Nonsense and Unreason in the Prose of Woody Allen

Bc. Jakub Tuček

Bachelor's thesis

Anotácia:

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 scope of Western writing.

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 scope of Western writing.

Keywords

nonsense, Woody Allen, Wim Tigges, Jean Jacques Lecercle, paradox, Zen, Foucault, Without Feathers, incongruity, absurdity

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 11. 6. 2008

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 5. 6. 2008
• Vedúci: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy

Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor programme / odbor:
Philology / English Language and Literature