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Searching for Freedom in Jack London´s Novel The Road and Jack Kerouac´s Novel On the Road
ROSSMANN, Michal
The diploma thesis deals with a comparative analysis of two famous works of American literature of the 20th century: The Road (1907) by Jack London and On the Road (1957) by Jack Kerouac. The starting point of the thesis is a description of the personalities of both authors, who experience similar feelings in different periods of time. The thesis focuses on the way how London influenced Kerouac. The theoretical part deals with the meaning of the journey in the epic tradition (Bakhtin). The practical part focuses on comparing particular themes and motifs of the discussed works, while dealing with different aspects of the journey (adventure, escape, meeting, searching for identity and for the meaning of life). The thesis also deals with the experience of vagrancy as a way of life. Interpersonal relationships are analysed in an individual chapter. This chapter draws on the work Way to Wisdom by Karl Jaspers. The conclusion provides a summary of the motifs which can show how London influences Kerouac and how Kerouac develops and transforms the theme of the journey.
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Animal Protagonist in Texts Usable in Education
Vomastková, Martina ; Brožová, Věra (advisor) ; Neumann, Lukáš (referee)
This thesis is focused on an animal protagonist in literary texts which could be used in education because of their didactic potential. The aim of this thesis is to describe the form of representation of an animal protagonist (and nature in general) in chosen literary texts and to design the possible ways how to use these texts in education. The first part is dedicated to a theme of animal in the cultural context, especially in the literature with a short ethology-digression. The second part deals with a literary-theoretical analysis of texts from Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vitaly Bianki and Ceridwen Dovey. The third part of this thesis is focused on the didactic potential of analyzed texts aiming to econarratology. In the last chapter are described possibilities of the didactic work with all the formerly analyzed texts. Keywords animal protagonist, anthropomorphism, literature for children and youth, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vitaly Bianki, Ceridwen Dovey, education, econarratology, didactic potential
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Jack London, The Star Rover, Its Inspiration and Philosophical Content
SODOMKOVÁ, Kristýna
This bachelor thesis focuses on American naturalism and its beginnings. Further it outlines Jack London's biography and his major works. The biggest emphasis is laid on the analysis of the novel The Star Rover. It is analyzed from the view of philosophical content, conception of humanity, reincarnation, prisons, the brutality of a prison system, transcendence, the freedom of a human existence, and an unusual "astral theory".
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