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Autobiographical Reflections in Jane Austen's Fictional World
Vošmíková, Marcela ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Grmelová, Anna (referee)
This thesis deals with autobiographical reflections in selected novels of Jane Austen. The theoretical part looks into the social, historical, and cultural background in Jane Austen's lifetime. It also gives a general outline of literary genres in the late 18th and early 19th century. The practical part is focused on the analysis of various aspects in six Austen's books within the context of the available information about the writer's life. These novels are: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. This part deals with the question concerning an extent to which Austen's writing, the fictional worlds of her novels, can be attributed to the influence of her personal life and experience.
Aggressor and Victim: Main characters and their psychological development in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace
Čechurová, Markéta ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Ženíšek, Jakub (referee)
This thesis aims to analyze characters of Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee from a psychological point of view, suggest possible motives and interpretations of their behaviour as well as to discuss their development, and analyze the environment they are set in. First, the thesis focuses on providing theoretical background of the novel and its author, as well as on a brief introduction to the historical development of the Republic of South Africa in which the plot of Disgrace is set. The theoretical part also defines terms relevant to the practical part, such as rape, corrective rape, and sexual violence, and provides a brief psychological typology of its victims and perpetrators. The practical part is focused on a psychological analysis of the main characters, David and Lucy, as well as an analysis of Melanie, Petrus, and Pollux. Using the theoretical background, the thesis explores their psychological development, and the reasons behind their behaviour, and further discusses, whether they could be considered victims or perpetrators of sexual violence. KEYWORDS Coetzee, Disgrace, South Africa, psychological development of characters, sexual violence
Selected Aspects of Gender Transition in Bernardine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other and Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Gajdošíková, Veronika ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Higgins, Bernadette (referee)
This thesis is concerned with the depiction of gender transition in two contemporary novels originally written in English, Girl, Woman, Other (2019) by Bernardine Evaristo and Detransition, Baby (2021) by Torrey Peters. The vivid depiction of the chosen characters in the novels invites a closer analysis of some aspects of gender transition, namely social transition, medical and surgical transition, and legal gender transition. The theoretical part introduces the concepts of gender, gender transition, and detransition. The thesis further presents the position of gender and gender transition in contemporary Anglophone literature. The practical part relies on the theoretical part and focuses on the depiction of gender transition of transgender characters from the two novels analysing the selected aspects of the characters' transition journeys. By evaluating the content, themes, and the presentation of the novels, the thesis determines their efficacy in conveying accurate and insightful information about the experience of gender transition. Moreover, the potential of selected texts as educational resources on the subject matter is briefly discussed, concluding that Girl, Woman, Other provides the reader with fundamental information concerning gender transition while Detransition, Baby would better suit...
Lucy Kirkwood's play The Children from an Ecocritical Perspective
Hanusová, Veronika ; Topolovská, Tereza (advisor) ; Chalupský, Petr (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the play The Children by a contemporary British author Lucy Kirkwood. It looks at the play from an ecocritical point of view and focuses on the way it reflects the environmental problems of today's world, especially regarding the issue of human responsibility for human-induced climate change. The theoretical part introduces key concepts such as the idea of Anthropocene and Capitalocene, their ethical implications and the idea of responsibility towards future generations. Furthermore, it briefly touches upon the biography of the author, her work, and the real-life inspiration behind The Children, the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima in Japan. The practical part interprets the play from the perspective of responsibility of one generation towards others. This thesis sees The Children as a commentary on the state of today's society and attempts to draw a parallel between the situation in the play and the current ecological crisis and climate change. KEYWORDS Lucky Kirkwood, The Children, Anthropocene, Responsibility, Future Generations, Climate Crisis
Echoes of EOKA: A Literary Exploration of Simon Mawer's and Soulla Christodoulou's Cyprus
Orphanides, Tomáš ; Topolovská, Tereza (advisor) ; Chalupský, Petr (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to examine the accuracy and the manner of depiction of the period of the EOKA struggle in Cyprus in Simon Mawer's Swimming to Ithaca (2006) and Soulla Christodoulou's The Summer Will Come (2018). The theoretical part of the thesis examines the events between 1878 and 1959, a critical period in Cypriot history marked by British administrative control, substantial political transformations, and armed confrontation between the Greek Cypriots and the British. The practical part focuses on the analysis of the novels, investigating the impact of the EOKA campaign on the daily life, perspectives and the coexistence of Greek Cypriot and British communities. The thesis also explores themes related to the Greek Cypriot and British personal relationships and the Greek Cypriot experience of migration and settling in England. In conclusion, the novels are compared and contrasted based on the objectives, providing a comprehensive analysis of the literary interpretation of the period. KEY WORDS postcolonial literature, modern Cypriot history, British colonial rule, EOKA campaign, Enosis, Greek Cypriot identity, contemporary British historical fiction, Simon Mawer, Soulla Christodoulou, migration and settlement, socio-political tensions, philhellenism, colonial heritage, coexistence of...
Development of the concept of liminality in selected works of Salman Rushdie
Švejdík, Jan ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Ženíšek, Jakub (referee)
The core of this thesis is capturing the concept of liminality in the past works of Salman Rushdie, specifically in novels The Satanic Verses, The Ground Beneath Her Feet and Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights. Selected characters and motifs of these novels reflect autobiographical elements, thus the aim of the thesis is to describe the transformation of the concept of liminality in chronological progression, where these novels represent three periods in which the author's perception of home and migration differ substantially from one another. The phenomenon of liminality is described within the frame of postcolonial literary theory and attention is therefore paid to the notion of "other" in relation to home and its cultural specificities, as well as in relation to the migrant's new homeland. The analysis of these works and their abstraction into three representative periods form a frame of reference for comparison with possible future works of the author.
Comparison of the Characters of Samson and Dalila in John Milton's Samson Agonistes and King James Bible
Stašová, Michaela ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Ženíšek, Jakub (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to explore John Milton's poetic work Samson Agonistes through a thorough comparison between the characters of Samson and Dalila, while also contrasting them with the original, biblical, Samson and Delilah, in the Old Testament, the Book of Judges, chapters 13-16. The thesis does not explore only differences but also similarities of these seemingly contrasting characters. The main tools used to conduct this analysis are juxtaposition and close reading of John Milton!s Samson Agonistes and biblical texts, using the Authorized King James Bible. The first part of this thesis is discussing the heroic character of Samson possessing divine powers as depicted in the Bible and John Milton's Samson who is blind, distraught and held captive by the Philistines. Milton is reflecting his own innermost feelings in Samson Agonistes making this poetic work autobiographical. The next part focuses on the deceitful biblical Delilah and John Milton's Dalila who seems to contradict herself in her manner of speaking. The last part of the thesis examines Samson and Dalila's similarities. KEYWORDS Samson Agonistes, John Milton, Character comparison, King James Bible, Dalila

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