Existentialist Perspective in Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You and Ottessa Moshfeghs's My Year of Rest and Relaxation

• Thesis title in Czech: Existentialistická perspektiva v románech Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney a My Year of Rest and Relaxation Ottessy Moshfeghs
• Thesis title in English: Existentialist Perspective in Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You and Ottessa Moshfeghs's My Year of Rest and Relaxation
• Key words: Existencialismus, Sally Rooney, Ottessa Moshfegh, Jean-Paul Sartre, Søren Kierkegaard, Irská literature
• English key words: Existentialism, Sally Rooney, Ottessa Moshfegh, Jean-Paul Sartre, Søren Kierkegaard, Irish literature
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2023/2024
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Petr Chalupský, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 05.11.2023
• Date of assignment: 05.11.2023
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 12.04.2024
• Date and time of defence: 13.09.2024 09:00
• Venue of defence: Celetná 13, Praha 1, C204/C4, 33 míst u lavice + 4 místa židličky se "stolečkem"
• Date of electronic submission: 09.07.2024
• Date of proceeded defence: 13.09.2024
• Course: Diploma Thesis (OSZD105AJ)
• Opponents: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.

References

Walter Kaufmann: Existentialism from Dostoyevsky to Sartre
David Dunbar McElroy: Existentialism and Modern Literature: An Essay in Existential Criticism
Jean-Paul Sartre: Literature and Existentialism; Existentialism is a Humanism
Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex

Preliminary scope of work in English

This diploma thesis examines traits of existentialist philosophy in Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You, and Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation. The text consists of two main parts, the theoretical part and the practical part. The theoretical part of the diploma thesis is further subdivided into two segments: the first one summarizes the essence of existentialism, with its main focus on the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, while the second one is predominantly concerned with the lives and works of Sally Rooney and Ottessa Moshfegh. The practical part presents two separate analyses of the aforementioned literary works, beginning with Beautiful World, Where are You, and ending with My Year of Rest and Relaxation. The conclusion presents a comparative analysis of both selected literary works.