The Role of Nature in Willa Cather´s My Ántonia

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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Role of Nature in Willa Cather´s My Ántonia
Original language description
This paper examines the significant role of nature inthe novel My Ántonia by Willa Cather. The author draws on her ownmemories of Nebraska,its landscape, life on a farm, and the experience of European immigrants andtheir struggle to make a better life in the wilderness, emphasizing theimportance of nature in their attempt to achieve the American Dream. On onehand, the prairie represents toil and hardship for the immigrants, who weregreatly challenged by the harsh landscape in their attempts to cultivate thesoil. On the other hand, the land sustains all people if they know how tocultivate it. The landscape of Nebraskatested the immigrants? endurance and presented an obstacle to prosperity andeven survival itself. However, the immigrants ? led by the main characterÁntonia Shimerda, originally from Bohemia? show an unbreakable determination to succeed.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Theory to Practice 2015: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Anglophone Studies. September 3-4, 2015. Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic
ISBN
978-80-7454-633-4
ISSN
1805-9899
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
99-106
Publisher name
Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně
Place of publication
Zlín
Event location
Zlín
Event date
Sep 3, 2016
Type of event by nationality
CST - Celostátní akce
UT code for WoS article
000409395300010

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