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The Principle of Mary Sue Phenomenon or How to Not Create a Too Perfect Figure
 Kabelková, Adéla ; BENDOVÁ, Helena (advisor) ; KAJÁNKOVÁ, Lucia (referee)
Masters diploma thesis The Mary Sue Principle or How Not To Create A Too Perfect Character is focused on the literary phenomenon of fan literary work – fan fiction – and its specific genre, Mary Sue. For this genre are typical almost ridiculously/absurd perfect characters, which attract all of the attention to themselves and often have excessive superpowers on their disposal. The theoretical part of the thesis outlines the reasons for the creation of Mary Sue and explain specifics of this phenomenon. Moreover, it describes describe dramaturgic rules, which are supposed to help authors to create a character. The analytic part of the thesis then analyzes three movie and TV series characters – Jon Snow from Game of Thrones, Ray from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Grace from Peaky Blinders – which can be used to demonstrate components of a Mary Sue type of character. The goal of this thesis is to propose the use of the Mary Sue principle as a dramaturgic tool for character building.
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Fan FIiction and the ''MARY SUE" Phenomenon
 Kabelková, Adéla ; BENDOVÁ, Helena (advisor) ; POZZI, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis Fan fiction and the "Mary Sue" phenomenon is concerned with the iterary text written by fans, primarily based on already existing work. This work wants to introduce the history of fan fiction, the specifics of this genre and the relationship between the author of the original work and the fan fiction writer. The legal issues surrounding the fan fiction is also outlined. The main focus is, however, devoted to the concept of the "overly perfect heroine", which is often present in fan works. In the realm of fan fiction, the name Mary Sue is used for this type of character, which is often perceived as "unbearable" for the reader. The most significant characteristics of this phenomenon will be shown on three Czech fan stories from the Harry Potter universe. Subjective definition of the three basic types of the Mary Sue character will be defined on the basis of these stories.
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