Lodge
MASARYK UNIVERSITY IN BRNO
FACULTY OF ARTS
Department of English and American Studies
Comic features in some of David Lodge’s novels
Veronika Šaurová
Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A.
Brno 2005
I declare that I have worked on my thesis independently, using the primary and secondary sources listed in the bibliography.
Veronika Šaurová
Acknowledgements:
I would like to thank doc. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A. for her kind help and valuable advice.
Contents:
1. Introduction…………………………………………………5
2. David Lodge – his life and work……………………………7
3. The Campus novel………………………………………….11
4. British Museum is Falling Down…………………………...15
5. Changing Places…………………….....................................24
6. Paradise News………………………………………………30
7. Conclusion…………………………………………………..34
8. Bibliography………………………………………………..35
1. Introduction David Lodge, the contemporary British writer is one of the most productive and successful British authors of the second half of the 20th century. His great success lies in the fact that he has become popular not only in his country, but people all around the world enjoy his parodies and satirical novels and get to know a great deal of information especially about the British and American university life. He is one of the founders of the new genre of the ‘campus novel’. He has introduced this new kind of writing into literature together with his colleague, university teacher and literary author Malcolm Bradbury, but Lodge himself
FACULTY OF ARTS
Department of English and American Studies
Comic features in some of David Lodge’s novels
Veronika Šaurová
Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A.
Brno 2005
I declare that I have worked on my thesis independently, using the primary and secondary sources listed in the bibliography.
Veronika Šaurová
Acknowledgements:
I would like to thank doc. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A. for her kind help and valuable advice.
Contents:
1. Introduction…………………………………………………5
2. David Lodge – his life and work……………………………7
3. The Campus novel………………………………………….11
4. British Museum is Falling Down…………………………...15
5. Changing Places…………………….....................................24
6. Paradise News………………………………………………30
7. Conclusion…………………………………………………..34
8. Bibliography………………………………………………..35
1. Introduction David Lodge, the contemporary British writer is one of the most productive and successful British authors of the second half of the 20th century. His great success lies in the fact that he has become popular not only in his country, but people all around the world enjoy his parodies and satirical novels and get to know a great deal of information especially about the British and American university life. He is one of the founders of the new genre of the ‘campus novel’. He has introduced this new kind of writing into literature together with his colleague, university teacher and literary author Malcolm Bradbury, but Lodge himself
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