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Gothic and Realistic Features in the Works of Flannery O´Connor and Carson McCullers
ZÁHOROVÁ, Zuzana
The diploma thesis focuses on a comparative analysis of Flannery O'Connor's and Carson McCullers' Southern Gothic literary works. Special emphasis is put on the relationship between the gothic and realistic features. The comparative analysis is based on the characterisation of Southern Gothic literature (the landscape and environment as the main focus), which leads to the specification of its main features. Individual chapters contain O'Connor's and McCullers' biographies. The comparative analysis itself concentrates on the description of the heroes and their relationships, the function of landscape, the meaning of grotesque motifs, the connection of traditional and comical features, the influence of past, the role of religion and the issue of good and evil.
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In the Mud of Dreams and Reality. Autobiographical Features in Prose Fiction of Pavel Růžek and Jerzy Pilch
Zaor, Olga ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Králíková, Andrea (referee)
The present thesis explores works of Pavel Růžek and Jerzy Pilch, its central focus being the analysis and interpretation of their approach towards one's own biography and one's identity as a writer. Although both authors come from the same generation, they address different literary traditions and construct different poetics. What they have in common, however, are literary motifs rooted in their biographies, such as alcoholism, the mythology of childhood, [the existence of] "fateful places," even particular types of women or other characters (including animals). Additionally, the thesis scrutinises the position of both writers in the consciousness of Polish and Czech readership along with their place on the two literary markets.
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Dangerous Crossing: The Gendered Grotesque in the Selected Stories of Joyce Carol Oates
Lajdová, Johana ; Ulmanová, Hana (advisor) ; Nováková, Soňa (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyse selected short stories by Joyce Carol Oates from the perspective of intersecting gender and the grotesque, and to determine the significance of gender and gender roles or stereotypes in the grotesque present in the aforementioned texts. This thesis focuses especially on the theme of gendered violence, as it is an important element in all analysed stories: "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", "Heat," "Haunted," "The Premonition," and "Extenuating Circumstances." The first part of this thesis is theoretical and is concerned with the summary and comparison of selected major theories of the grotesque and gender, emphasising especially the motifs and themes that are found in the short stories (bodily grotesque, violence, gender performativity, and the forms of gender or sexuality that transgress the binary and heteronormative framework). The second chapter addresses the term "grotesque," which is defined according to its etymology, and follows the historical changes of its meaning. It also describes the importance of the grotesque in visual arts, based especially on Frances S. Connelly's research, and focuses mainly on the possible parallels between the visual and the literary grotesque, which is the last topic of the second chapter. The grotesque is defined here...
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In the Mud of Dreams and Reality. Autobiographical Features in Prose Fiction of Pavel Růžek and Jerzy Pilch
Zaor, Olga ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Králíková, Andrea (referee)
The present thesis explores works of Pavel Růžek and Jerzy Pilch, its central focus being the analysis and interpretation of their approach towards one's own biography and one's identity as a writer. Although both authors come from the same generation, they address different literary traditions and construct different poetics. What they have in common, however, are literary motifs rooted in their biographies, such as alcoholism, the mythology of childhood, [the existence of] "fateful places," even particular types of women or other characters (including animals). Additionally, the thesis scrutinises the position of both writers in the consciousness of Polish and Czech readership along with their place on the two literary markets.
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Transformations of the Aesthetic of Ugliness in 19th Century Literature
NAGYOVÁ, Andrea
Work through the analysis of selected literary works of the 19th century attempts to answer the question whether during romanticism and decadence has somehow substantially changed the use and perception of the theme of ugliness, whether it is physical ugliness or ugliness environment ("nature" against the city, etc.). The starting point will be the aesthetics of romanticism with its use of an abomination and grotesqueness, attention will be paid to using of different kinds of ugliness in the literature of naturalism and, last but not least also the outcome of these '-isms' in literature of fin de si?cle. Work tries to capture the transformations of the relationships between ugliness and evil, ugliness and morbidity or ugliness and (un)naturalness.
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