / field:
Literatures in English / Literatures in English

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