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Bc. Jakub Tuček

Bachelor's thesis

Nonsense and Unreason in the Prose of Woody Allen

Nonsense and Unreason in the Prose of Woody Allen
Abstract:
In the thesis the student analyzes Woody Allen's collection of short stories Without Feathers as a work of literary nonsense. Firstly, he arrives at a definition of literary nonsense, the basis for which are the critical works by Wim Tigges and Jean-Jacques Lecercle. This theory he then applies on Allen's short stories. He concludes by showing the possible relevance of nonsense literature within the …more
Abstract:
In the thesis the student analyzes Woody Allen's collection of short stories Without Feathers as a work of literary nonsense. Firstly, he arrives at a definition of literary nonsense, the basis for which are the critical works by Wim Tigges and Jean-Jacques Lecercle. This theory he then applies on Allen's short stories. He concludes by showing the possible relevance of nonsense literature within the …more
 

Keywords

nonsense Woody Allen Wim Tigges Jean Jacques Lecercle paradox Zen Foucault Without Feathers incongruity absurdity
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 11. 6. 2008
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/vbvc9/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 5. 6. 2008
  • Supervisor: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy

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Philology / English Language and Literature

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