The Development of the Portrayal of Extraterrestrials in the Invasion Science-fiction Literature over the past Century: From H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds and A. C. Clark's Childhood's End to Stephenie Meyer's the Host – Bc. Jan Svoboda
Bc. Jan Svoboda
Master's thesis
The Development of the Portrayal of Extraterrestrials in the Invasion Science-fiction Literature over the past Century: From H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds and A. C. Clark's Childhood's End to Stephenie Meyer's the Host
The Development of the Portrayal of Extraterrestrials in the Invasion Science-fiction Literature over the past Century: From H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds and A. C. Clark's Childhood's End to Stephenie Meyer's the Host
Abstract:
Tato závěrečná diplomová práce zkoumá vývoj ztvárnění mimozemšťanů v anglické a americké literatuře za období minulého století. Práce se zaměřuje zejména na ztvárnění tohoto jevu v invazní vědecko-fantastické literatuře. Dílo je rozděleno do dvou hlavních částí; teoretické a praktické. Teoretická část se zabývá životopisy H. G. Wellse, Arthura C. Clarka a Stephenie Meyerové a shrnutím dějů jejich novel …moreAbstract:
The diploma thesis explores the development of the portrayal of extraterrestrials in Anglo-Saxon literature over the past century, focusing especially on the depiction of the phenomenon in the science fiction invasion literature. The work is divided into two main parts; theoretical and practical. The theoretical part deals with biographies of H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke and Stephenie Meyer and with …moreKeywords
vědecko-fantastická literatura invaze mimozemšťané kolonizace vývoj ztvárnění mimozemšťanů v literatuře vetřelci vzezření mimozemšťanů science fiction literature invasion extraterrestrials colonization development of the portrayal of extraterrestrials in literature aliens appearance of extraterrestrials
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 21. 4. 2014
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/xxsu3/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 9. 6. 2014
- Supervisor: Ing. Mgr. Věra Eliášová, Ph.D.
- Reader: Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
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SVOBODA, Jan. \textit{The Development of the Portrayal of Extraterrestrials in the Invasion Science-fiction Literature over the past Century: From H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds and A. C. Clark's Childhood's End to Stephenie Meyer's the Host} [online]. Brno, 2014 [cit. 2023-06-01]. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/znmm51/. Master's thesis. Masaryk University, Faculty of Education. Thesis supervisor Ing. Mgr. Věra Eliášová, Ph.D.
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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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