From Jonah to Harry Potter: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as a Mythological Story – Bc. Petra Klimešová
Bc. Petra Klimešová
Bachelor's thesis
From Jonah to Harry Potter: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as a Mythological Story
From Jonah to Harry Potter: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as a Mythological Story
Abstract:
Cílem práce je zjistit, do jaké míry lze knihu Harry Potter a Tajemná komnata považovat za mytologický příběh. Práce nejdříve seznamuje čtenáře s historií studia mýtů a s teorií toho, jak lidská mysl konstruuje významy a jak jsou tyto významy prostřednictvím mýtů vyjadřovány. Práce poté analyzuje archetypální postavy v tomto románu a porovnává strukturu příběhu s Campbellovou univerzální archetypální …moreAbstract:
The aim of the thesis is to discover to what extent can J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets be considered a mythological story. After introducing a theoretical background of the study of myths and how people’s minds construct meaning and how myths convey those meanings, the thesis analyses the novel’s archetypal figures and compares the story structure to Campbell’s universal archetypal …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 13. 12. 2022
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/q9pzl/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 26. 1. 2023
- Supervisor: Mgr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D.
- Reader: Mgr. Jana Valová
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KLIMEŠOVÁ, Petra. \textit{From Jonah to Harry Potter: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as a Mythological Story}. Online. Bachelor's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2022. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/wv8cra/.
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Faculty of ArtsBachelor programme / field:
English Language and Literature / English Language and Literature
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