In Search of Identity: The Role of Language in Harold Pinter's Plays – Mgr. Karolína Holmanová
Mgr. Karolína Holmanová
Master's thesis
In Search of Identity: The Role of Language in Harold Pinter's Plays
In Search of Identity: The Role of Language in Harold Pinter's Plays
Abstract:
Cílem této práce je prozkoumat způsob, jakým britský dramatik Harold Pinter využívá nový přístup k jazyku, který vznikl s nástupem absurdního dramatu. Absurdní drama vychází z filosofie existencialismu a líčí svět změněný následky druhé světové války jako absurdní místo postrádající jakýkoliv smysl, ze kterého se člověk odcizil a které nedokáže pochopit. V takovém světě jsou jeho existence, jakož i …moreAbstract:
The main aim of this thesis is to look at how British playwright Harold Pinter makes use of the new approach to language that emerged with the rise of the Theatre of the Absurd. Based on the philosophy of existentialism, the Theatre of the Absurd depicts a newly changed world as an absurd place devoid of any meaning, from which man feels alienated and which he cannot comprehend. In such a world, his …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 17. 5. 2019
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/ur43h/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 19. 6. 2019
- Supervisor: M.Phil. James Joseph Little, Ph.D.
- Reader: Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
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Faculty of ArtsMaster programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature
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