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The comparison of short stories by Stefan Grabiński and Edgar Allan Poe
Slováková, Lenka ; Benešová, Michala (advisor) ; Kolmanová, Simona (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis entitled "The comparison of short stories by Stefan Grabiński and Edgar Allan Poe", is to define and compare the themes found in short stories by Stefan Grabiński and Edgar Allan Poe. The first two chapters will focus on the lives of both the authors and the literary genre of horror. The most notable primary texts that serve as the basis of this part are: Tworczość literacka Stefana Grabińskiego (Artur Hutnikiewicz), Cień wielkiej tajemnicy (Marek Adamiec), Edgar Allan Poe (Roger Asselineau) and Rozbité zrcadlo (Martin Hilský). In the analytic part, the chapters will focus mainly on describing the characters considering the influence of their sorroundings and defining the space and time in which the short stories take place with an emphasis on the themes of house and late night. The texts used in this part are: V domě Sáry a jiné povídky (Stefan Grabiński), Jáma a kyvadlo (Edgar Allan Poe) and Povídky (Edgar Allan Poe). The main goal is to compare the attitudes of both authors towards the literary genre of horror, focusing on their use of genre-specific themes and patterns and to find differeces in Grabiński's and Poe's works. 1
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Frankenstein: Changes of Fantastic Appearance and Terror in Movie Adaptations and Theatre
Ševčíková, Michaela ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Hrbata, Zdeněk (referee)
Master's thesis presents comparison of motifs and images of fantastic appearance and terror in the novel Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley and its film and theatre adaptations, and studies their changes. It deals not only with theoretical problems of fantastic appearance, terror (horror) and adaptation, but especially the Frankenstein myth and its influence on creating these images in given texts. Thesis describes the development of fantastic and horrific images from the literary text towards visual and performance media. The thesis studies the transformation of these images within three film adaptations made by directors J. Searlse Dawley (1910), James Whale (1931) and Kenneth Branagh (1994), and one play written by Nick Dear and directed by Danny Boyle (2011). Key words: Frankenstein, Frankenstein myth, fantastic appearance, fantastic, terror, horror, adaptation
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From horror character to girl's idol. Vampire in contemporary literature for young adults
Koubová, Denisa ; Píšová, Ina (advisor) ; Brožová, Věra (referee)
This thesis deals with the evolution of vampire as a literary character in contemporary production for young adults. Its aim is not to describe all existing works but to cover only the most interesting representations of a vampire in various epochs. The thesis describes the most influential works building the literary stereotype of a vampire and proposes an evolution line. The crucial works in this genre are: Vampire, Carmilla, Dracula, Interview with a Vampire, The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, Twilight, House of Night, Vampire Academy and Vampire Boardingschool. Based on them we create a typology according to the appearance, character and narrative role of a vampire. The thesis begins with an anthropological introduction, especially with the origin of the vampires in Easteuropean folk tradition. Farther more we deal with most common genres used to enrich the vampire literature and theory of a literary character as a narrative category. The analysis covers the evolution of a vampire character from its naturalistic appearance to its very civilized pole in the contemporary young adults fiction. We close with the chapter describing the character of a vampire as a literary symbol.
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Comparison of lives and works of E. A. Poe and Stephen King/ What can make people write horror stories?
Kopečná, Kateřina ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Chalupský, Petr (referee)
The bachelor thesis is concerned with the comparison of lives and works of Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. In the theoretical part of the thesis the horror genre and its typical features are introduced together with outlining both writers' brief biographies. The main part focuses on the analogies between the authors' lives and similarities in the topics and motifs of their work. Poe and King are world-wide famous horror writers; and besides the obvious similarities, such as the nationality and the choice of genre, there are many parallel events and influences in their lives that might have affected the literary production. The thesis provides a deeper analysis of those facets and it puts them in context with their works. The last part interconnects the findings made throughout and explores the tentative thesis as to whether there can be something that can "make" a person write horror stories.
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The development of fantastic literature, its latest trends and its role in the Czech libraries and in the Czech market
Vašíčková, Zuzana ; Buřilová, Marcela (advisor) ; Hubrtová, Jitka (referee)
The bachelor's thesis focuses on the historical development of fiction as a literary genre, from the early modern period to the present. This trend is observed in the Czech Republic and abroad. Besides the development we can find here as well the definitions of particular genres. The thesis then examines how public libraries are facing to the current trend of popularity of the fiction. The problems associated with the description of documents, construction of the fund, and acquisition are mentioned as well as benefits from the popularity of the genre - when libraries use fiction to their promotion. The conclusion briefly surveys current state of the book market and its share which is occupied by the fiction. In the supplement a brief list of fiction subgenres can be found.
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Who Witnessed Necssities
FRIMLOVÁ, Kateřina
This bachelor thesis is primarily devoted to the analysis and comparison of the psycho-logical novel by Václav Řezáč and the novel by Stephen King Nezbytné věci. The thesis states briefly information about the authors and their work. As follows, it concerns with the analysis of the novel Svědek and Nezbytné věci. However, important part of this paper is the comparison of the two novels on the basis of the genre classification.
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The elements of horror in the stories of Ray Bradbury
HLADKÝ, Martin
This thesis deals with the interpretation of the horror elements in the short stories of Ray Bradbury. The theoretical part describes the main features of the Gothic novel and the links between this literary tradition and the genre of science fiction (e.g. the role of the novel Frankenstein). The practical part deals with the particular themes of Bradbury's stories: (the loss of identity, alienation, the role of memory, the fear of death, the presence of mystery). The thesis also deals with the way Bradbury evokes suspense and the atmosphere of horror.
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Horror Atmosphere in E. A. Poe's stories
KAŠPAROVÁ, Tereza
The goal of this bachelor thesis is to describe the means Edgar Allan Poe uses to create the atmosphere of horror in his short stories. The first part of the thesis deals with themes as the most obvious of the means that Poe employs. The themes analyzed in this chapter recur frequently in the stories and have the most powerful impact on the reader. The second part of the thesis focuses on the setting and in the third and final part the narrative style is discussed.
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