Changing Reception of 'Political Correctness'

Mgr. Pavla Stodůlková

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

The thesis presents the sociolinguistic phenomenon called ‘political correctness’ (PC), very apparent in English speaking societies and notable also elsewhere in the West. It concerns the effort to rehabilitate unequally treated groups of people. The emphasis is put on the level of reception during its development since the late 1980s till the present. Although PC’s critique was notable at the beginning of the period as well as in the 21st century, the former one was much more negative than the latter. The position of PC in the 21st century is rather stronger than in the beginning due to its extension, though, paradoxically, it is not viewed as being so powerful any more by the critique.

Keywords

political correctness (PC), sensitivity, patriarchal hegemony, Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, free speech, relative truth

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 13. 2. 2008

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 29. 1. 2008
• Vedoucí: doc. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.

Masarykova univerzita

Filozofická fakulta

Bakalářský studijní program / obor:
Filologie / Anglický jazyk a literatura