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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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English "drawing-room" comedy down the ages.
VOTRUBOVÁ, Markéta
The purpose of this diploma thesis is the historical-comparative study of tendencies in English comedy of manners. It begins with Restoration period, goes through classicism, Wilde´s and Shaw´s plays, and ends with high comedy in 20th century. This thesis deals with the specification of the genre of comedy, describes its progress from the very beginning and its changes within the centuries. The main part is constituted from the analyses of illustrative texts which reveal the problems of morality and manners which in some periods lost and in other found their importance. The selection of the texts depended on their availability and suitability for this theme.
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"Faces of the Victorian Double: Development of the Doppelganger in the British Literature of the Nineteenth Century"
Macura, Michal ; Beran, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Wallace, Clare (referee)
English abstract To understand why the doppelgänger, or the phenomenon of double personality, developed such literary presence in the fin-de-siècle Victorian Britain we must look to the dramatic social changes which had taken place since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, as well as to the nascent science of psychology and its preoccupation with the subconscious in relation to consciousness. The doppelgänger typically emerges where one component of personality is suppressed due to supra-individual requirements and expectations. The doppelgänger is, therefore, closely linked to its environment. It is not so much a literary figure as an intense dialectical relationship between two sides of personality. The doppelgänger frequently constitutes a flight from the conscience, which in itself is a social construct. Both Dr Jekyll and Dorian Gray are fully conscious of the possibilities open to them through their alter egos - they may ignore the dictates of the public opinion as well as other institutions whose goal is effect a certain degree of conformity in society. The doppelgänger enables the subject to realise its unconscious ambitions. The doppelgänger may also be analysed in the context of the artist and their creation. Dorian Gray, Lord Henry Wotton, Basil Hallward and Dorian's portrait, leaving aside...
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