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(N)ostalgy: Literary depiction of childhood and youth in socialism in literary fiction after 1989
Cermonová, Klára ; Píšová, Ina (advisor) ; Peterka, Josef (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyse the representation of the normalisation era as drawn in contemporary Czech literature after 1989. The thesis is based on reminiscent fiction about childhood and youth in the socialist era, dealing with so-called small history - family memories, depiction of childhood, youth and teenage years. This thesis deals with the typical codes for recalling the socialist era, identifies what is recalled and how, and examines what influences remembering of childhood and youth in the era.
Receptive and intertextual strategies in Terry Pratchett's novel cykle "Discworld"
Cermonová, Klára ; Kubíček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Mocná, Dagmar (referee)
This thesis is focused on The Discworld, book series written by English writer Terry Pratchett. It examines which tools the author is using for achieving such a readability and catchines of his novels. Investigations are done in several layers: characters, word of the story, themes and motives. Intertextuality is the next topic of the work. It is mainly focused on intertextuality regarding the readers. Other interest of this thesis is to clarify position of the Discworld among fantasy pieces as it is usually classified as fantasy. Finally, it shows quality of Pratchett's series and it argues with the statement that his work is popular mainstream literature.

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