Mgr. Alena Gašparovičová
Master's thesis
Trickster Figures and Gender
Trickster Figures and Gender
Abstract:
Tématem práce je zobrazení genderu ve dvou sbírkách mýtů původních obyvatel Ameriky, konkrétně The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology od Paula Radina a Tewa Tales od Elsie Clews Parsons. Šprýmař je populární archetyp mýtické postavy, který se objevuje v mýtech různých kultur po celém světě. Tato postava je notoricky známá svou oblibou porušovat jakákoliv pravidla a překračovat různé typy …moreAbstract:
This Master’s Diploma thesis focuses on the portrayal of gender in Native American trickster myths with the focus on two collections of Native American myths, namely Paul Radin’s The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology and Elsie Clews Parson’s Tewa Tales. Trickster figures are very popular characters which appear in the myths of cultures all around the world. This character is notoriously …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 21. 8. 2020
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/iswcp/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 9. 9. 2020
- Supervisor: B.A. Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel
- Reader: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.
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Faculty of ArtsMaster programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature
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