Guilt, punishment and origin of the tragedy in Ian McEwan’s Atonement

• Thesis title in Czech: Vina, trest a původ tragédie v Ian McEwanově Pokání
• Thesis title in English: Guilt, punishment and origin of the tragedy in Ian McEwan’s Atonement
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2011/2012
• Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 24.10.2011
• Date of assignment: 21.06.2012
• Date and time of defence: 14.09.2012 00:00
• Date of electronic submission: 22.06.2012
• Date of proceeded defence: 14.09.2012
• Course: Diploma Thesis (OSZD004)
• Opponents: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.

References

O'Hara, David K. "Briony's Being-For: Metafictional Narrative Ethics in Ian McEwan’s Atonement." Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction 52.1 (December 2010)

Harold, James. "Narrative Engagement with Atonement and The Blind Assassin." Philosophy and Literature 29.1 (2005)

The Modernism of Ian McEwan’s Atonement MFS Modern Fiction Studies - Volume 56, Number 3, Fall 2010, pp. 473-495

Finney, Brian. "Briony's Stand Against Oblivion: The Making of Fiction in Ian McEwan's Atonement." Journal of Modern Literature 27.3 (2004)

Crosthwaite, Paul. "Speed, War, and Traumatic Affect: Reading Ian McEwan's Atonement." Cultural Politics 3.1 (2007)

D’hoker, Elke. “Confession and Atonement in Contemporary Fiction: J. M. Coetzee, John Banville, and Ian McEwan.” Critique 48.1 (2006)

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Preliminary scope of work in English

This work focuses on detailed analysis of guilt and punishment as they are presented in Ian McEwan´s Atonement, as well as what the original reason of the whole tragedy of Atonement is. It will try to analyze the novel with respect to its narration and in comparison with other postmodern works. It will also address the novel’s philosophical and psychological issues that will provide an analysis of individual characters and their contribution to the story.