Bc. Jindřich Strubl

Bachelor's thesis

Science in the work of Brian O'Nolan

Science in the work of Brian O'Nolan
Abstract:
Tato práce se zaměřuje na použití vědy jako narativního nástroje ve dvou novelách Irského spisovatele Briana O’Nolana. Ve svých knihách The Third Policeman a The Dalkey Archive, O’Nolan představuje postavu šíleného vědce De Selbyho, jehož experimentování bizarní formou odráží otázku lidského poznávání podstaty světa. Ve dvou stěžejních kapitolách je poté rozebrána ’patafyzikální rovina těchto dvou …more
Abstract:
This work centers around the use of science as a narrative tool in two novels by the Irish author Brian O’Nolan. In his books The Third Policeman and The Dalkey Archive, O’Nolan introduces the character of a mad scientist De Selby, whose experiments mirror the epistemology of humankind. The two main chapters analyze the ’pataphysical level of those novels. The Third Policeman follows the passage through …more
 

Keywords

Flann O’Brien Brian O’Nolan The Third Policeman The Dalkey Archive ’pataphysics metafiction
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 6. 1. 2020
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/y1zyg/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 29. 1. 2020
  • Supervisor: M.Phil. James Joseph Little, Ph.D.
  • Reader: M.A. et M.A. Abigail Mokra

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