Iris Murdoch : Decapitating as Spiritual Exercise in A Severed
Head

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Iris Murdoch : Decapitating as Spiritual Exercise in A Severed Head

KAŠPÁRKOVÁ, Barbora

Základní údaje

Originální název

Iris Murdoch : Decapitating as Spiritual Exercise in A Severed Head

Autoři

KAŠPÁRKOVÁ, Barbora

Vydání

Archives and Afterlife - The 7th International Conference on Iris Murdoch, Kingston University, 12.-13. 9. 2014, Surrey, United Kingdom, 2014

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/14:00085459

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Iris Murdoch; A severed Head; body; power; castration; phallic; woman; Peter Brooks

Štítky

rivok

Změněno: 20. 2. 2018 10:22, Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

The motives of body as an object of sexual desire and power have been omnipresent in narrative writing for centuries. Their rendering, description and symbolization have been influenced by many factors as for instance cultural and historical context, religion, philosophy. The most developed presentation of the body as a sexual object can be found in modern narrative literature where the individuals are blinded by desire for another body. I will quote here Peter Brooks: "Only in humans is there a 'continuity of sexual excitation'. And this continuity means that the male 'acquires a motive for keeping the female, or his sexual objects near him.'" The main protagonists in A Severed Head are compulsively acting to acquire someone else's body and trying to empower it. My presentation has two parts: first it explores the representation of the body in the novel. Secondly, it analyses the character of Honor Klein, as a portrayal of the phallic woman, an independent and intelligent individual who produces awe in masculinity for her being armed with a Japanese sword, which suggests fear of castration. I will show that this representation of the character is a form of empowering herself and maintain her in a powerful and dignified independence.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1246/2014, interní kód MU

Název: Nové směry v anglofonním jazykovědném a literárním výzkumu III (Akronym: NDALLR3)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Nové směry v anglofonním jazykovědném a literárním výzkumu III, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Citovat

KAŠPÁRKOVÁ, Barbora. Iris Murdoch : Decapitating as Spiritual Exercise in A Severed Head. In Archives and Afterlife - The 7th International Conference on Iris Murdoch, Kingston University, 12.-13. 9. 2014, Surrey, United Kingdom. 2014.

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KAŠPÁRKOVÁ, Barbora. Iris Murdoch : Decapitating as Spiritual Exercise in A Severed Head. In \textit{Archives and Afterlife - The 7th International Conference on Iris Murdoch, Kingston University, 12.-13. 9. 2014, Surrey, United Kingdom}. 2014.

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