The Virtuous Spy : From Major John André (1798) to Captain
Thorne in Secret Service (1895)

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The Virtuous Spy : From Major John André (1798) to Captain Thorne in Secret Service (1895)

KAČER, Tomáš

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Virtuous Spy : From Major John André (1798) to Captain Thorne in Secret Service (1895)

Autoři

KAČER, Tomáš (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Biennial conference of the Czech and Slovak Association for American Studies and 22nd International Colloqium of American Studies, September 12-14, 2019, Palacký University, Olomouc, 2019

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60206 Specific literatures

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00110788

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

American drama; 18th Century; 19th Century; secret service; spy thriller

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 2. 4. 2020 12:00, Mgr. Marie Skřivanová

Anotace

V originále

The article deals with secrets and secrecy in two early American dramas. André by William Dunlap was written in 1798 and focuses on a capture, conviction, and execution of Major John André, a British military spy during the Revolutionary War. Secret Service by William Gillette from 1895 is a sensational melodrama and a spy thriller from the Civil War, which introduces the gallant United States spy Captain Thorne who falls in love with a Southern belle and wins the hearts of all Southerners alike. The article uses several concepts of secrecy in literature (Kermode, Derrida, Bok, and Fliegelman) to see how secrets and secrecy are employed in the two military spy drama as elements of suspense and a general principle of emplotment. It looks at several aspects of the plays to show what strategies are used to create sympathy for the captured spy, including a description of the character as virtuous and establishing symbolic familial relations between the spy and other characters in the plays. The article concludes that both plays use these familial parallels in order to establish a symbolic brotherly bond with the other side of the conflict, and thus promote the idea of equality and unity of the formerly contestant sides in the respective wars.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1396/2018, interní kód MU

Název: Researching Communication in English: Paradigms, Strategies, Developments (Akronym: RCE)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Researching Communication in English: Paradigms, Strategies, Developments, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Citovat

KAČER, Tomáš. The Virtuous Spy : From Major John André (1798) to Captain Thorne in Secret Service (1895). In Biennial conference of the Czech and Slovak Association for American Studies and 22nd International Colloqium of American Studies, September 12-14, 2019, Palacký University, Olomouc. 2019.

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KAČER, Tomáš. The Virtuous Spy : From Major John André (1798) to Captain Thorne in Secret Service (1895). In \textit{Biennial conference of the Czech and Slovak Association for American Studies and 22nd International Colloqium of American Studies, September 12-14, 2019, Palacký University, Olomouc}. 2019.

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