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The portrayal of the Indigenous community in Sherman Alexie's The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Skála, David ; Topolovská, Tereza (advisor) ; Ženíšek, Jakub (referee)
This thesis aims to analyse the portrayal of Native American people in a semi-autobiographic novel The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007) by Sherman Alexie and to compare and contrast it with the current living conditions inside reservations designated for the Native American inhabitants. The practical part analyses the story of a young Native American named Arnold Spirit, often referred to as Junior, who lives in The Spokane Indian Reservation and encounters racism, poverty, ostracism and other troubles associated with ethnic minorities. The character's story is analysed from the perspective of various types of segregation, established in the theoretical part, he and his people routinely experience. The subsequent comparison of the novel and the reality is closely connected to the research from the theoretical part which dealt with the information from academic articles as well as authentic resources, such as community websites of the Indigenous community. The practical part essentially attempts to interpret the novel from the perspective of the research presented in the preceding part if the work. KEYWORDS Sherman Alexie, Native Americans, Indian reservation, adolescence, segregation
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Patriarchy, Feminism and Representation of Women in Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer
Kubáň, Stanislav ; Topolovská, Tereza (advisor) ; Higgins, Bernadette (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate and interpret the ways in which the novel My Sister, the Serial Killer (2018), written by Oyinkan Braithwaite, a Nigerian-British novelist and writer born in Lagos, depicts patriarchy and oppression of women in Nigerian setting. Furthermore, it aims to interpret how the author uses a satirical and critical tone to subvert the reality of the oppressive and patriarchal Nigerian society. In addition, the novel My Sister, the Serial Killer can, in fact, be read as a piece of feminist fiction, which portrays the perpetual illegalities allowed by the patriarchal system, and can be ranked among the other outstanding works of Nigerian Feminist Novel. The predominant focus is put mainly on the examination of the patriarchal background the protagonists live in and the means of how they try to revolt against it. The theoretical part provides a context for this analysis drawing on the historical context of the development of patriarchy in Nigeria as well as contemporary studies of the position of women in contemporary Nigerian society, whilst pointing out the feminist tendencies and highlighting the role of emerging Nigerian feminist writers. The contribution of this thesis lies in the critical literary interpretation of the novel, considering the patriarchal...
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Interwar Berlin in Isherwood's Berlin Stories
Kristek, Ondřej ; Topolovská, Tereza (advisor) ; Ženíšek, Jakub (referee)
This thesis aims to entangle and analyse the social, cultural and political problematics concerning two major works of Christopher Isherwood - Goodbye to Berlin and Mr Norris Changes Trains, in other words Berlin Stories. Both of these are set in interwar Germany thus this thesis approaches the topic both from the perspective of scrutinizing the Weimar Republic and its domestic affairs and also interpreting the novels from the perspective of social and cultural analysis based on the findings from the theoretical part. The main question is whether Christopher Isherwood really is unbiased and purely factual author as he is often interpreted as far as his literary contribution is concerned. Furthermore, this thesis aims to scrutinize Isherwood's point of view embedded in his works and to answer the question to what extent are his works autobiographical.
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