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Inspiration in Graffigny's Lettres d'une Péruvienne within the context of the French Enlightenment
Schlaichert, Miroslav ; Šuman, Záviš (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
The present bachelor's thesis analyzes one of the most famous French 18th century novels. Lettres from a Peruvian Woman are, as to its form, an epistolary novel and, as for its genre characteristics, an example of the sentimental and philosophical tradition. The aim of this work is, above all, to ascertain how the author was inspired by all of these traditions. First we will delimit the epistolary novel and, subsequently, specify the two basic types which were commonly used during the 18th century. Later on we will focus on the historical, philosophical and sentimental side of the novel and show author's masterful ability to make it one well- functioning literary unit. At the end we will focus on the novel's denouement and its interpretation in which the sense-sensibility dichotomy is present. As to the results, we find out that Graffigny composed a novel which constitutes an organical unit of well-communicating traditions.
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