A Shadow of Truth : Honor Klein in Iris Murdoch’s A Severed
Head

J 2019

A Shadow of Truth : Honor Klein in Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head

KAŠPÁRKOVÁ, Barbora

Základní údaje

Originální název

A Shadow of Truth : Honor Klein in Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head

Autoři

KAŠPÁRKOVÁ, Barbora (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Prague Journal of English Studies, Prague, Charles University, 2019, 1804-8722

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60206 Specific literatures

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00110860

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pjes-2019-0002

Klíčová slova anglicky

Iris Murdoch; A Severed Head; Honor Klein; Martin Lynch-Gibbon; psychoanalysis; spectre; Hamlet

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 11. 5. 2020 16:00, Mgr. Zuzana Matulíková

Anotace

V originále

Iris Murdoch’s novel A Severed Head (1961) is an example of convoluted relationships that may appear hilarious upon superficial analysis. A close reading, however, reveals the suffering triggered by the behaviour of the central characters. The most mysterious female protagonist, the sexually ambivalent Honor Klein, deploys a wide range of possible interpretations. Honor’s powerful figure is like an axis around which the rest of the characters rotate and without whom the plot would fall apart. The question is, nonetheless, if she is a real figure or not. This paper argues that this pivotal character is not a real person but a dreamy and ghostly concentration of elements in relation to the protagonist Martin Lynch-Gibbon. Honor Klein is a force, is suspicion, and fear, and seems to be an external projection of Martin’s subconscious imaginary fears and trauma. She has a similar narrative function as Shakespeare‘s ghosts in, e.g., Macbeth, Hamlet and Julius Caesar.

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

KAŠPÁRKOVÁ, Barbora. A Shadow of Truth : Honor Klein in Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head. Prague Journal of English Studies. Prague: Charles University, 2019, roč. 8, č. 1, s. 21-34. ISSN 1804-8722. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pjes-2019-0002.

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KAŠPÁRKOVÁ, Barbora. A Shadow of Truth : Honor Klein in Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head. \textit{Prague Journal of English Studies}. Prague: Charles University, 2019, roč.~8, č.~1, s.~21-34. ISSN~1804-8722. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pjes-2019-0002.

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