Deep in One's Soul: In Pursuit of Empathy in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Philip K. Dick's Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep? – Bc. Lucie Štefková
Bc. Lucie Štefková
Bachelor's thesis
Deep in One's Soul: In Pursuit of Empathy in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Philip K. Dick's Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep?
Deep in One's Soul: In Pursuit of Empathy in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Philip K. Dick's Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep?
Abstract:
Tato bakalářská práce si klade za cíl porovnat romány Frankenstein od Mary Shelley a Sní androidi o elektrických ovečkách? od Philipa K. Dicka, respektive jejich hlavní postavy Monstra a Ricka Deckarda, přičemž důraz je kladen na empatické cítění těchto dvou postav a jeho vývoj. Práce definuje pojem empatie a argumentuje, že kolísavost empatie je klíčovou lidskou vlastností, kterou postavy disponují …moreAbstract:
This bachelor’s thesis aims to compare the novels Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, or rather their main characters of the Monster and Rick Deckard, with the main focus being the empathic feeling of the two characters and its development. The thesis defines the term empathy and argues that the oscillating nature of empathy is a key personality …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 31. 5. 2021
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/pmx6m/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 21. 6. 2021
- Supervisor: Mgr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D.
- Reader: Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová
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ŠTEFKOVÁ, Lucie. \textit{Deep in One's Soul: In Pursuit of Empathy in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Philip K. Dick's Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep?} [online]. Brno, 2021 [cit. 2023-06-01]. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/qzkoge/. Bachelor's thesis. Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. Thesis supervisor Mgr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D.
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Philology / English Language and Literature
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