Nature the Monster or Did Atwood Get it All Wrong: Representation of Nature in Alistair MacLeod´s Short Stories

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Nature the Monster or Did Atwood Get it All Wrong: Representation of Nature in Alistair MacLeod´s Short Stories

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In 1970s, Margaret Atwood published a monograph Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature (1972), in which she identified essential themes that appear in English-written Canadian fiction and depicted survival as a unifying symbol for Canadian culture. Survival, according to Atwood, is often bound to the portrayal of harsh Canadian nature in all its destructive force where a man´s most daring hope is to survive. However, even though Atwood generalized and claimed that the defined themes appear inmajority of Canadian fiction, there are authors whose portrayal of nature may be interpreted differently. This paper focuses on selected short stories by Alistair MacLeod, whose life and writing is bound with the region of Nova Scotia and who frequentlydepicts a canine character, representing the bond between man and nature. The aim of this paper is to analyse this bond and declare, whether MacLeod´s representation of nature corresponds with Atwood´s negative perception.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Nature the Monster or Did Atwood Get it All Wrong: Representation of Nature in Alistair MacLeod´s Short Stories

Popis výsledku anglicky

In 1970s, Margaret Atwood published a monograph Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature (1972), in which she identified essential themes that appear in English-written Canadian fiction and depicted survival as a unifying symbol for Canadian culture. Survival, according to Atwood, is often bound to the portrayal of harsh Canadian nature in all its destructive force where a man´s most daring hope is to survive. However, even though Atwood generalized and claimed that the defined themes appear inmajority of Canadian fiction, there are authors whose portrayal of nature may be interpreted differently. This paper focuses on selected short stories by Alistair MacLeod, whose life and writing is bound with the region of Nova Scotia and who frequentlydepicts a canine character, representing the bond between man and nature. The aim of this paper is to analyse this bond and declare, whether MacLeod´s representation of nature corresponds with Atwood´s negative perception.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

AJ - Písemnictví, mas–media, audiovize

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2013

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název statě ve sborníku

Silesian Studies in English: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of English and American Studies

ISBN

978-80-7248-887-2

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

166-176

Název nakladatele

Silesian University in Opava

Místo vydání

Dolní Životice

Místo konání akce

Opava

Datum konání akce

13. 9. 2012

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

EUR - Evropská akce

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