Bc. Radek Gregor

Bachelor's thesis

Posthuman and Death in William S. Burroughs Last Trilogy

Posthuman and Death in William S. Burroughs Last Trilogy
Abstract:
Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá poslední trilogií románů Williama S. Burroughse, která je často nazývána Trilogie rudých nocí. Hlavním cílem této práce je analýza Burroughsova pohledu na problematiku stavu člověka ve spojení s ideami myšlenkové školy zvané posthumanismus. Dále se zabývá Burroughsovým vztahem ke smrti a jejímu tranformativnímu potenciálu.
Abstract:
This bachelor thesis deals with William S. Burroughs last trilogy of novels sometimes called The Red Night Trilogy. The main aim of this thesis is to analyze Burroughs´ viewpoint concerning the problematics of human condition in connection to ideas of a school of thought called posthumanism. It also deals with Burroughs´ relationship to death and its transformative potential.
 

Keywords

William S. Burroughs The Place of Dead Roads Cities of the Red Night The Western Lands cut-up language posthumanism death transformation transition body duality sexuality
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 12. 1. 2021
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/t9fet/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 15. 2. 2021
  • Supervisor: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy
  • Reader: Mgr. Petra Fišerová

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