Singer’s Gimpel the fool & Dostoevsky’s Prince Myshkin: Tracing the figure of the holy fool in Jewish American and Russian literary traditions – Dušan Mencl
Dušan Mencl
Bachelor's thesis
Singer’s Gimpel the fool & Dostoevsky’s Prince Myshkin: Tracing the figure of the holy fool in Jewish American and Russian literary traditions
Singer’s Gimpel the fool & Dostoevsky’s Prince Myshkin: Tracing the figure of the holy fool in Jewish American and Russian literary traditions
Abstract:
Tématem mé bakalářské práce je popis charakteru a smyslu existence božského idiota v dílech Fjodora Michajloviče Dostojevského - Idiot a Isaaca Bashevise Singera - Hlupák Gimpel. V první části své práce se snažím popsat koncept "božského idiota" v kontextu křesťanského a židovského prostředí. Poté jsou oba protagonisté, Myškin i Gimpel, analyzováni, porovnáváni a následně kontrastováni ve spojitosti …moreAbstract:
This thesis examines the character and purpose of the holy fool in Fyodor Dostoevsky's, The Idiot and I. B. Singer's, Gimpel The Fool. First the holy fool is depicted in his Christian and Jewish milieu. Then Myshkin and Gimpel are analyzed, compared, and contrasted in connection with this history. Finally, the holy fool is shown to be a unique human who offers humanity a path to enlightenment and an …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 22. 1. 2016
Identifier:
http://is.akcentcollege.cz/th/4499/ac_b/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 26. 1. 2016
- Supervisor: Ph.D. Gregor Kalinowski
- Reader: PhDr. Miroslav Jindra
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MENCL, Dušan. \textit{Singer’s Gimpel the fool \&{}amp; Dostoevsky’s Prince Myshkin: Tracing the figure of the holy fool in Jewish American and Russian literary traditions}. Online. Bachelor's thesis. Praha: Prague City University. 2016. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/mlkui7/.
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Specialization in Pedagogy / English as Foreign Language
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