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Antiheroes in French Roman Noir
Karkovský, Radek ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
(in English): This work will consist in an analysis of the antiheroes in modern French literature, especially in "Roman Noir". Before treating the topic of antiheroes in mystery fiction we will describe the history of this type of protagonists in world literatures, from the classic literature to the modern one. To be able to understand the problematics of antiheroes in Roman Noir, we will also describe the history of French mystery fiction. Regarding the analysis of antiheroes in this sub- genre of crime fiction, we will start with the character of Maigret. Although the novels of G. Simenon are not real Romans Noirs, we consider them as a "passage" of the detective novel - in the traditional sense - to the Roman Noir. Furthermore, in this work, we will analyze characters of real Romans Noirs; first, the crude and surprising behavior of Nestor Burma, a famous character of Léo Malet, then the mediocrity of protagonists of the novels Morgue pleine and Le Petit Bleu de la côte ouest of Jean-Patrick Manchette, and finally, Fabio Montale, an atypical investigator from a novel series of the late twentieth century written by Jean-Claude Izzo.
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Minimalism in Jean-Philippe Toussaint's Work
Karkovský, Radek ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
In this thesis, the traces of minimalism, firstly the style typical for visual arts will be analysed in the work of Belgian novelist Jean-Philippe Toussaint. On the basis of the three novels - Bathroom, Camera and Making Love - will be explained what the literally minimalism is based on, especially in thematic plane, processing of protagonists, narrative style and spatiotemporal anchoring. This work will dissert on mysterious female characters and their characteristics, but also on bizarre behaviour of male protagonists. Among other things, the structure of Toussaint's simple stories will be analysed and compared with other works of French literature; especially the elements of the Nouveau Roman will be accentuated. We will not miss passages about the author's obsession of unknown places (foreign cities, small hotel chambers, taxis etc.) and about author's language humour which is so popular with readers worldwide.
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