Bc. Radek Lindovský
Bachelor's thesis
Dragons and Their Slayers
Dragons and Their Slayers
Abstract:
Je obecně známo, že draci spadají do kategorie fantasy, jsou mýtus. Proto se ptám: odkud se vzali? Fantasy literatura nabízí spoustu příkladů monster ve tvaru plaza, co pouze a jen pustoší a nesympatizují s lidmi. Ale vždycky prostě existují a více není známo. V mé práci mám za úkol vystopovat původ draků. Dále pak se zabývám jedním z nejdůležitějších draků v anglické literatuře, Beowulfovou zhoubou …moreAbstract:
It is a common knowledge that dragons fall into fantasy category, they are mythological. Thus one question has to be answered: where do dragons come from? Fantasy literature offers plenty of examples of worm-like creatures, that wreak havoc and do not share sympathies with humans, yet they seem just to exist and there is nothing else to know. In my thesis I am tracing the origins of dragon. Furthermore …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 15. 5. 2017
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/arobl/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 12. 6. 2017
- Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc.
- Reader: Mgr. Petra Fišerová
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Faculty of ArtsBachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature
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