Mgr. Veronika Pituková, Ph.D.

Doctoral thesis

Murder Taken out of the Venetian Vase and Dropped into the Alley: Adapting Hard-boiled Masculinity and Femininity

Murder Taken out of the Venetian Vase and Dropped into the Alley: Adapting Hard-boiled Masculinity and Femininity
Abstract:
Dizertačná práca skúma znázornenie mužskosti a ženskosti vykreslenej v detektívnych románoch drsnej americkej školy (Dashiell Hammett – Maltézsky sokol, Raymond Chandler – Hlboký spánok a Zbohom buď, láska moja a Mickey Spillane – Ja, porota) a ich následných filmových adaptáciách a remakoch—The Maltese Falcon a.k.a. Dangerous Female (1931), Satan Met a Lady (1936), The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Falcon …more
Abstract:
This work investigates the representation of masculinity and femininity portrayed in the American hard-boiled detective fiction (Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep and Farewell, My Lovely and Mickey Spillane’s I, the Jury) and in its subsequent film adaptations and remakes—The Maltese Falcon a.k.a. Dangerous Female (1931), Satan Met a Lady (1936), The Maltese Falcon …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 4. 7. 2016

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 17. 10. 2016
  • Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D.
  • Reader: M.A. Jeffrey Alan Smith, Ph.D., doc. Mgr. Alena Smiešková, PhD.

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Doctoral programme / field:
Philology (4-years) / Literatures in English