Holden Caulfield as a liminal character

• Thesis title in Czech: Holden Caulfield jako postava na prahu dvou etap lidského vývoje
• Thesis title in English: Holden Caulfield as a liminal character
• Key words: Liminalita, meziprahovost, dětství, dospělost, J.D. Salinger, Kdo chytá v žitě
• English key words: Liminality, inbetweennes, childhood, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2012/2013
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Supervisor: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor, waiting for guarantor's approval
• Date of registration: 18.01.2013
• Date of assignment: 02.05.2013
• Date and time of defence: 20.06.2013 00:00
• Date of electronic submission: 02.05.2013
• Date of proceeded defence: 20.06.2013
• Course: Diploma Thesis (OSZD005)
• Opponents: doc. PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D.

Preliminary scope of work

Tato diplomová práce se zabývá postavou Holdena Caulfielda jako člověka na prahu dvou etap lidského vývoje. Práce hledá a představuje prvky této meziprahovosti ze samotném románu.

Preliminary scope of work in English

This Diploma thesis deals with the character Holden Caulfield as a liminal character. It focuses on evidence of his inbetweennes by means of the examples from the novel itself.