Društvena konstrukcija prostora u romanima Henryja Jamesa

master's thesis

• Title (english): Social Construction of Space in the Novels of Henry James
• Author: Domeniko Kvartuč
• Mentor: Dean Duda (mentor)
• Committee member: Slaven Jurić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Tomislav Brlek (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Dean Duda (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Comparative literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-09-15, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Comparative Literature

Abstract

U radu se analiziraju načini manifestiranja prostora u pet romana Henryja Jamesa (The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors i The Golden Bowl) na temelju postojećih, socioloških i semiotičkih teorija o prostoru. Tako će se kroz rad ukazati na neodvojivosti materijalnih i idejnih koncepcija o prostoru, njegovih denotacijskih i konotacijskih postavki, ali i društvenih karakteristika koje su utemeljene na habitusu što ga svaki lik donosi u radnju. Navedeno podrazumijeva sagledavanje lokacija u kojima se likovi nalaze i kreću te načine na koji u ta mjesta upisuju vlastita značenja uz istovremeno dekodiranje zatečenih označitelja koji mogu biti produkt fizičkog i/ili onog društvenog. Poseban naglasak bit će stavljen upravo na načine doživljavanja prostora s obzirom na to da su glavni likovi Amerikanci koji se u tijeku radnje nalaze u europskom kontekstu. Dodatno, u pojedinim romanima nastojat će se istaknuti dominira li društvo nad prostorom ili obratno te koje to implikacije nosi sa sobom za habitus i ulogu lika unutar višestrukih odnosa. Konačno, u radu će se zaključiti što djela Henryja Jamesa znače za definiranje prostora i njegovo formiranje te na koji način književna djelatnost prenosi iskustvo prostora u svakodnevnom životu.

Abstract (english)

The paper analyzes the ways of manifesting space in five novels by Henry James (The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl) based on existing sociological and semiotic theories about space. Thus, the paper will point out the inseparability of material and mental conceptions of space, its denotative and connotative properties, but also the social characteristics that are based on the habitus each character brings to the plot. The above implies looking into the locations where the characters are and go, and the ways in which they inscribe their own meanings in those places, while simultaneously decoding the found signifiers that can be a product of the physical and/or the social. A special emphasis will be placed on the ways of experiencing space, given that the main characters are Americans who, during the course of the literary action, are in a European setting. Additionally, regarding some novels, the paper will highlight whether society dominates space or vice versa, and what implications this brings with it for the character’s habitus and social roles within multiple relationships. Finally, the paper will conclude what the works of Henry James mean for the definition of space and its formation, and how literary activity conveys the experience of space in everyday life.

• Keywords: habitus; Henry James; prostor; roman; sociologija književnosti
• Keywords (english): habitus; Henry James; space; novel; sociology of literature
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:155720
• Study programme: Title: Comparative Literature (double major); Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra komparativne književnosti (magistar/magistra komparativne književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-09-18 08:38:00