A narrative and thematic analysis of selected stories of Edgar Allan Poe

• Název práce v češtině: Narativní a tematická analýza vybraných povídek Edgara Allana Poea
• Název v anglickém jazyce: A narrative and thematic analysis of selected stories of Edgar Allan Poe
• Klíčová slova: Edgar Allan Poe povídka horor satira naratologie styl
• Klíčová slova anglicky: Edgar Allan Poe tale horror satire narratology style
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2011/2012
• Typ práce: bakalářská práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Ústav anglofonních literatur a kultur (21-UALK)
• Vedoucí / školitel: prof. PhDr. Martin Procházka, CSc.
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno a potvrzeno stud. odd.
• Datum přihlášení: 08.11.2010
• Datum zadání: 30.11.2011
• Schválení administrátorem: zatím neschvalováno
• Datum potvrzení stud. oddělením: 04.01.2012
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 07.02.2012 09:00
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 09.01.2012
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 07.02.2012
• Odevzdaná/finalizovaná: odevzdaná studentem a finalizovaná
• Oponenti: Mgr. Pavla Veselá, Ph.D.

Zásady pro vypracování

This thesis is concerned with a detailed analysis of selected tales of Edgar Allan Poe on the basis of his employment of the narrator, the repeated elements Poe uses, and his dramatic style. In nearly all his stories, Poe creates an atmosphere of horror dependent on the crumbling identity of his subjects, who discover the dark side of their personalities in a confrontation with the supernatural. No less important is his connection to the subversive powers of humor, which he uses either in the character of a grotesque or in his satirical parodies of the contemporary bizarreries. In the introduction, we are concerned with an elucidation of the key concepts of Poe’s story-writing theories. The following chapters are divided according to the narrators and stylistic aspects alike, and provide a detailed survey of the seminal characteristics of Poe’s story telling.

Tato práce se zabývá podrobnou analýzou vybraných povídek Edgara Allana Poea na základě jeho práce s vypravěčem, opakujících se elementů, kterých Poe využívá, a jeho dramatického stylu. Téměř ve všech svých povídkách Poe vytváří atmosféru hororu závisející na rozpadající se identitě jeho subjektů, jenž ve své konfrontaci s nadpřirozenem objevují temné stránky vlastní duše. Neméně důležitá je jeho spojitost s podvratnou mocí humoru, kterého využívá buďto skrze grotesku nebo v prvoplánově satirických parodiích soudobých bizarních povídek. V úvodu práce se zabýváme osvětlením nejdůležitějších zásad povídkové tvorby tak, jak je formuloval sám Poe. Další kapitoly jsou rozděleny jak podle vypravěčů tak podle stylistických prvků a poskytují detailní náhled do klíčových aspektů Poeovy povídkové tvorby.

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