1432 KB301 KB0 KB2016Braček, TadejČerče, DanicaGadpaille, Michelle177 str., 31 cmCOBISSID:22471688URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-BAD7O7O6enT. Bračekvisokošolska delaangleška književnostdisertacijedissertationsEnglish literaturegothic fictiongotska fikcijaRadcliffe, AnnromanceromancesstudiesštudijeMoški in ženski odzivi na krize v gotskih romancah Ann Radcliffe| doktorska disertacija|The thesis systematically enumerates and analyses the responses to external and internal (psychological) crises experienced by the characters in Ann Ward Radcliffe's gothic romances. In this respect, it represents an original contribution to the scholarship in the field of English literature studies. The novels it deals with are The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne, A Sicilian Romance, The Romance of the Forest, The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Italian. The introduction explains the theory of gothic romance and explores the schism between the north and south of Europe, where the former is considered as a stable and moderate part of the continent, and the latter as full of passion and instability. The north and south also represent the gap between Protestant and Roman-Catholic Europe. Catholic clergy, dwelling in the south, are mostly pictured as morally debauched and as having a hidden agenda, even if they first appear to help others. Such an example is Padre Abate from A Sicilian Romance. The dissertation asserts that responses are not so much defined by gender itself, but by the benevolence or malignancy of the characters. Benevolent characters are more sensitive and react more turbulently in the physical sense in instances of crisis, e. g. by fainting or becoming ill. Such is the case for all female protagonists: Mary, Julia, Adeline, Emily and Ellena. Heroes and heroines are affected by nature and find solace in it, while malevolent ones are not affected by nature at all and seek comfort in earthly pleasures of human origin. Such examples are the Marquises de Mazzini and de Montalt, and Signor Montoni. Negative characters' reactions to crisis are vehement and aimed to change not themselves, but other people or circumstances. Their malignancy, mixed with covertness, as they want to keep up appearances, is the agency that drives their responses. Their reactions are not rational, and since Radcliffe's romances are novels of Enlightenment where reason reigns supreme, it is not difficult to foretell that such characters are doomed to perish. They indeed do so, either by their own hand, as in the cases of Schedoni and the Marquis de Montalt, or at the hands of others, such as Baron Malcolm and the Marquis de Mazzini. Nearly all of them repent at the end of their lives and wish to amend their wrongdoings. The exceptions are Maria de Mazzini and Schedoni. The former accuses her own husband, who caught her cheating on him, for her unfortunate situation, whereas the latter, once a confessor, dies without remorse or absolution. Positive characters seeks comfort in God before they die, and their turning to Him is often associated with the realization that He is the creator of magnificent nature. However, there is one substantial difference between male and female responses to crises. Males tend to be more active in seeking solutions, while women, even if they desire to be saved, primarily depend on men to make it happen, or, if they show some resistance, they submit to male power to avoid consequences. The one who acts on her own is the nun Olivia, who arranges Ellena's escape from the convent of San Stefano. In its conclusion, the thesis stresses the importance of Anne Radcliffe's works for world literature and suggests that they should be included in the current curricula and broader literary studies, as well as translated into SlovenianDisertacija sistematično navaja in analizira odzive na zunanje in notranje (psihološke) krize, ki jih doživljajo literarni liki v gotskih romancah Ann Ward Radcliffe. V tem pogledu tako predstavlja izvirni prispevek k znanosti na področju angleške književnosti. Romane, ki jih obravnava so: Gradova Athlin in Dunbayne, Sicilijanska romanca, Romanca v gozdu, Skrivnosti Udolpha in Italijan. V uvodu doktorska naloga razloži teorijo gotskih romanc in razkrije shizmo med severom in jugom Evrope, kjer je prvi predstavljen kot stabilen in zmeren del kontinenta, drugi pa kot pol strasti in nestabilnosti. Sever in jug predstavljata tudi razhajanje med protestantsko in rimokatoliško Evropo. V zvezi s tem je npr. St Aubert predstavljen kot ideal človeka, medtem ko je katoliška duhovščina večinoma moralno oporečna in ima svoje načrte, čeprav na začetku daje vtis pomoči. Tak primer je opat iz Sicilijanske romance. Disertacija poudari, da odzivi niso odvisni toliko od samega spola, temveč od dobronamernosti oz. zlobe literarnih likov. Dobronamerni liki so občutljivejši in se v telesnem smislu burneje odzivajo, kar se kaže v omedlevanju in zbolevanju. Takšni so primeri Mary, Julia, Adeline in Ellene. Junaki in junakinje globoko doživljajo naravo in v njej iščejo tolažbo, medtem ko se zlobnih likov le-ta ne dotakne. Slednji iščejo užitek v tuzemskih dobrinah, ki jih je ustvaril človek. Primeri takšnega ravnanja sta dva markiza, in sicer de Mazzini in de Monalt, ter gospod Montoni. Odzivi negativnih likov na krize so siloviti in imajo za cilj spremeniti druge ljudi in okoliščine, ne teh likov samih. Zloba, ki je v želji po ohranitvi dobrega imena v družbi, pomešana s prikrivanjem, je gonilo njihovega življenja. Njihove reakcije so nerazumske, kar v svetu razsvetljenskih romanov Ann Ward Radclife napoveduje njihov propad. Ti liki resnično propadejo: bodisi naredijo samomor, kot to storita Schedoni in markiz de Montalt, bodisi jih ubijejo drugi, kot se to dogodi baronu Malcolmu in markizu de Mazziniju. Skoraj vsi se ob uri smrti pokesajo in želijo popraviti svoje napake. Izjemi sta Maria de Mazzini, ki za svojo nesrečo obtoži moža, ki jo je zasačil pri varanju, in Schedoni, nekdanji spovednik, ki umre brez obžalovanja in odveze. Pozitivni liki iščejo uteho v Bogu že za časa življenja in se nanj pogosto obrnejo v primerih, ko so očarani nad njegovim stvarstvom oz. čudovito naravo. Obstaja pa ena bistvena razlika med odzivom moških in žensk na krize, in to je, da so moški bolj aktivni pri iskanju rešitev, ženske pa, četudi si rešitve želijo, povečini ostanejo odvisne od moških; če pokažejo upor, se dokaj hitro uklonijo moški nadvladi, da se s tem izognejo neprijetnim posledicam. Ženska, ki pokaže dovolj lastne moči, je nuna Olivia, ki pomaga Elleni pobegniti iz samostana San Stefano. Disertacija v svojem zaključku predstavi pomen del Ann Ward Radclffe za svetovno književnost in pozove k vključitvi avtoričinih del v študijske programe in k proučevanju le-teh v sklopu literarnih študij. Prav tako izrazi potrebo po slovenskih prevodih teh delTEXTvisokošolska delatheses and dissertationsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Mariboru, Filozofska fakulteta