Art, Love and what Makes us Humans in Kazuo Ishiguro's Literary Works – Bc. Petra Mašínová
Bc. Petra Mašínová
Master's thesis
Art, Love and what Makes us Humans in Kazuo Ishiguro's Literary Works
Art, Love and what Makes us Humans in Kazuo Ishiguro's Literary Works
Abstract:
Ve svých románech Malíř pomíjivého světa (1986) a Neopouštěj mě (2005), hledá Kazuo Ishiguro odpověď na věčnou otázku jak z oblasti literatury, tak filosofie, co to znamená být člověkem. Diplomová práce analyzuje uvedené romány za účelem nalezení této odpovědi. Ukazuje, že Ishiguro vnímá umění a lásku jako neoddělitelnou součást toho, co dělá člověka člověkem. V Malíři pomíjivého světa je toto stanovisko …moreAbstract:
In his novels An Artist of the Floating World (1986) and Never Let Me Go (2005) Kazuo Ishiguro suggests answers to the always present questions of what it means to be human. The thesis presents an analysis of the aforementioned novels in pursue of his answers to the matter. It shows that Ishiguro perceives art and love as inseparable from what represents to be human. In An Artist of the Floating World …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 23. 5. 2016
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/xxjzg/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 17. 6. 2016
- Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.
- Reader: Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
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Faculty of ArtsMaster programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature
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