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The influence of polite manners on communication in and structure of Jane Austen's Novels
Horáková, Eliška ; Beran, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Nováková, Soňa (referee)
This thesis is primarily concerned with individual structural analyses of Jane Austen's novels. It employs a new theory of story structure called Dramatica, which makes a departure from the standard methods of analysis that have trouble penetrating deeper than the surface structure of a story, and rather studies the basic conflicts between the individual components of the story. The thesis shows the advantages of this approach and tentatively recommends the ways in which it could be used in future works. The following part explores the changes in both society and literature (in particular concerning the development of the novel) which predated and therefore could influence Jane Austen. It also points out certain customs and behaviours which are not familiar to the present day reader and the knowledge of which can both simplify and enrich the study of the works. The final part applies the results of the analyses (the most important themes of the novels) to some passages from the stories. The aim is firstly to show the complexity and interconnectedness of Jane Austen's oeuvre, and secondly, to show it in the context of the conventions of the time.
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Representations of "great" (canonically authoritative) texts in contemporary popular culture
PECHOLTOVÁ, Lucie
The thesis focuses on how literary texts of the so called "great tradition" can become parts of contemporary pop culture based on intertextual connections (a wide variety of them from explicit quotation to loose inspiration by the original) with the historical canonical texts, and especially on the changes occurring during such actualization in the narrative categories (storyline, space, time, characters, narrator). The theoretical part defines the concept of adaptation and related terms of intertextuality and intermediality and specifies relevant narrative categories. The analytic part focuses on two literary "giants", William Shakespeare to represent male literary oeuvre and Jane Austen as a representative of female writers' tradition, to show particular narrative modifications by comparing the original versions with their modernized adaptations that function as their pop cultural counterparts.
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The Analysis and Comparison of the Main Women Characters in Chosen Novels Written by Jane Austen
FALTOVÁ, Martina
The aim of the bachelor thesis is to analyze and compare two novels written by Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. The first part of the thesis shortly characterizes and presents the author, her work and both of the novels. The following part concentrates on the historical and social background of the early Romantic period and it also mentions the position of women in that era. These aspects are then related to the main body of the text focusing on the comparison and analysis of the major heroines of the two novels. Last part will contain the ethical motives in both novels, which reflected both the attitude of the author, expressed in her work, and contemporary issues.
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