The comic : serious duality in Kingsley Amis’s lucky Jim
Other Title(s)
ثنائية الهزل و الجد في رواية كنجزلي أميس "جيم المحظوظ"
Dissertant
Thesis advisor
Comitee Members
Kayid, Isam Muhammad
al-Jabbari, Iqbal
University
Middle East University
Faculty
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of English
University Country
Jordan
Degree
Master
Degree Date
2011
English Abstract
The current study examines how Amis’s lucky Jim provides double modes between comedy and seriousness at the same time.
The study deals with criticizing the ground realities of the sociocultral and educational aspects of the British lifestyle in the period after the Second World War.
As a result, the study reveals the reflection of the social hierarchies in the British community as a main predicament affecting the lower-middle class people and their simple aspirations and dreams of a decent living.
From this angle, lucky Jim expresses Amis’s anger and dissatisfaction with the world around him.
In doing so, the study describes the events of the novel by quoting, and analysing them to encrust the combination between the apparent comedy and the embedded seriousness in Lucky Jim.
The setting of the novel lies in an unnamed provincial university and its main characters who are introduced as members in this university.
The general impression one gets out of this microcosm is that it is a genuine picture of the British academy in the years following the hectic years of the Second World War.
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
No. of Pages
81
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Abstract in Arabic.
Chapter One : Introduction.
Chapter Two : Review of related literature.
Chapter Three : The comic and serious elements of lucky Jim.
Chapter Four : Conclusion.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mujahid, Talat Muhammad. (2011). The comic : serious duality in Kingsley Amis’s lucky Jim. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-692675
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mujahid, Talat Muhammad. The comic : serious duality in Kingsley Amis’s lucky Jim. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University. (2011).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-692675
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mujahid, Talat Muhammad. (2011). The comic : serious duality in Kingsley Amis’s lucky Jim. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-692675
Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-692675
