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A Fairy-Tale Fantasy in Victorian Children´s Literature: Lewis Carroll´s Alice in Wonderland and Charles Kingsley´s Water Babies
TÝMALOVÁ, Monika
The aim of this thesis is a comparative analysis of two popular novels of English children's literature, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through The Looking-Glass and Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies. In the theoretical part the thesis gives information about the life and work of these two authors, and about the general development and particular features of fantastic children's literature. The interpretation draws on Tolkien's essay On Fairy-Stories, which focuses on three primary features: escape, renewal and consolation. The analysis itself deals with the following themes: children and adults, the picture of the other world, danger and violence, friendship and return. In this respect, the thesis outlines the similarities and differences in both authors' attitudes to fantasy genre.
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Narnia and Middle Earth: Ethical Fantasy of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien
CRKVOVÁ, Simona
The aim of this thesis is a comparative analysis of two English fantasy sagas for children: The Chronicles of Narnia by Clive Staples Lewis, and The Hobbit, as well as The Lord of the Rings by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. The theoretical part of the thesis gives information about children's fantasy literature with respect to the discussed works, the biography of both authors, their mutual influence, and, last but not least, Emmanuel Lévinas' moral philosophy, in particular, Ethics of the Other, which focuses on ethical questions. The analysis itself deals with the following themes: children and adults, the alternative worlds, good and evil, particular characters and their concern with good or evil, rewards and punishments, and the highest moral status. The thesis attempts to outline the similarities, as well as differences in both author's attitudes.
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