Sintra in the Twentieth Century European Narratives: Otherness and Identity

• Thesis title in Czech: Sintra v evropských narativech dvacátého století: jinakost a identita
• Thesis title in English: Sintra in the Twentieth Century European Narratives: Otherness and Identity
• Key words: kulturní krajina|evropské narativy|jinakost|identita|reprezentace kulturního dědictví|cestopisy
• English key words: cultural landscape|European narratives|Otherness|identity|heritage representation|travel literature
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2022/2023
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Institute of General History (21-USD)
• Supervisor: Mgr. Jaroslav Ira, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 05.01.2023
• Date of assignment: 05.01.2023
• Administrator's approval: approved
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 05.01.2023
• Date and time of defence: 19.06.2023 12:00
• Date of electronic submission: 29.05.2023
• Date of proceeded defence: 19.06.2023
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: PhDr. Pavel Szobi, Ph.D.

Guidelines

The thesis will analyse and compare different representations of Sintra’s tangible and intangible heritage in the long nineteenth century, with focus on the cultural and social landscape of the place. The tracing of spaces in Sintra’s representations and the patterns found in different narratives have had their role in shaping Sintra’s identity. By understanding Sintra’s landscape evolution through these narratives, we will not only question their relevancy to its identity but also deconstruct the role that otherness and identity had in shaping of Sintra’s landscape representations in the long nineteenth century. This study will make use of a wide range of sources, such as travel literature, local and national literature about Sintra, paintings and engravings. These sources will allow us to get insight into representations of Sintra created by different narratives – based on texts and other visual socurces – that reflected their authors' sensoric experiences of the place, thus helping to re-create Sintra’s landscape.

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