Thesis/Dissertation: Věra Batystová: Culture and Nature on Speaking Terms Again: Dynamic Balance and Omnipresent Interconnectedness in the Fiction of N. Scott Momaday and Barbara Kingsolver
Master's thesis
Culture and Nature on Speaking Terms Again: Dynamic Balance and Omnipresent Interconnectedness in the Fiction of N. Scott Momaday and Barbara Kingsolver
Abstract
Diplomová práce se zabývá dvěma současnými americkými romány, konkrétně Prodigal Summer Barbary Kingsolverové a House Made of Dawn N. Scotta Momadaye. Práce v podstatě sleduje jednotlivé hrdiny na cestě „k sobě“, k čemuž využívá ekokritické perspektivy. Analýza se opírá o základní ekologickou premisu, tedy o koncept „propojenosti“ všech věcí, a snaží se dokázat, že není možné striktně oddělovat „přírodu …more
Abstract
The thesis uses the ecocritical lens to analyze two contemporary American novels, Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer and N. Scott Momaday’s House Made of Dawn, focusing on the individual characters’ process of searching for their identity. The analysis leans on the essential premise of ecology, namely on the concept of omnipresent “interconnectedness” and generally attempts to prove that there is …more
Keywords
dynamic balance interconnectedness reciprocity permeability culture nature ecocriticism adaptation territory predator-prey concept ancestor-descendant chain identity Barbara Kingsolver N. Scott Momaday Prodigal Summer House Made of Dawn dynamická rovnováha propojenost reciprocita permeabilita kultura příroda ekokritika adaptace teritorium predátor a kořist předkové potomci identita House Made of Dawn11/10/2008 12:55, (IS automatically)
- Entered/Edited 15/6/2007 13:09, Denisa Charvátová
- Record made 6/9/2006 18:13, Mgr. Zdeňka Dolníková, UČO 15938
- Accessible from: 4/6/2007 10:39, Denisa Charvátová
- Thesis/dissertation received 4/6/2007 10:39, Denisa Charvátová
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