Kultura a literatura - semináře

15. 11.

Gender

• Lesbian continuum – the relationship between women – it might be sexualized but it can be only friendly relationship (Lydia + Letty, Mary Jones + Watkins – only friends)

• Jenkins and Lydia – Jenkins likes her, wants to protect her, she calls her “Liddy”

29. 11.

Post-colonialism

• Two negroes, belonging to a Creole gentleman, who lodged in the same house, taking their station at a window in the stair-case, about ten feet from our dining-room door, began to practise upon the French-horn

  • Creole = a white person born in the colonies – he is from West Indian – his black servant were playing the music - the music was wild – for Europeans it was unbelievable

  • Sable performers = sable - it denotes an animal (sobol) – they have black fur

  • Colonel – it is a rank in the army

  • To endeavour = to try

  • Gout = disease – gives pain in the bones

  • Cane = walking stick

  • To belabour = to beat

  • Factors = person who have factory

  • To plunder = to destroy, everything is taken

  • Planter = someone who has land, plantation

  • Negro-driver = sla

  • Heir (woman – heiress) = dědic (dědička)

• Jeremy Melford thinks that he is superior – better than slaves

• Creole colonel doesn’t matter about Mathew Bramble because it is a matter of hierarchy – the colonel is from colony

• West Indian – Grenada, Cuba, Santa Lucia, Saint Christopher’s

• Person who made money very quickly

• The ball was opened by a Scotch lord, with a mulatto heiress from St. Christopher’s.