Mgr. Anna Formánková

Bachelor's thesis

The Ultimate Villain: Renditions of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Professor Moriarty in Time

The Ultimate Villain: Renditions of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Professor Moriarty in Time
Abstract:
Tato práce se soustředí na zobrazení a ztvárnění zla, a také na interpretaci role postavy Profesora Moriartyho ve třech adaptacích původních povídek Artura Conana Doyla. Práce se zabývá následujícími adaptacemi: sérií filmů společnosti Universal z let 1939-1946, konkrétně filmy The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon and The Woman in Green; filmy Sherlock Holmes a Sherlock …more
Abstract:
The present thesis concentrates on the representation of evil and interpretation of the function of the Professor Moriarty character in three different Holmes adaptations: the Universal film series starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce (particularly the films The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon and The Woman in Green), the Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes franchise …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 10. 1. 2014

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 31. 1. 2014
  • Supervisor: doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD.
  • Reader: Mgr. Eva Valentová

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