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The Theme of Manipulation in George Orwell´s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Joseph Heller´s Catch-22
RAUSCHER, Tomáš
The goal of this diploma thesis is to analyse the motif of manipulation in the most renowned dystopian work of the 20th century, that is in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by the British author George Orwell and in the anti-war satirical novel Catch-22 by America's Joseph Heller. The thesis opens with a chapter dealing with the theoretical matters of the work. This part briefly discusses the concepts related to the analysed novels. The next part of the thesis introduces the authors of the novels in question, their life journeys and development leading to the creation of their most famous novels. The final two chapters contain the analyses of the works with Orwell's novel coming in first place, followed by Catch-22. In conclusion, the author compares manipulation in both works. While analysing manipulation in the said works, the author focuses not solely on its societal impact, but also on the ways in which manipulation influences individuals in the universes created by Orwell and Heller.
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The Motif of Fear in Aldous Huxley´s Brave New World and George Orwell´s Nineteen Eighty-Four
MEISL, Jiří
The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to analyse the motif of fear in two now-classic dystopian novels; Nineteen-Eighty-Four by George Orwell and The Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The first part includes a brief analysis of dystopian fiction and a necessary explanation of the genesis of utopian thought. The second chapter reflects on the experiences and personal struggles of both authors, as well as their incentive, leading towards other influential works. The third and fourth chapter form the final part of the thesis, the analysis of fear in Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four respectively. The thesis considers the notion of fear in both the social context and on a purely individual basis, using relevant quotations as evidence. The conclusion then highlights the previously mentioned peculiarities of both novels to summarise findings.
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Fictional languages in literature
Jelínek, Jiří ; Hrdlička, Josef (advisor) ; Pokorný, Martin (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to introduce the so far ignored topic of fictional languages in literature. In the first part it focuses mainly on the function of the fictional languages in the literary works, and analyses the basic options of the fictional languages classification, based on whether they can be labeled as an independent work of art, as an autonomous part of a work, or as an instrument of the aesthetic function in the work. Furthermore, it divides the fictional languages in accordance to the way in which they take effect, either through the expression-form, through the expression- substance, through the content-form, or through the content-substance, taking the terminology from the Louis Hjelmslev's sign model. The second part consists of the analysis of the cases of fictional language usage in prose; these usages are grouped into three divisions. Languages, which help to create an invented world (and eventually add up to its authenticity), are represented by J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional languages. The dystopian languages include Newspeak from the novel Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, ptydepe and chorukor from the play The Memorandum by V. Havel, and "Moon Czech" from the prose The True Excursion of Mr. Brouček to the Moon by S. Čech. Fictional languages related to philosophy are...
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The Theme of Loneliness and Estrangement in George Orwell's Works
POSEKANÁ, Monika
The topic of this diploma thesis is the loneliness and the alienation of characters that we can find in works of George Orwell. In the first part I am going to focus on Orwell's life and on events that influenced him as a writer. I am also going to try to find the manner in which Orwell projected his own feelings into the characters of his books. In the second part I am going to introduce some of George Orwell's novels and essays. In these works I am going to try to find the topic of loneliness that often occurs in his works.
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