Postmodernities in Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49
| Název práce v češtině: | : Postmoderní prvky v The Crying of Lot 49 Thomase Pynchona |
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| Název v anglickém jazyce: | Postmodernities in Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 |
| Klíčová slova: | postmodernismus|Thomas Pynchon|The Crying of Lot 49|Francois Lyotard|nedůvěra v metanarace|velké vyprávění|malý narativ|paranoia|realita|reálno|pravda|subjektivita|pluralita|simulakrum|simulace|spektákl|komunikace|informace|význam|textualita|historicita|konzumerismus|kapitalismus|masová kultura|komodita|současná společnost|mýtus |
| Klíčová slova anglicky: | postmodernism|Thomas Pynchon|The Crying of Lot 49|Francois Lyotard|incredulity towards metanarratives|grand narrative|little narrative|paranoia|reality|the real|truth|subjectivity|plurality|simulacrum|simulation|spectacle|communication|information|meaning|textuality|historicity|consumerism|capitalism|mass culture|commodity|contemporary society|myth |
| Akademický rok vypsání: | 2018/2019 |
| Typ práce: | bakalářská práce |
| Jazyk práce: | angličtina |
| Ústav: | Ústav anglofonních literatur a kultur (21-UALK) |
| Vedoucí / školitel: | doc. Erik Sherman Roraback, D.Phil. |
| Řešitel: | skrytý - zadáno a potvrzeno stud. odd. |
| Datum přihlášení: | 20.02.2019 |
| Datum zadání: | 20.02.2019 |
| Schválení administrátorem: | zatím neschvalováno |
| Datum potvrzení stud. oddělením: | 26.02.2019 |
| Datum a čas obhajoby: | 05.09.2019 08:30 |
| Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: | 07.08.2019 |
| Datum proběhlé obhajoby: | 05.09.2019 |
| Odevzdaná/finalizovaná: | odevzdaná studentem a finalizovaná |
| Oponenti: | Stephan Delbos, M.F.A., Ph.D. |
| Zásady pro vypracování |
| Thomas Pynchon is considered to be one of the key postmodern authors. This BA thesis will aim to explore the importance of his contribution towards the shaping of the definition of postmodernism by analysing the postmodern features in his novel The Crying of Lot 49. It will do so by studying multiple postmodern theories developed in the second half of the 20th century and applying them to the reading of this novel. The thesis will discuss the implications the author makes about contemporary society by utilizing features such as the mistrust in metanarratives, ontological plurality and the related notions of conspiracy and paranoia, the simulacrum and the spectacle. The society reflected in the novel represents a system of power structures and entangled orders of simulacra, driven by commodity fetishism and ruled by a flow of images and advertisements, breaking the boundaries between the real and the non-real. The protagonist of the novel must navigate her way through the labyrinthine nature of the reality of the world and the present late capitalist society as she searches for coherence within them. The reader finds themselves in a similar position where they search for meaning and coherence within the novel. The protagonist and the reader are both being tempted to automatically look for patterns in the complex system of signs with which they are being faced, even though this system might be based on arbitrariness. Thus, it is important not to overinterpret and overanalyse the signs pervading The Crying of Lot 49 when dealing with this novel. |
| Seznam odborné literatury |
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