Bakalářská práce analyzuje sbírku povídek The Truth About Stories spisovatele Thomase Kinga. Cílem práce je zjistit účel motivu stvoření, který uvádí jednotlivé příběhy. V první kapitole je stručně definován pojem mýtu o stvoření a význam indiánské tradice ve vyprávění povídek. Druhá kapitola zahrnuje Kingovu biografii, vysvětluje terminologii týkající se Indiánů a představuje skutečnosti, které ovlivnily autorovu tvorbu. Třetí kapitola se zaměřuje na způsob vyprávění indiánských povídek a zkoumá v nich roli pravdy. Čtvrtá kapitola analyzuje jednotlivé povídky a mýty o stvoření. Závěrečná kapitola objasňuje opakující se výskyt mýtu o stvoření v povídkách knihy The Truth About Stories.
Anotace v angličtině
This bachelor thesis analyses a collection of short stories The Truth About Stories written by Thomas King. The objective is to find the purpose of the motif of creation which can be found at the beginning of each story. In the first chapter, the term "creation myth" is briefly defined. Furthermore, it includes the importance of Native American oral tradition. The second chapter contains King's biography, brief terminology concerning Native Americans and introduces those aspects which influenced author's works. The third chapter deals with trickster narration and explores the role of the truth in the stories. The fourth chapter consists of analysis of the stories and of the creation myths. The last chapter clarifies the occurrence of the creation myth in The Truth About Stories.
Klíčová slova
Thomas King, indiánské povídky, motiv stvoření, podvodné vyprávění, indiánství, mýty, role pravdy, význam vyprávění, indiánská identita
Klíčová slova v angličtině
Thomas King, Native American stories, motif of creation, trickster narration, Indianness, myths, role of the truth, importance of storytelling, Native American identity
Rozsah průvodní práce
50 s. (13702 slov)
Jazyk
AN
Anotace
Bakalářská práce analyzuje sbírku povídek The Truth About Stories spisovatele Thomase Kinga. Cílem práce je zjistit účel motivu stvoření, který uvádí jednotlivé příběhy. V první kapitole je stručně definován pojem mýtu o stvoření a význam indiánské tradice ve vyprávění povídek. Druhá kapitola zahrnuje Kingovu biografii, vysvětluje terminologii týkající se Indiánů a představuje skutečnosti, které ovlivnily autorovu tvorbu. Třetí kapitola se zaměřuje na způsob vyprávění indiánských povídek a zkoumá v nich roli pravdy. Čtvrtá kapitola analyzuje jednotlivé povídky a mýty o stvoření. Závěrečná kapitola objasňuje opakující se výskyt mýtu o stvoření v povídkách knihy The Truth About Stories.
Anotace v angličtině
This bachelor thesis analyses a collection of short stories The Truth About Stories written by Thomas King. The objective is to find the purpose of the motif of creation which can be found at the beginning of each story. In the first chapter, the term "creation myth" is briefly defined. Furthermore, it includes the importance of Native American oral tradition. The second chapter contains King's biography, brief terminology concerning Native Americans and introduces those aspects which influenced author's works. The third chapter deals with trickster narration and explores the role of the truth in the stories. The fourth chapter consists of analysis of the stories and of the creation myths. The last chapter clarifies the occurrence of the creation myth in The Truth About Stories.
Klíčová slova
Thomas King, indiánské povídky, motiv stvoření, podvodné vyprávění, indiánství, mýty, role pravdy, význam vyprávění, indiánská identita
Klíčová slova v angličtině
Thomas King, Native American stories, motif of creation, trickster narration, Indianness, myths, role of the truth, importance of storytelling, Native American identity
Zásady pro vypracování
My aim is to explore the importance of motif of creation in Thomas King's The Truth About Stories. Each story in this collection proceeds from existing Native American creation myths that are followed by historical references to Native American history, together with essayistic and autobiographical parts. My objective is to analyse each story in this book and to explore how the question of Indianness is involved in these stories. Hence, my hypothesis is that Thomas King uses Native American creation myths as a springboard to a new solution to the Native American identity. Thomas King hopes for the future for Native Americans and implies that their cultural identity should overcome the shadow of the image formed by white men.
Zásady pro vypracování
My aim is to explore the importance of motif of creation in Thomas King's The Truth About Stories. Each story in this collection proceeds from existing Native American creation myths that are followed by historical references to Native American history, together with essayistic and autobiographical parts. My objective is to analyse each story in this book and to explore how the question of Indianness is involved in these stories. Hence, my hypothesis is that Thomas King uses Native American creation myths as a springboard to a new solution to the Native American identity. Thomas King hopes for the future for Native Americans and implies that their cultural identity should overcome the shadow of the image formed by white men.
Seznam doporučené literatury
Secondary sources (criticism):
Ablavsky, Gregory. "Making Indians "White": The Judicial Abolition of Native Slavery in Revolutionary Virginia and its Racial Legacy." University of Pennsylvania Law Review 159, no.5 (2011): 1457-1531. JSTOR Journals.
Bailey, Sharon M. "The Arbitrary Nature of the Story: Poking Fun at Oral and Written Authority in Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water." World Literature Today 73, no. 1 (1999): 43-52. Literature Resource Center.
Bastian, Dawn E., and Judy K. Mitchell. Handbook of Native American Mythology. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Burch, John R. "The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America." Library Journal 138, no. 13 (2013): 110. Complementary Index.
Davidson, Arnold E., Priscilla L. Walton, and Jennifer Andrews. Border Crossings: Thomas King's Cultural Inversions. Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Deloria, Vine. God is Red: A Native View of Religion. 30th ed. Fulcum Publishing, 1983.
Gordon, Jon. "Comic Heroes and Green Tories: Stephen Leacock and Thomas King Creating Ethical Space on Uncommon Ground." English Studies in Canada 43, no. 1 (2017): 21-43. Literature Resource Center.
Gruber, Eva, ed. Thomas King: Works and Impact. Camden House, Boydell & Brewer, 2012,
Hahn, Steven C. "Demanding the Cherokee Nation: Indian Autonomy and American Culture 1830-1900." The American Historical Review 111, no. 1. (2006): 188. Database: JSTOR Journals.
Rooth, Anna Birgitta. "The Creation Myths of the North American Indians." Anthropos (1957): 497-508.
Kroeber, Karl. "Native American Storytelling: a Reader of Myths and Legends." Blackwell Publ, (2007).
Lopenzina, Drew. "Our Fire Survives the Storm: A Cherokee Literary History / The Truth about Stories." American Indian Quarterly 32, no. 3 (2008): 356-360. Academic Search Ultimate.
Lynch, Patricia Ann, and Jeremy Roberts. "Native American Mythology A to Z." Chelsea House Publishers, (2010).
Mebane-Cruz, Anjana. "Incarceration by Category: Racial Designations and the Black Borders of Indianness." Political & Legal Anthropology Review 38, no. 2 (2015): 226-247. DOI: 10.1111/plar.12108. Academic Search Ultimate.
Owens, Robert M. "Between Two Fires." American Indian Quarterly 40, no. 1 (2016): 38-67. Academic Search Ultimate.
Porter, Joy, and Kenneth M. Roemer. The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature. Cambridge University. Press, 2008.
Ridington, Robin. "Coyote's Cannon: Sharing Stories with Thomas King." American Indian Quarterly 22, no. 3 (1998): 343-362. Academic Search Ultimate.
Sánchez, Jesús Benito; Ana María Manzanas. "Re-Citing Master Narratives: Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water and the Politics of Enunciation." Litteraria Pragensia 15, no. 30 (2005): 28-34. Supplemental Index.
Smith, Carlton. "Coyote, Contingency, and Community: Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water and Postmodern Trickster." American Indian Quarterly 21, no. 3 (1997): 515-534. Literature Resource Center.
Sturm, Circe. "Blood Politics, Racial Classification, and Cherokee National Identity: The Trials and Tribulations of the Cherokee Freedmen." American Indian Quarterly 22, no. 1/2 (1998): 230-256. Academic Search Ultimate.
Tsosie, Rebecca. "The Politics of Inclusion: Indigenous Peoples and U.S. Citizenship null." UCLA Law Review 63, no. 6 (2016): 1692-1751. Scopus?.
Vizenor, Gerald Robert. Shadow Distance: A Gerald Vizenor Reader. Wesleyan University Press, 1994.
Primary:
King, Thomas. Green Grass, Running Water. Bantam, 1994.
King, Thomas. Mestecko Medicine River. Melantrich, 1995.
King, Thomas. The Truth About Stories: a Native Narrative. House of Anansi Press, 2011.
King, Thomas. Truth & Bright Water. Grove Press, 2009.
Welch, James. Winter in the Blood. Penguin, 1988.
Seznam doporučené literatury
Secondary sources (criticism):
Ablavsky, Gregory. "Making Indians "White": The Judicial Abolition of Native Slavery in Revolutionary Virginia and its Racial Legacy." University of Pennsylvania Law Review 159, no.5 (2011): 1457-1531. JSTOR Journals.
Bailey, Sharon M. "The Arbitrary Nature of the Story: Poking Fun at Oral and Written Authority in Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water." World Literature Today 73, no. 1 (1999): 43-52. Literature Resource Center.
Bastian, Dawn E., and Judy K. Mitchell. Handbook of Native American Mythology. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Burch, John R. "The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America." Library Journal 138, no. 13 (2013): 110. Complementary Index.
Davidson, Arnold E., Priscilla L. Walton, and Jennifer Andrews. Border Crossings: Thomas King's Cultural Inversions. Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Deloria, Vine. God is Red: A Native View of Religion. 30th ed. Fulcum Publishing, 1983.
Gordon, Jon. "Comic Heroes and Green Tories: Stephen Leacock and Thomas King Creating Ethical Space on Uncommon Ground." English Studies in Canada 43, no. 1 (2017): 21-43. Literature Resource Center.
Gruber, Eva, ed. Thomas King: Works and Impact. Camden House, Boydell & Brewer, 2012,
Hahn, Steven C. "Demanding the Cherokee Nation: Indian Autonomy and American Culture 1830-1900." The American Historical Review 111, no. 1. (2006): 188. Database: JSTOR Journals.
Rooth, Anna Birgitta. "The Creation Myths of the North American Indians." Anthropos (1957): 497-508.
Kroeber, Karl. "Native American Storytelling: a Reader of Myths and Legends." Blackwell Publ, (2007).
Lopenzina, Drew. "Our Fire Survives the Storm: A Cherokee Literary History / The Truth about Stories." American Indian Quarterly 32, no. 3 (2008): 356-360. Academic Search Ultimate.
Lynch, Patricia Ann, and Jeremy Roberts. "Native American Mythology A to Z." Chelsea House Publishers, (2010).
Mebane-Cruz, Anjana. "Incarceration by Category: Racial Designations and the Black Borders of Indianness." Political & Legal Anthropology Review 38, no. 2 (2015): 226-247. DOI: 10.1111/plar.12108. Academic Search Ultimate.
Owens, Robert M. "Between Two Fires." American Indian Quarterly 40, no. 1 (2016): 38-67. Academic Search Ultimate.
Porter, Joy, and Kenneth M. Roemer. The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature. Cambridge University. Press, 2008.
Ridington, Robin. "Coyote's Cannon: Sharing Stories with Thomas King." American Indian Quarterly 22, no. 3 (1998): 343-362. Academic Search Ultimate.
Sánchez, Jesús Benito; Ana María Manzanas. "Re-Citing Master Narratives: Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water and the Politics of Enunciation." Litteraria Pragensia 15, no. 30 (2005): 28-34. Supplemental Index.
Smith, Carlton. "Coyote, Contingency, and Community: Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water and Postmodern Trickster." American Indian Quarterly 21, no. 3 (1997): 515-534. Literature Resource Center.
Sturm, Circe. "Blood Politics, Racial Classification, and Cherokee National Identity: The Trials and Tribulations of the Cherokee Freedmen." American Indian Quarterly 22, no. 1/2 (1998): 230-256. Academic Search Ultimate.
Tsosie, Rebecca. "The Politics of Inclusion: Indigenous Peoples and U.S. Citizenship null." UCLA Law Review 63, no. 6 (2016): 1692-1751. Scopus?.
Vizenor, Gerald Robert. Shadow Distance: A Gerald Vizenor Reader. Wesleyan University Press, 1994.
Primary:
King, Thomas. Green Grass, Running Water. Bantam, 1994.
King, Thomas. Mestecko Medicine River. Melantrich, 1995.
King, Thomas. The Truth About Stories: a Native Narrative. House of Anansi Press, 2011.
King, Thomas. Truth & Bright Water. Grove Press, 2009.
Welch, James. Winter in the Blood. Penguin, 1988.