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Analysis of Seymour Glass
Název práce v češtině: Analýza Seymoura Glass
Název v anglickém jazyce: Analysis of Seymour Glass
Klíčová slova: biografia, analýza, shell-shock, Stratená generácia, precitlivenosť, J.D. Salinger, Seymour Glass, samovražda
Klíčová slova anglicky: biography, analysis, shell-shock, The Lost Generation, over sensitivity, J.D. Salinger, Seymour Glass, suicide
Akademický rok vypsání: 2010/2011
Typ práce: bakalářská práce
Jazyk práce: angličtina
Ústav: Ústav anglofonních literatur a kultur (21-UALK)
Vedoucí / školitel: doc. Erik Sherman Roraback, D.Phil.
Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno a potvrzeno stud. odd.
Datum přihlášení: 23.06.2011
Datum zadání: 23.06.2011
Schválení administrátorem: zatím neschvalováno
Datum potvrzení stud. oddělením: 08.07.2011
Datum a čas obhajoby: 11.09.2012 08:30
Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby:03.09.2012
Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 11.09.2012
Odevzdaná/finalizovaná: odevzdaná studentem a finalizovaná
Oponenti: Mgr. Pavla Veselá, Ph.D.
 
 
 
Zásady pro vypracování
The aim of this thesis is to offer a new view of an American writer J.D: Salinger ’s’work who is well-known mainly because of his novel The Catcher in the Rye. Since the restof his published work usually lies in the shadow of Holden Caulfield I considered it importantto describe the positives and the uniqueness of his short stories. I chose the character ofSeymour Glass from three Salinger books of short stories to show his ability of creating sucha complex character as Seymour Glass within a short story fiction.The first short story in which Seymour Glass appears ends with his suicide. However,Seymour Glass’s story itself does not end at all with this act. On the contrary, Salingerincorporates this character in another six of his short stories where we get to know much moreabout him. Since Seymour Glass, a character so often mentioned within the work of Salinger,never reveals his inner essence completely, I tried to do it myself. I began with a biography ofSeymour Glass. All the information that I included comes from Salinger’s short stories.The biography consists of two parts. The first section includes a short chronologicaloverview of Seymour Glass’s life. The second part consists of several pages with many scenesthrough which Seymour’s character is described. They often arise from a specific situation;therefore many quotations are used to support them.A detailed analysis of the mental condition of Seymour Glass is made in the thirdchapter thanks to which I fulfilled the aim of this work, ergo, to find out why Seymour Glasscommitted suicide. I came to three conclusions. Seymour Glass, the character who fought inWorld War II suffers from so called ’shell shock’, a mental disorder that often affects soldiersduring or after the war. The second reason of Seymour’s suicide has to do with the LostGeneration. As well as members of this unfortunate generation, Seymour Glass feelsdepressed, disappointed and hopeless. The last reason of his suicide is his unusuallydeveloped sensibility. Since his early childhood, Seymour Glass devoted himself to the studyof literature concerning ethics, morality and religions and consequently he endeavoured toapply what he learnt, to his own life. However, his polished conscience could not bear themeaninglessness, violence and cruelty of the war what led - together with the two abovementioned reasons - to his suicide.6I dedicated the last section of the work to the autobiographical elements, which I found inthe character of Seymour Glass after reading J.D. Salinger’s biography. A general comparisonbetween his only novel The Catcher in the Rye and his short fiction is also made in thischapter. Based on this comparison I tried to prove that Salinger’s short stories areunjustifiably insufficiently appreciated.
Seznam odborné literatury
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