Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker? Female characters in Garth Nix's The Abhorsen Trilogy – Mgr. Dita Šrámková
Mgr. Dita Šrámková
Master's thesis
Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker? Female characters in Garth Nix's The Abhorsen Trilogy
Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker? Female characters in Garth Nix's The Abhorsen Trilogy
Abstract:
Diplomová práce se zabývá procesem dospívání a odhalování schopností ženských hrdinek. Práce analyzuje hledání identity a dospělosti ženských hlavních postav ve fantasy trilogii Sabriel, Lirael a Abhorsen spisovatele Gartha Nixe. Poskytuje náhled na neustálý vývoj ženských hrdinek a jejich postupnou přeměnu z hlediska genderu a demonstruje obrácené mužské a ženské role. Úvodní kapitoly se zaměřují …moreAbstract:
The diploma thesis deals with the process of growing up and exploring the capacities of the female heroes. The thesis analyzes the quests for identity and maturity of female protagonists from the fantasy trilogy Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix. It provides the insight into continuous development of female heroes, their gradual transformation from the point of gender and demonstrates reversed …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 19. 4. 2011
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/zin45/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 14. 6. 2011
- Supervisor: Ing. Mgr. Věra Eliášová, Ph.D.
- Reader: Mgr. Pavla Buchtová
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ŠRÁMKOVÁ, Dita. \textit{Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker? Female characters in Garth Nix's The Abhorsen Trilogy}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Education. 2011. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/v6dul5/.
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Teacher Training for Primary and Lower Secondary Schools / Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language
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