"We Are Trained to Be Cynical": Arthur Koestler's The Call-Girls as a Campus Novel

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F46747885%3A24510%2F18%3A00006392" target="_blank" >RIV/46747885:24510/18:00006392 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/handle/11222.digilib/140983" target="_blank" >https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/handle/11222.digilib/140983</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/BSE2018-2-10" target="_blank" >10.5817/BSE2018-2-10</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

"We Are Trained to Be Cynical": Arthur Koestler's The Call-Girls as a Campus Novel

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Arthur Koestler's The Call-Girls (1972) is, at present, mostly ignored, or if discussed, either dismissed wholesale, or approached only in terms of its role in the development of Koestler's political and philosophical thinking. The aim of this analysis is to show that it is possible to interpret the text as a highly specific campus novel, limited to a single setting: an academic conference. Although the conference's topic is "saving the world," the novel's characters neither achieve that aim, nor get any closer to a solution. Therefore, the book can be taken for a satirical treatment of the hypocrisy and futility of academic conferences, rather than a political plea, as previously understood.

Název v anglickém jazyce

"We Are Trained to Be Cynical": Arthur Koestler's The Call-Girls as a Campus Novel

Popis výsledku anglicky

Arthur Koestler's The Call-Girls (1972) is, at present, mostly ignored, or if discussed, either dismissed wholesale, or approached only in terms of its role in the development of Koestler's political and philosophical thinking. The aim of this analysis is to show that it is possible to interpret the text as a highly specific campus novel, limited to a single setting: an academic conference. Although the conference's topic is "saving the world," the novel's characters neither achieve that aim, nor get any closer to a solution. Therefore, the book can be taken for a satirical treatment of the hypocrisy and futility of academic conferences, rather than a political plea, as previously understood.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60206 - Specific literatures

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF16_027%2F0008493" target="_blank" >EF16_027/0008493: Mezinárodní mobility výzkumných pracovníků na TUL</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Brno Studies in English

ISSN

0524-6881

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

44

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

157-175

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85067050921