Study discipline:Anglický jazyk - specializace v pedagogice
Abstract:
This thesis focuses on the specific features of the country portrayed in the short novel
The Country of the Pointed Firs by the American regional author Sarah Orne Jewett in
comparison with the city environment. The popularity of the local color movement was
increasing during the era of the Industrial Revolution. Disillusionment of hard
conditions brought by the new way of life in urbanized and overcrowded cities was one
of the main reasons why thousands of readers were enthused to read about calm rural
areas. The theoretical part introduces the Local Color movement together with the
importance of Sarah Orne Jewett as one of the most significant New England authors of
the 19th century. The analytical part deals with the specific features included in this
novella, starting with the unusual usage of the narrator, followed by a women’s world of
Dunnet Landing, ending with different dialects used in this book, the superstitions and
the importance of community.
