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Šumava between Reality and Fantasy: Czech-German literary and cultural landscape
DITRICHOVÁ, Hana
The topic of the following thesis is an analysis of the changing perception of Šumava as a space in selected Czech and German texts that belong to the literature of the Šumava district. The basis of the thesis is the theory of spatial turn which was developed during the 1980s and is particularly associated with Michel Foucault's concept of "different spaces". Within the framework of this theory, the thesis deals with the arrangement of spaces that are typical of the Šumava region: the space of forest, mountains and borders. Šumava as a literary space is then characterised as a background scenery, a space influencing the plot and a personified space. In the last section of the thesis, two tendencies of landscape representation are highlighted: the fantastic and the realistic. Part of the thesis is also devoted to a literary overview of Czech and German literature from the Šumava district written in the period from the 19th century to the present day.
Elements of regional literature in Rudolf Slawitschek's "Der blaue Herrgott"
DITRICHOVÁ, Hana
The topic of this bachelor thesis is a literary analysis of the novel "Der blaue Herrgott" written by Rudolf Slawitschek, a German author who lived in Prague during the first half of the 20th century. At the time of its publication, his book was labelled a "sudetendeutscher Heimatroman". One of the research questions this thesis seeks to answer is the genre classification of the novel, whether the work displays specific features characteristic of Sudetenland literature or whether aspects of regional fiction and Bildungsroman would be more prevalent. The novel is placed in a literary and historical context with particular reference to the literature of the Šumava district, in which the writing of Adalbert Stifter is pre-eminent. The thesis is complemented by a comparison of Stifter's "Indian Summer" with Slawitschek's "Der blaue Herrgott", and the elements of Bildungsroman in both are highlighted.

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