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Me, Hijra. Transgender Identity and Autobiographical Writing in Indian Context
Czielová, Simona ; Knotková - Čapková, Blanka (advisor) ; Hříbek, Martin (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyse selected autobiographical works written by Indian trans* authors, namely A. Revathi: The Truth about Me: A Hijra Life Story, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi: Me Hijra, Me Laxmi and Living Smile Vidya: I am Vidya: A Transgender's Journey. The first part of the thesis will provide a broader perspective on trans* identity issues, including an introduction to the terminology and history. This will be followed by a section relating it to the context of the Indian subcontinent, within which the phenomenon of the hijra as a specific trans* community of the region will be largely addressed. The second part will deal with autobiographical writing. After introducing the subject and presenting the history of the genre as well as the history of its criticism, the focus will be directed towards the literary genre of autobiography as a tool of self-determination, as a means of asserting one's own identity, of gaining agency and a legitimate place in society, and other ways in which it has been used by marginalised authors. This theoretical background will be the basis for the third part of the thesis, that is, the actual analysis of the autobiographical narratives. Through the selected areas of analysis, the chosen authorial strategies, the development of identity in the narrative,...
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Prague and Women in Paul Leppin's Novel "Severin's Journey into the Dark"
Czielová, Simona ; Hadwiger, Julia Nina Vanessa (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
(in English) This thesis deals with the way female characters are portrayed in Paul Leppin's Novel Severin's Journey into the Dark (Severins Gang in die Finsternis, 1914). After the author and his work are shortly introduced, the female characters of the novel are being analysed. Their qualities and their roles and positions in society as well as their relationship to the main male character are being compared to the period scientific papers (mostly psychological and psychiatric works). These influenced the whole society at the beginning of the 20th century and thereby helped to determinate the trends in literature. A part of the thesis also deals with an anthropomorphised picture of Prague. The analysis of the novel should give an answer to the question how much individuality female characters posses and how much the social and psychological premises of turn of the century influenced them.
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Feminity in the Work of Paul Leppin
Czielová, Simona ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Schneider, Thomas (referee)
This thesis deals with female characters, concepts of feminity and gender aspects of the image of society and culture in the work of the leading representative of Prague German bohemians Paul Leppin. The subject of the analysis is both the prose work of the author (novels Daniel Jesus, 1905, Severins Gang in Die Finsternis, 1914 and Hüter der Freude, 1918) and selected essays (Venus auf Abwegen, 1920). On one hand, the analyses offer contextualization of intra-textual images of women and femininity in contemporary discourse; on the other hand, they are subjected to the relevant concepts of gender studies as described in the introduction of the thesis (especially Judith Fetterley).
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Hijra. Beyond Sex and Gender
Czielová, Simona ; Bendíková, Soňa (advisor) ; Melnikova, Nora (referee)
This bachelor thesis provides a description of the Indian transgender community of Hijras and their biggest religious festival in Koovagam. The thesis is divided into three main parts. The first part includes a theoretical introduction to the topic of sex, gender and transgender. In respect to that, transgender concepts of different cultures are introduced. The second part deals with the concept of the Indian Hijra and specific perceptions of transgender in India. History as well as the present times is included. The third part describes a religious festival that takes places in a village Koovagam in South Indian state of Tamilnadu. The festival is the biggest transgender event of India.
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Prague and Women in Paul Leppin's Novel "Severin's Journey into the Dark"
Czielová, Simona ; Hadwiger, Julia Nina Vanessa (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
(in English) This thesis deals with the way female characters are portrayed in Paul Leppin's Novel Severin's Journey into the Dark (Severins Gang in die Finsternis, 1914). After the author and his work are shortly introduced, the female characters of the novel are being analysed. Their qualities and their roles and positions in society as well as their relationship to the main male character are being compared to the period scientific papers (mostly psychological and psychiatric works). These influenced the whole society at the beginning of the 20th century and thereby helped to determinate the trends in literature. A part of the thesis also deals with an anthropomorphised picture of Prague. The analysis of the novel should give an answer to the question how much individuality female characters posses and how much the social and psychological premises of turn of the century influenced them.
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