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Echoes of EOKA: A Literary Exploration of Simon Mawer's and Soulla Christodoulou's Cyprus
Orphanides, Tomáš ; Topolovská, Tereza (advisor) ; Chalupský, Petr (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to examine the accuracy and the manner of depiction of the period of the EOKA struggle in Cyprus in Simon Mawer's Swimming to Ithaca (2006) and Soulla Christodoulou's The Summer Will Come (2018). The theoretical part of the thesis examines the events between 1878 and 1959, a critical period in Cypriot history marked by British administrative control, substantial political transformations, and armed confrontation between the Greek Cypriots and the British. The practical part focuses on the analysis of the novels, investigating the impact of the EOKA campaign on the daily life, perspectives and the coexistence of Greek Cypriot and British communities. The thesis also explores themes related to the Greek Cypriot and British personal relationships and the Greek Cypriot experience of migration and settling in England. In conclusion, the novels are compared and contrasted based on the objectives, providing a comprehensive analysis of the literary interpretation of the period. KEY WORDS postcolonial literature, modern Cypriot history, British colonial rule, EOKA campaign, Enosis, Greek Cypriot identity, contemporary British historical fiction, Simon Mawer, Soulla Christodoulou, migration and settlement, socio-political tensions, philhellenism, colonial heritage, coexistence of...
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