Second-Wave Feminism and Mental Health of Female Protagonists in Ira Levin’s "The Stepford Wives" and Margaret Atwood’s "Surfacing" – Bc. Jana Záhoráková
Bc. Jana Záhoráková
Master's thesis
Second-Wave Feminism and Mental Health of Female Protagonists in Ira Levin’s "The Stepford Wives" and Margaret Atwood’s "Surfacing"
Second-Wave Feminism and Mental Health of Female Protagonists in Ira Levin’s "The Stepford Wives" and Margaret Atwood’s "Surfacing"
Abstract:
Tato magisterská diplomová práce analyzuje vliv feminismu na způsob zobrazování ženských hrdinek v severoamerické literatuře v době protofeminismu zastupované povídkou od Charlotte Perkins Gilmanové “The Yellow Wallpaper“ (1882) a románu Kate Chopinové The Awakening (1899) ve srovnání s modernějšími texty ze 70. let, jmenovitě The Stepford Wives (1972) od Ira Levina a Surfacing (1972) od Margaret Atwoodové …moreAbstract:
This Master’s diploma thesis analyses the effect feminism has had on the way female protagonists in North American literature were depicted in the proto-feminist age in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1882) and Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening (1899) in comparison to the more recent texts from the 1970s, namely Ira Levin’s The Stepford Wives (1972) and Margaret Atwood …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 16. 5. 2023
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https://is.muni.cz/th/nsxk6/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 13. 6. 2023
- Supervisor: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.
- Reader: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.
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ZÁHORÁKOVÁ, Jana. \textit{Second-Wave Feminism and Mental Health of Female Protagonists in Ira Levin’s ''The Stepford Wives'' and Margaret Atwood’s ''Surfacing''}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2023. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/p3w81z/.
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English Language and Literature / English Language and Literature
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