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Selected Aspects of Gender Transition in Bernardine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other and Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Gajdošíková, Veronika ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Higgins, Bernadette (referee)
This thesis is concerned with the depiction of gender transition in two contemporary novels originally written in English, Girl, Woman, Other (2019) by Bernardine Evaristo and Detransition, Baby (2021) by Torrey Peters. The vivid depiction of the chosen characters in the novels invites a closer analysis of some aspects of gender transition, namely social transition, medical and surgical transition, and legal gender transition. The theoretical part introduces the concepts of gender, gender transition, and detransition. The thesis further presents the position of gender and gender transition in contemporary Anglophone literature. The practical part relies on the theoretical part and focuses on the depiction of gender transition of transgender characters from the two novels analysing the selected aspects of the characters' transition journeys. By evaluating the content, themes, and the presentation of the novels, the thesis determines their efficacy in conveying accurate and insightful information about the experience of gender transition. Moreover, the potential of selected texts as educational resources on the subject matter is briefly discussed, concluding that Girl, Woman, Other provides the reader with fundamental information concerning gender transition while Detransition, Baby would better suit...
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