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Charles University in Prague Faculty of Education Department of English Language and Literature Charles University in Prague Faculty of Education Department of English Language and Literature Master Thesis The Fictional Man: Ned Kelly in Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang in Comparison with !lder Portrayals Author: Adam Prentis Supervisor: PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D. Praha !"#! DEC#$%$T&ON $ here%& de'lare that this diploma thesis titled “The )ictional Man: Ned +ell& in Peter Care&,s True History of the Kelly Gang in Comparison -ith .lder Portra&als/ is the result of m& o-n -ork and that $ used onl& the sources 'ited. The text of the thesis 1e0'luding the preliminary pages footnotes and the References se'tion) fulfils the minimum length requirement of #"5,""" 'hara'ters %eing in the e0'ess of #66,""" 'hara'ters. $ also de'lare that $ have not previousl& used this -ork to gain any other a'ademic title than the one applied for. Prague 30 Novem%er !"#! 8888888888888888888888888888 Adam Prentis $CKNOW#ED(EMENT) $ -ould here%& like to pa& m& respe'ts to the memory of the re'entl& de'eased do'. PhDr. Anna 9rmelov: CSc. -ho inspired me to take a deeper interest in postcolonial literatures and -ho offered me valua%le insight during m& pre;research preparations. $ -ould like to thank PhDr. Petr Chalupský Ph.D. for lending me his time experience expertise and encouragement as supervisor for this diploma thesis. )inall& $ -ould like to thank m& -ife Radka for her understanding and her mu'h needed support. T&T#E: The )ictional Man: Ned +ell& in Peter Care&,s True History of the Kelly Gang in Comparison -ith .lder Portra&als $UT*!%: Adam Prentis DEP$%TMENT: Department of English Language and Literature )UPER+&)!%: PhDr. Petr Chalupský Ph.D. $,)T%$CT: The thesis 'oncerns itself -ith the anal&sis of various personality aspe'ts of the protagonist of Peter Care&,s True History of the Kelly Gang 1!"""3 < Ned +ell&. Al%eit a historical figure Ned +ell& is approa'hed as a fictional 'hara'ter -ith fo'us pla'ed on his s&m%olic status of Australian nationality m&th and manhood and on the literary means that point to this. The separate aspe'ts are pla'ed in an evolutionary 'ontext through 'omparisons -ith older portra&als of the same 'hara'ter < in Ma0 Bro-n’s Australian Son 1#>653 and ?. ?. +enneall&,s The Complete Inner History of the Kelly Gang and their Pursuers 1#>!>3 all of -hich use a heroising approa'h to the man. The -ork sho-s that Ned +ell& ma& %e perceived in many 'omple0 -a&s -ith further possibilities for anal&sis suggested. Comparing the three %ooks it is found that although 'onsidera%le unif&ing tendencies and moments exist, some aspe'ts have a significant difference in fo'us or emphasis. A shift is noted from a 'onfrontational idealising defence of -hat is perceived as a historical person to a more m&thical glorif&ing of imperfe'tion. *o other 'lear developmental tendenc& -as found though a more %roader 'omparison -ith further %ooks on the su%@e't 'ould offer a %etter picture. KEY'!%"): Australian literature manhood national m&th outla- hero Ned +ell& Peter Care& NÁZEV: Reflexe postav& Neda +ell&ho v umAle'ké a memo:rovB literatuře $UT!%: Adam Prentis KATEDR$: +atedra anglického @aD&ka a literatury VEDOUC0 P%.CE: PhDr. Petr Chalupský Ph.D. $,)T%$KT: Prá'e se za%ýv: analýzou různý'h oso%nostních aspektů Neda +ell&ho hlavní postav& knih& Petera Care&ho True History of the Kelly Gang 1Pravdivý pCF%Ah +ell&ho partyG !"""3. $ kd&H @e Ned +ell& historickou postavou @e k němu přistupov:no @ako k fiktivní postavA se zamAřením na @eho australskou národnostní, mýtickou a mužskou s&m%oličnost a na literární DpEso%& kterými @e tě'hto o%raDE do'Fleno. ?ednotlivB aspekty @sou vztaženy do vývo@ovBho kontextu skrze porovnání se staršími v&o%razeními této postav& < v knize Australian Son 1#>653 od Maxe Bro-na a The Complete Inner History of the Kelly Gang and their Pursuers 1#>!>3 od ?. ?. +enneall&ho – vJe'hny tři texty zau@íma@F kladné stanovisko k Nedu +ell&m. Prá'e ukazu@e že Ned +ell& mEže %ýt vním:n mnoha komplexními DpEso%&. DalJF možnosti pro analýzu @sou naznaIeny v D:vAru. K porovnání výJe zmíněný'h knih %&lo D@ištěno že i kd&H zde existu@F znaIně s@edno'u@F'F prvky tendence v některý'h aspekte'h se pro@evu@e výrazně odlišný dEraD Ii zamACení. ?e v&sledov:n posun D konfrontaIní a idealisu@F'F o%ha@o%& historické oso%& k spFJe mýtickému oslavov:ní nedokonalBho IlovAka. L:dná dalJF @ednoznaIné vývo@ovB tendence ne%&l& průkazně D@ištěny ale roDJířená kompara'e zahrnu@F'F dalJF knih& na toto téma %& mohlo d:t lepJí představu. KL01!+. )#!+$: australská literatura mužstvF národní mýtus loupežník, hrdina Ned +ell& Peter Care& Table of Contents Introdu'tion M 1 THEORETICAL PART 5 1.1 Australian Colonial and Postcolonial Literature.............................................5 #.#.# Defining colonialism.........................................................................................................5 #.#.! Defining post'olonialism..................................................................................................> #.#.7 S&mbols of nation and resistan'e...................................................................................#" #.#.6 The power of language....................................................................................................## #.#.O A note on Commonwealth literature..............................................................................#! 1.2 Mas'ulinity in Pestern Culture.....................................................................#! #.!.# Criteria of manhood........................................................................................................#O #.!.! Mas'ulinit& and modern civilisation..............................................................................#M 1.3 The Ned +ell& M&th........................................................................................#> #.7.# The Ned Kell& m&th in a post'olonial conte0t................................................................!" #.7.! The Ned Kell& m&th in the conte0t of colonial Australia...............................................!! 2 PRACTICAL PART: Overvie- !6 2.1 Ned +ell& in Peter Care&Qs True Nistory of the +ell& 9ang..........................!6 2.2 Ned +ell& in Max Bro-nQs Australian Son.....................................................!M 2.3 Ned +ell& in ?ames ?erome +enneall&Qs The Complete Inner Nistory of the +ell& 9ang and their Pursuers..........................................................................!5 3 PRACTICAL PART: Analyses & Comparisons 7" 3.1 Ned +ell& the %o&...........................................................................................7" 3.2 Ned +ell& the &outh........................................................................................7! 3.3 Ned +ell& the famil& mem%er and the son...................................................7S 3.4 Ned +ell& the lover and the father................................................................6# 3.5 Ned +ell& the 'riminal and the victim..........................................................66 3.6 Ned +ell& the Christian..................................................................................65 3.7 Ned +ell& the 'ommoner...............................................................................O# 3.8 Ned +ell& the hero 1the manhood ideal3.......................................................O6 3.9 Ned +ell& the Australian 1the national s&m%ol3...........................................O5 3.10 Ned +ell& the supernatural figure...............................................................M! Con'lusion MM Referen'es S" Introdu'tion Alread& during his lifetime the Australian outla- Ned +ell&,s various pu%lic images differed to su'h an extent that it -ould %e hard to guess the man’s true 'hara'ter. 1'f. Innes 57;6 and others3 Even the people in dire't 'onta't -ith him -ould have interpreted his -ords and a'tions in different -a&s < in the light of -hich point of vie- the& a''epted as their o-n. Although their 'ertainl& -as a one true and real Ned +ell& that man is not onl& long dead %ut is %e'oming more and more deta'hed from the 'hara'ter he gave %irth to: the starkl& 'ontrasting and ever-'hanging Ned +ell& of hearsa& and popular legend of ne-spaper articles and police reports of (+ell& 9ang %ooks/ and popular %iographies of films and 'omic %ooks of 'ultural memory and postcolonial fiction. 1'f. M')arlane !M and others3 Thus it ma& %e understood that although Ned +ell& is a real historical person# in the %ooks that purport to tell his life story he is first and foremost a literary figure in the hands of -riters -ho must themselves de'ide -hat image to give the man and ho- the& -ill a'hieve this portra&al. And so as time moves on and history slips inevita%l& further and further, -ith the man himself and the testimonies of -itnesses forgotten or la&ered -ith the dust of a distant past, a reader interested in his story is more and more likel& to find themself 'onfronted -ith Ned +ell& the fictional man. This paper undertakes to make a 'omple0 anal&sis of the fictional Ned +ell& as he is set out in Peter Care&,s highl&;a''laimed and influential novel True History of the Kelly Gang 1first pu%lished in !"""3 and through a 'omparison -ith two older portra&als of the 'hara'ter in Ma0 Bro-n’s Australian Son 1#>653 and ?. ?. +enneall&,s The Complete Inner History of the Kelly Gang and Their Pursuers 1#>!>3 to give a glimpse of the d&namics of the 'hara'ter’s evolution in the -ritten -ord. The paper is divided into three parts. The first aims to give the reader a minimalist
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