Přednes, inspirace a narážky: Aluze v divadelních hrách Eugena O'Neilla

Horká, Natálie

The aim of this BA thesis is to closely analyse the ways in which Eugene O'Neill embeds other texts from the literary canon in his work and how these references to other texts influence his plays. Mainly focusing on Long Day's Journey into Night, its sequel A Moon for the Misbegotten, Desire Under the Elms, and the trilogy Mourning Becomes Electra, the thesis explores O'Neill's work with intertextuality. Focusing on Long Day's Journey into Night and its sequel A Moon for the Misbegotten the thesis traces O'Neill's use of citation as a means of building characters and themes. O'Neill borrows quotes from canonical literary works to enhance his characters' expression. He utilizes intertextuality and literary allusions in order to create a very specific communication channel through which the characters express their minds. Especially in Long Day's Journey into Night the number of literary allusions is remarkable and raises the question of whether the quotations are a way of expressing the characters' identities or whether it is a vehicle that O'Neill uses to give the play a more universal and all-embracing feature. The thesis also contrasts these direct quotations with another notion of literary allusion present in O'Neill's work - his interpretation and repurposing of traditional dramatic themes...

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