Body, Mind, and the Lost Generation in Works of Hemingway and Fitzgerald

• Název práce v češtině: Tělo, mysl a ztracená generace v dílech Hemingwaye a Fitzgeralda
• Název v anglickém jazyce: Body, Mind, and the Lost Generation in Works of Hemingway and Fitzgerald
• Klíčová slova: Ztracená generace|Jean Baudrillard|Ernest Hemingway|Francis Scott Fitzgerald|Tělesnost|Konzumerismus|Móda|Sport|Minority|Fiesta|Mít a nemít|Sbohem armádo|Na prahu ráje|Velký Gatsby|Krásní a prokletí
• Klíčová slova anglicky: Lost Generation|Jean Baudrillard|Ernest Hemingway|Francis Scott Fitzgerald|Physicality|Consumerism|Fashion|Sports|Minorities|The Sun Also Rises|To Have and Have Not|A Farewell to Arms|This Side of Paradise|The Great Gatsby|The Beautiful and Damned
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2019/2020
• Typ práce: diplomová 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: 16.06.2020
• Datum zadání: 16.06.2020
• Schválení administrátorem: zatím neschvalováno
• Datum potvrzení stud. oddělením: 19.06.2020
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 09.09.2021 00:00
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 11.08.2021
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 09.09.2021
• Odevzdaná/finalizovaná: odevzdaná studentem a finalizovaná
• Oponenti: David Lee Robbins, Ph.D.

Zásady pro vypracování

Thesis Proposal:

The thesis will explore the notion of physicality in works of Ernest Hemingway and Francis Scott Fitzgerald, using predominantly theories of Jean Baudrillard as its theoretical base. The literary works to be analyzed are The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms and To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway, and The Great Gatsby and The Beautiful and Damned and This Side of Paradise by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The thesis should uncover how do the novels deal with physicality and reflect some of the major 20^th century issues such as the rise of consumerism, materialism or the experience of war. In its essence, the thesis will provide a thorough study of the characters and consider why is the characters’ physicality such a prominent feature of the novels or whether the depicted bodies reflect the characters’ mentality and the modern issues that they face.
The introductory theoretical chapters will evaluate the historical, cultural and literary context of the Lost Generation, and thereafter introduce Baudrillard’s major concepts contained in works such as The Consumer Society, The System of Objects, Symbolic Exchange and Death and Seduction. Above all, the thesis will focus on Baudrillard’s view on the body and mind in the modern and postmodern age. Thence, the analysis of the literary works will commence, focusing firstly on the physical and psychological effects of consumerism, First World War and societal crisis. Accordingly, issues such as religious or spiritual emptiness, emotional flatness or the unfulfilled urge to find connection will be discussed, and thenceforward also connected with the omnipresent use and abuse of alcohol in the novels. The following chapter will consider various forms of self-formation and self-representation of the characters, examining for instance the motif of bathing and dressing as a physical and mental transformation. Furthermore, the characters’ possessions, such as their clothes, houses, or cars will be reviewed with regards to the self-forming purpose of the material belongings as well as to the thinned boundary between the objects and the characters.
Thenceforth, the notion of physical strength will be studied, considering both extremes presented by the novels: the bullfighters and boxers on one hand, and the physically disabled and scarred on the other. The thesis will compare different approaches towards human body, including the necessity of bodily strength in war in contrast to the concept of a fit body as an aesthetic object or a source of prestige. The thesis will also reflect whether the urge to be physically fit could be classified as a form of physical protest against the gradually more restrictive social norms, or rather as a physical subordination to the societal standards. The next chapter will focus on movement, its automatization, the urge to travel, and contrastingly, the desire to settle. The movement of the characters will be related to the setting of the novels and the contrast between the city, the suburbs and nature, or between America, Europe and the rest of the world will be analyzed. Since the main characters are repeatedly juxtaposed to “the other” based on race, nationality, religion, age and gender, the following part of the thesis will focus on these oppositions. With regards to gender, the depiction of sexuality will also be discussed, and significant differences between Fitzgerald’s and Hemingway’s approach towards the sexual and the intimate will be uncovered. Ultimately, the last chapter will focus on the depiction of death in the novels.

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