Experiment a narativní strategie ve vybraných románech B. S. Johnsona

Kostohryz, Jan

This thesis explores the experimental elements and narrative techniques in selected novels by B. S. Johnson. It deals with his work inductively by observing the connections between the selected novels and their interaction with the theory presented in the "Introduction" to Aren't You Rather Young to be Writing Your Memoirs? (1973) and in the novels themselves. These contradictions are not treated as the author's shortcomings, but rather conceived as essential principles of Johnson's fiction. The aim of this thesis is to outline Johnson's deliberately contradictory theory, focus on the changing strategies employed in his fiction, examine how the selected novels resolve the particular writing problems they set for themselves, and prove that his fiction is in constant dialogue with its own theory. The three novels discussed are Albert Angelo (1964), The Unfortunates (1969) and Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (1973). The introduction presents Johnson as a writer, discusses his changing position within the literary canon and describes the aim and structure of the thesis. The first chapter outlines Johnson's theory presented in the "Introduction" and the text's deliberate contradictions. The second chapter focuses on Albert Angelo, contrasting its aims and strategies with Johnson's theory. The third...

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