Guilt, Crime and Punishment in Selected Novels by Barbara Vine – Mgr. Helena Lněničková
Mgr. Helena Lněničková
Master's thesis
Guilt, Crime and Punishment in Selected Novels by Barbara Vine
Guilt, Crime and Punishment in Selected Novels by Barbara Vine
Abstract:
The diploma thesis analyses the relevant and elaborate concepts of crime, guilt and punishment as they are demonstrated in three of Barbara Vine’s novels, A Fatal Inversion (1987), A Dark-Adapted Eye (1986) and The House of Stairs (1988). The aim of the dissertation is to explore the sophistication of Barbara Vine’s crime novels as well as to highlight her innovative powers with which the author, known …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 5. 9. 2007
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/mlo9x/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 10. 9. 2007
- Supervisor: PhDr. Lidia Kyzlinková, CSc.
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Philology / English Language and Literature
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