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Mika Waltari's Detective Novels
Kopuletá, Hana ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Kovář, Michal (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the analysis of three detective novels by the Finnish author Mika Waltari: Kuka murhasi rouva Skrofin? (1939, Who Murdered Mrs. Skrof?), Komisario Palmun erehdys (1940, Inspector Palmu's Mistake) and Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu! (1962, It is Written in the Stars, Inspector Palmu!). The first part of the thesis is devoted to the theoretical introduction, which discusses the origin and development of the detective novel and where the existing typologies of detective stories and the rules for their writing are introduced. In the second part of the thesis we will proceed to the proper analysis of Waltari's novels. We first determine to which kind of detective novel Waltari's texts belong in terms of Todorov's typology. The aim is also to determine whether his works are closer to the classic British whodunnit detective story, or its American hard-boiled variant, and to what extent Waltari follows the rules set for writing a detective novel in his texts. In the end, on the basis of performed analysis, we will describe the main tendencies in the author's detective literary output. Keywords: detective novel, Mika Waltari, police commissioner Palmu, Tzvetan Todorov, detective, murder
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Antonio Muñoz Molina's Novel
Kopuletá, Hana ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Housková, Anna (referee)
The aim of this work is to describe the development of literary works of well-known Spanish writer Antonio Muñoz Molina on the basis of an analysis of his selected novels, which were published in the period up to the year 2000. They are Beatus Ille, El invierno en Lisboa, Beltenebros, El jinete polaco, Ardor guerrero and Plenilunio. In the introductory part of this thesis we briefly summarize the development of the Spanish novel, which occurred between the sixties and the eighties of the 20th century. This theoretical part will be followed up with the analysis of the author's works. Selected novels will be divided into three groups, which also correspond to the three main creative periods through which Muñoz Molina's work has passed. Within each chapter, we first describe the specifics of the set creative periods and then analyze all the novels we have included in that chapter. When distributing the novels to individual units, the chronological order in which they were published will be preserved in order to obtain the most accurate picture of the development that the author's creation has undergone. In the end, we summarize the defined creative periods and set the trends that Antonio Muñoz Molina is constantly returning in his novels.
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The critic of Romanticism in Clarín's novels
Kopuletá, Hana ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Kazmar, Vít (referee)
The aim of this work is to analyze the critique of romanticism in Clarín's most famous novels La Regenta and Su único hijo, which lies in the realistic and naturalistic description of the appearance and characteristic of the main characters, in which we can find romantic elements as well. However, the author in his work assumes a rather ironic attitude towards these symptoms of certain romantic anachronisms. The critique of romanticism in Clarín's novels manifests itself mainly through various paradoxical situations, naturalistic descriptions or ridiculed characters. The first part of the paper is to present a theoretical introduction of the subject with characterization of different literary styles of the 19th century, i.e. romanticism, realism and naturalism, which elements appear in the analyzed novels. In the second part follows a brief presentation of the author and a detailed analysis of the critique of romanticism in his chosen novels, with more space dedicated to the work of La Regenta, which is considered to be the best Spanish novel of the 19th century.
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