Prostory v povídkách Edgara Allana Poea a jich vztah k postavám

Nekvasilová, Klára

The thesis provides an analysis of spatial setting in selected short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, and is based mainly on Daniela Hodrová's works "Places with a Secret" and "The Poetics of a Place." Additionally, the thesis also considers temporal setting. In the thesis, short stories "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Black Cat," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "Eleonora," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Oval Portrait," "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "Ligeia" are be observed with an attempt to explore how does the spatial setting in them correspond to the concept of "a place with a secret" which Hodrová examines and defines in her work. Simultaneously, the concept of "a character with a secret" is studied, since it deeply intertwines with the idea of "a place with a secret," and the two cannot be possibly separated. Accordingly, the thesis attempts to uncover how does the setting and the characters affect and reflect each other. As for the structure of the thesis, it commences with three theoretical introductory chapters which serve as a base for the later analysis. The chapters place Edgar Allan Poe and Daniela Hodrová into context. E. A. Poe is presented in connection to romantic literature and Gothic fiction, regarding both the English and the American context. Daniela...

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