Bc. Kristián Jakubčo

Bachelor's thesis

Xenophobia and Cultural Anxieties in Late Victorian Gothic Novels

Xenophobia and Cultural Anxieties in Late Victorian Gothic Novels
Abstract:
Podstatou práce je analýza paradoxu strachu v troch neskoro viktoriánskych gotických románoch. Práca prostredníctvom biokultúrnej kritiky vykonáva identifikáciu a rozbor úzkostí prítomných vo viktoriánskej spoločnosti, ktoré sú reflektované v románoch Dracula, Trilby a Pomsta posvätného chrobáka. Interdisciplinárny prístup pomáha vysvetliť zvláštny fenomén románov, ktorým sú negatívne, no zároveň atraktívne …more
Abstract:
The thesis explores the paradox of fear in three late Victorian Gothic novels. Biocultural criticism is employed in order to identify and analyse anxieties of the Victorian society reflected in the novels Dracula, Trilby, and The Beetle. The interdisciplinary approach helps to explain novels’ peculiar phenomenon—negative but simultaneously attractive reactions of fear and disgust elicited by a figure …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 24. 5. 2022

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 9. 6. 2022
  • Supervisor: Mgr. Stefan Veleski, B.A.
  • Reader: doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D.

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature

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