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Landscape and Environment of Peter May's Novels
FIXOVÁ, Jitka
The thesis focuses on the description of the Scottish landscape, especially the Hebrides archipelago (The Lewis Trilogy - The Blackhouse, The Lewis Man, The Ches Man), in a contrast to the description of nature and landscape in the epic series of novels from the European continent (The Enzo Files) by Scottish regional author Peter May. In comparison with the description of nature and landscape and of the French countryside in The Critic, the work includes the author's narration of the city environment in the novel Extraordinary People. The work characterizes the genre of May's novels (Criminal Thriller) and examines the relationship between the descriptions of the landscape and the location of the plot with the elements of the genre mentioned (motives of tension and mystery, violence, crime and emotionally escalated life situations). The work also tries to watch the author's relationship with the region and the tradition of Scottish regional literature.
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Heimatroman in Quotation Marks. The Portrayal of Austria in the Novels The Sweetness of Life and The Mattress House by Paulus Hochgatterer
Ehrenberger, Jakub ; Hadwiger, Julia Nina Vanessa (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
The novels of the Austrian writer Paulus Hochgatterer were called by the German literary critic Hans-Joachim Neubauer "Heimatromans in quotation marks". This thesis examines this unclear description in a form of a case study of the portrayal of the country in contemporary Austrian fiction. The study opens with an introduction to the life and works of Paulus Hochgatterer. Its central focus is a detailed analysis of the two latest novels by Hochgatterer, namely The Sweetness of Life (2006) and The Mattress House (2010). The novels are scrutinized on the basis of the preceding theoretical description of the genre Heimatroman and its historical development. The individual chapters consider space, nature, characters and narrative structure. By doing so, the "Heimatroman" claim is refuted and the often narrow understanding of regional literature acquires a global dimension.
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The picture of a journalist in contemporary detective novel in North America
Eliášová, Helena ; Jirák, Jan (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
The objective of this work is the overall analysis of imaging the literary figures of journalists who appear in contemporary detective and crime novels in North America. Result of work is the creation of basic typology of literary figures journalists - detectives (men), who dominates in these novels. In the first part the author deals with the problems of literary characters and its analysis. Author presents a basic overview of the most significant literary figures of journalists who appeared in the literature across the provenances and history. In the second chapter Helena Eliášová deals with the history and main characteristics of detective and crime fiction. The third chapter is focused on the position of journalists in North America and briefly outlines the North American media system and the dominant elements in it. The fourth chapter presents the basic typology of journalists - a man in the contemporary criminal detective novel of North America. In the fifth chapter, the author deals with the problem of creating and eliminating myths of journalist as a detective character. It focuses on displaying his physiognomy and abilities and characteristics. In the final chapter, the author focuses on the stereotypes that are associated with the figure of the classic journalists and shows the variations...
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