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Transformations of the Gothic Genre in the Context of Children´s Literature
 RUCKI, Matyáš
The subject of the bachelor thesis is the transformation of the Gothic genre and its parodies in literature for children's readers. On the theoretical level, the thesis will focus on the characteristics of the Gothic genre over the centuries with regard to the dynamics of Gothic elements in works of children's literature and then, on the interpretive level, will proceed to a literary analysis of the text of the children's novel The Graveyard Book by the contemporary British author Neil Gaiman. The thesis aims to compare and literary analyse the text of The Graveyard Book with the text of Oscar Wilde's parody gothic novel The Canterville Ghost and attempts to assess the contribution and popularity of the gothic genre in contemporary British prose.
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Imagination and Reality in the Work of J.R.R. Tolkien and Neil Gaiman
 ŠIMMEROVÁ, Alena
The bachelor thesis aims to explore selected works of J. R. R. Tolkien and Neil Gaiman as representative examples of the fantasy genre. The narratives of Tolkien's Hobbit and Lord of The Rings and Gaiman's Coraline and The Graveyard Book will be contrasted and analysed on the theoretical background of the rites of passage. Thus, its fundamental concepts will be introduced in order to establish a solid basis for subsequent analysis. The concept of liminality will be given extra importance because it represents a state in which the dramatic changes in one's character occur. The focus will be placed on the fantastic adventure as a liminal phase of the storyline in comparison with the preliminary and post-liminal ones, which are more or less associated with realistic elements. The proper analysis will concentrate especially on the disparity between the fantastic plot, which is aligned to a trial/journey motif, and the framework established by the opening and the end of the story. Moreover, a part of the thesis will be devoted to a definition of the fantasy genre and the biography of both authors. Finally, the thesis will be concluded with the topic of death in terms of liminality as meeting point of imagination and reality.
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Fantastic Fictional Worlds in Literary Work of Niel Gaiman
 Spiruová, Michaela ; Hník, Ondřej (advisor) ; Zimová, Lucie (referee)
The Bachelor's thesis has explanatory and interpretative character. The focus of it is to explain and interpret three peaces of work by Anglo-American writer Neil Gaiman: Coraline, Newerwhere and American Gods. First part is focused on general characteristic of fantasy genre, the second then on analysis of above mentioned peaces with specific concentration on archetypes and other world's topos.
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