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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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