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Fatefulness in the Art of Horacio Quiroga's Short Story
Žaludová, Olga ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
This master's thesis aims to compare Horacio Quiroga's short story with a general theory of the short story and to juxtapose it with Quiroga's own Ten Rules for the Perfect Storyteller. The first theoretical part looks at the short story from the point of view of literary history with a special focus on the differences between a short story and a novel. It goes on to give a short overview of the literary development in Latin America, outlining specific features of the given area and their influence on Horacio Quiroga's works. A separate chapter covers the Hispanic - American fantasy short story, its general principles and some examples of Horacio Quiroga's works. In the next chapter the paper refers to Quiroga's essays concerning theories of the short story, particularly Ten Rules for the Perfect Storyteller, aiming to introduce the theoretical concept of Quiroga's art of storytelling. Ten Rules for the Perfect Storyteller provides the paper with the background to interpret a number of selected Quiroga's short stories as well as to compare the theories of the short story between Horacio Quiroga and Edgar Allan Poe. Having briefly outlined the context of Quiroga's complete work, the paper identifies the main recurring themes and touches upon Quiroga's character in his short stories set in the...
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Fatefulness in the Art of Horacio Quiroga's Short Story
Žaludová, Olga ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
This master's thesis aims to compare Horacio Quiroga's short story with a general theory of the short story and to juxtapose it with Quiroga's own Ten Rules for the Perfect Storyteller. The first theoretical part looks at the short story from the point of view of literary history with a special focus on the differences between a short story and a novel. It goes on to give a short overview of the literary development in Latin America, outlining specific features of the given area and their influence on Horacio Quiroga's works. A separate chapter covers the Hispanic - American fantasy short story, its general principles and some examples of Horacio Quiroga's works. In the next chapter the paper refers to Quiroga's essays concerning theories of the short story, particularly Ten Rules for the Perfect Storyteller, aiming to introduce the theoretical concept of Quiroga's art of storytelling. Ten Rules for the Perfect Storyteller provides the paper with the background to interpret a number of selected Quiroga's short stories as well as to compare the theories of the short story between Horacio Quiroga and Edgar Allan Poe. Having briefly outlined the context of Quiroga's complete work, the paper identifies the main recurring themes and touches upon Quiroga's character in his short stories set in the...
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The space in Horacio Quiroga's short stories
Merhautová, Eva ; Poláková, Dora (advisor) ; Škodová, Denisa (referee)
( in English) The aim of this Bachelor's thesis is to describe the category of space in Horacio Quiroga's short novel. Above all, it focuses on the creation of so-called jungle tales and its particular environment. The first part is theoretical and tries to sum up the most important facts of the author's life and creation and it is followed by the part summarizing various information about the theory of the concept of space in literature. A special chapter is dedicated to (the) a term "topos", which is appllied to the hispanoamerican literature and to the generation of regionalism, especially to the novel of the jungle. The work continues with the a practical analysis of the short stories. It describes the comparison of expressions of Quiroga's different styles and the image of the province of Misiones, where the author lived for a long time and which remains captured in his works. Furthermore, the thesis focuses on the influence of the environment of the jungle on the characters and what kind of characters it creates. It finishes with the image of the jungle as a sacred place.
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