Zhmotněná absence: Hlas jako narativní prvek v románu Octavie E. Butler Kindred

Zídková, Pavla

As the number of neo-slave narratives published in the last 40 years suggests, fiction writers still consider slave narratives essential for contextualising the contemporary debate on racial politics in America. The consistent popularity of the genre reflects the demand for revising and retelling the past through the lens of the thorny period of American history. The neo-slave narrative emerges during a specific historical moment, and Octavia E. Butler's Kindred is among its prime examples - originally published in 1979, the novel helped to establish the genre, and gained a substantial critical interest as well as recognition among mass audiences. The scholarly response focuses predominantly on the themes of temporality and historicity, especially in the context of postmodern philosophy. These are, undoubtedly, the building blocks of the novel, but they should not eclipse other, perhaps less obvious, points for critical inquiry. The present thesis aims to interpret the novel through the lens of voice in order to broaden the existing research archive with an inclusive analysis touching upon concepts adjacent to the elements of voice, such as authorial authenticity and historical authority, racial discourses, rhetorical strategies and absences. Arguably, it is on both formal and thematic levels that...

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