National Repository of Grey Literature 1 records found  Search took 0.01 seconds. 
Three "Ulysses" in The 21th Century: Milan Kundera, Dany Laferrière, Michèle Rakotoson and Their Returns to Native Lands
Cenigová, Jana ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
This thesis discusses topic related to return to native land in three contemporary Francophonic novels. The study is founded on the paradigm described in Homer's Odyssey: mythological return of Odysseus to Ithaca is used as a base for analysis of a chosen piece of work which is Kundera's L'Ignorance, a novel of Malagasy writer Michèle Rakotoson Juillet au pays and L'Énigme du retour of Haitian novelist Dany Laferrière. The main aim of this thesis is to find out how the tradition of Homer's myth is reflected in mentioned stories of odyssey. Key words Francophone literatures, Milan Kundera, Dany Laferrière, Michèle Rakotoson, exile, identity

Interested in being notified about new results for this query?
Subscribe to the RSS feed.