Question of Immigration in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah and Chris Cleave's The Other Hand
Otázka imigrace v díle Chimamandy Ngozi Adichie Americanah a Chris Cleava The Other Hand
diploma thesis (DEFENDED)
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Author
Advisor
Referee
Higgins, Bernadette
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Education
Discipline
Training Teachers of General Subjects at Lower and Higher Secondary Schools English Language - Russian language
Department
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Date of defense
15. 9. 2016
Publisher
Univerzita Karlova, Pedagogická fakultaLanguage
English
Grade
Very good
Keywords (Czech)
imigrace, utečenci, jazyk, gender, rasismus, diskriminace, identitaKeywords (English)
immigration, refugees, language, gender, racism, discrimination, identityCílem této práce je prozkoumat imigraci z Nigérie do Spojených Států a Spojeného Království v současné nigerijské a anglické literatuře porovnáním dvou novel, Americanah Chimamandy Ngozi Adichie a The Other Hand Chrisa Cleava. Jsou poskytnuty popisy autentických zážitků autorů a také jejich názor na naléhavé problémy spojené s imigrací, jako jsou důvody imigrace, psychologické trauma s tím spojené.
The aim of this thesis is to explore immigration from Nigeria to the United States and United Kingdom in contemporary Nigerian and English literature by comparing two novels, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah and Chris Cleave's The Other Hand. The authors' authentic experience is described and their opinion on the pressing issues connected with immigration, such as reasons for immigration and psychological trauma associated with it are explored.