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Female Characters and the Relationship of Women to Children in Roald Dahl's Children's Fiction
BUBLOVÁ, Kateřina
The aim of the Bachelor thesis is a literary analysis of the characteristics of female characters in Roald Dahl's work for children's readers. Roald Dahl became known as the author of grotesque prose for adults, and his work for children is characterized by black humour, hyperbole, grotesque elements and some controversy of his works (The Witches, George's Marvellous Medicine, etc). The work will firstly introduce Roald Dahl and his work in different categories of readers (children and adult readers) and then will deal with the topic of the author's anti-feminist approach to female characters, especially in Dahl's prose The Witches. The theoretical basis of the work will compare the concept of female characters in the classic fairy tale by Grimm Brothers (Bettelheim) and the characteristics of female characters in Dahl's work for children's readers. The practical part of the work will further assess the influence of role models and model characters on the child reader in Dahl's work for children, including possible controversies in the reading and interpretation. The role of humour, hyperbole and grotesque will be the subject of final analysis within my research as part of the Bachelor thesis.
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The Readers' Reception of Roald Dahl's Books. Children and Adult Readers and Their Way to the Grotesque
MASLÁKOVÁ, Lucie
The aim of my bachelor thesis is a comparison of the grotesque in Roald Dahl's work intended for children and for adults. In the theoretical part the definition of the grotesque and black humour will be given in general. Subsequently, the next part will be dedicated to the comparison of the grotesque and black humour in Dahl's work for children and for adult readers. The core will include literary analysis of the grotesque in Dahl's poetry for children Revolting Rhymes, in short stories for adult readers Kiss, Kiss and analysis of prose Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In the practical part of the thesis, the topic of violence and literary hyperbole will be analysed as well as reception of film adaptations of Dahl's books.
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Model of the world in the texts of children's folklore and peculiarities of its functioning in a modern children's literature (for example, Grigory Oster's poetry)
Lopatina, Elena ; Rajnochová, Natalie (advisor) ; Kitzlerová, Jana (referee)
(in English): Abstract for thesis on the topic "The model of the world in the texts of children's folklore and peculiarities of its functioning in modern children's literature (the poetry of G. Oster)." The study examined the texts of rhymes and sadistic rhymes identified among pupils of junior classes, in order to identify the main features of modeling the world which are shown in the analyzed texts. Then the features of that models considered by the example of the texts of modern children's literature, in particular texts of G. Oster. The work performes next tasks: 1) to reveal the specifics of child's consciousness, reflected in studied children's folklore genres; 2) to compare the main features of modeling the world in the texts of rhymes and sadistic rhymes; 3) to identify the features of the functioning world's systems in modern children's literature (in the texts by G. Oster). An analysis of 70 text units, which function in the modern children's subculture, identified a specific children's picture of the world and its reflection in the texts of studied genres and texts of modern children's literature (for example the poetry of G.Oster). Finally, there are conclusions which characterize systems of modeling the world in studied genres, which are different from each other by the universal...
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Czech grotesque
Kerhartová, Jana ; Bláha, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Velíšek, Martin (referee)
Kerhartová, J.: Czech grotesque /Graduation thesis of the post-Bachelor study programe/ Prague 2012 - Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education, department of Art, 81 pages This work is oriented as a theoretical study with research aim. It's focused on analysis of the phenomenon of Czech Grotesque and it's causality as a wide cultural - social problem. We use qualitative research methods and research design by The Grounded Theory, authors Strauss - Corbin. Main theme of this study is to investigate possibilities about didactic use of this topic in art education at grammar school. We reflect contemporary trends in art education in czech education curriculum - methods of constructivist pedagogy and discursive analysis. Important part of this work is research probe leading to find out student's pre- concepts about Czech grotesque. At the end, we construct resulting theory which is grounded on our previous research. Key words Czech grotesque, absurdity, art education, existence crisis, constructivist pedagogy, quality research methods
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