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Mgr. Bianka Markosová

Bachelor's thesis

Living Conditions in Van Diemen's Land in Clarke's For the Term of His Natural Life and Flanagan's Gould's Book of Fish

Living Conditions in Van Diemen's Land in Clarke's For the Term of His Natural Life and Flanagan's Gould's Book of Fish
Abstract:
Táto práca skúma spôsob, akým populárna literatúra, konkrétne Clarkeov román For the Term of His Natural Life a Flanaganov román Gould’s Book of Fish, zobrazuje životné podmienky trestancov v najobávanejšej trestaneckej kolónii Austrálie. Venuje sa pôvodu a zázemiu transportovaných trestancov a životným podmienkam v trestaneckých kolóniách, respektíve ich zobrazeniu v uvedených románoch. Taktiež skúma …more
Abstract:
This thesis examines the depiction of the living conditions in Australia’s most notorious penal colony in popular literature, namely Marcus Clarke’s For the Term of His Natural Life and Richard Flanagan’s Gould’s Book of Fish. It deals with the background of the transported convicts and the living conditions in the penal colonies as depicted in the two novels. It also examines the ways Clarke and Flanagan …more
 

Keywords

convictism Australia penal colony penal settlement convict punishment transportation Clarke Flanagan His Natural Life Gould's Book od Fish
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 27. 4. 2009
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/yfc37/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 17. 6. 2009
  • Supervisor: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.

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Philology / English Language and Literature

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