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Bc. Hana Staňková

Master's thesis

Reclaiming Voices and Bodies: Women in Postcolonial Singapore and Female Characters in the Debut Novels of Jing-Jing Lee, Amanda Lee Koe, and Sharlene Teo

Reclaiming Voices and Bodies: Women in Postcolonial Singapore and Female Characters in the Debut Novels of Jing-Jing Lee, Amanda Lee Koe, and Sharlene Teo
Abstract:
Cílem této práce je analyzovat debutové romány tří singapurských spisovatelek: How We Disappeared (2019), který napsala Jing-Jing Lee, Delayed Rays of a Star (2019), jehož autorkou je Amanda Lee Koe, a Ponti (2018), který je dílem Sharlene Teo. Práce je rozdělena na dvě části: první se zabývá rozborem historických, socio-kulturních a politických souvislostí, které vedly ke změně postavení žen v Singapuru …more
Abstract:
The aim of this thesis is to analyse debut novels by three Singaporean women writers: How We Disappeared (2019) by Jing-Jing Lee, Delayed Rays of a Star (2019) by Amanda Lee Koe, and Ponti (2018) by Sharlene Teo. This thesis is divided into two parts: the first one overviews the historic, socio-cultural, and political background of the changes in the position of women in Singapore, since the colonial …more
 

Keywords

reclaiming voices female characters inferior status woman as monstrous third world woman objectification gaze birds names
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 14. 12. 2023
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/vi27n/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 30. 1. 2024
  • Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.
  • Reader: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.

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