Sexual Violence in Selected Works of Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Sapphire

• Název práce v češtině: Sexuální násilí ve vybraných dílech Alice Walker, Toni Morrison a Sapphire
• Název v anglickém jazyce: Sexual Violence in Selected Works of Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Sapphire
• Klíčová slova: sexuální násilí|znásilnění|sexuální zneužívání dětí|Velmi modré oči|Toni Morrison|Barva nachu|Alice Walker|Push|Sapphire
• Klíčová slova anglicky: sexual violence|rape|child sexual abuse|The Bluest Eye|Toni Morrison|The Color Purple|Alice Walker|Push|Sapphire
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2020/2021
• Typ práce: bakalářská práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Ústav anglofonních literatur a kultur (21-UALK)
• Vedoucí / školitel: Mgr. Pavla Veselá, Ph.D.
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno a potvrzeno stud. odd.
• Datum přihlášení: 28.05.2021
• Datum zadání: 03.06.2021
• Schválení administrátorem: zatím neschvalováno
• Datum potvrzení stud. oddělením: 22.06.2021
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 06.09.2022 00:00
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 01.08.2022
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 06.09.2022
• Odevzdaná/finalizovaná: odevzdaná studentem a finalizovaná
• Oponenti: PhDr. Hana Ulmanová, Ph.D.

Zásady pro vypracování

In my thesis, I will focus on three selected works of literature: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, and Push by Sapphire. The subject of my thesis is sexual violence, more specifically, child sexual abuse. The books I have chosen are interconnected by a common theme of sexual violence being perpetrated against young African-American girls. Even though these works run parallel to one another, there are important distinctions that separate the characters’ development and journey as individuals who were subjected to sexual violence at an early age. The stories of Celie, Pecola, and Precious might have begun under a very similar set of circumstances. Nevertheless, the sexual violence they have survived has affected and shaped them in distinct ways, into different adult individuals. Broadly speaking, these stories could be each fit into the categories of happy ending, tragic ending, and realistic ending. Celie, as many critics point out, almost miraculously heals and finds happiness, and is turned into a fully developed woman whose early life sexual abuse, seemingly, does not affect her at a later stage of her life. Pecola’s story offers a different perspective in many ways. Firstly, her story is not told directly by her, from her own perspective. Secondly, her story ends tragically, arguably, in a completely contrasting way to Celie’s. The story of Precious offers a level-headed, although hopeful, view of the reality of a sexual abuse survivor. Precious begins to heal and develop into a woman who has a chance to live a full life. Nonetheless, her life will forever be affected and limited by the violence she had been subjected to and the consequences arisen from her early life experiences. In my thesis, I will conduct a thorough analysis of each of these books regarding the theme of sexual violence. I will consult theoretical studies of sexual violence and its impact on individuals and characters. Finally, I will combine the knowledge of the general studies of sexual violence with the concrete examples in the works I have selected, and I will provide a holistic picture of sexual violence and its impacts.

Seznam odborné literatury

Primary Sources
Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007.
Sapphire. Push. New York: Vintage, 1997.
Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. London: Orion Books LTD, 2017.

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