Bakalářská práce se zabývá životy a analýzou textů britských autorů Clive Staples
Lewis a John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Primárním zaměřením této práce jsou křesťanská
symbolika a jejich porovnávání s Biblí, obzvláště s postavou Ježíše Krista. Práce se také
zaměřuje na vývoj života obou autorů a vliv víry na jejich smýšlení.
Metodologické postupy použity při tvorbě práce jsou následující; textová analýza,
analýza teologických textů a metoda důkladného čtení.
Anotace v angličtině
This bachelor's thesis analyses the texts and lives of British authors Clive Staples
Lewis and John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. The primary focus of this thesis is Christian
symbolism in their books and comparison to the Bible, especially to the character of Jesus
Christ. The thesis also focuses on the authors' lives and the influence that faith had on
them and their thinking.
The methodological approaches used are textual analysis, analysis of theological
texts, and the method of close reading.
Klíčová slova
Křesťanský symbolismus, Literární analýza, Britská literatura, Společenstvo Prstenu, Lev, Čarodějnice a skříň, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien
Klíčová slova v angličtině
Christian symbolism, Literary analysis, British literature, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien
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Anotace
Bakalářská práce se zabývá životy a analýzou textů britských autorů Clive Staples
Lewis a John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Primárním zaměřením této práce jsou křesťanská
symbolika a jejich porovnávání s Biblí, obzvláště s postavou Ježíše Krista. Práce se také
zaměřuje na vývoj života obou autorů a vliv víry na jejich smýšlení.
Metodologické postupy použity při tvorbě práce jsou následující; textová analýza,
analýza teologických textů a metoda důkladného čtení.
Anotace v angličtině
This bachelor's thesis analyses the texts and lives of British authors Clive Staples
Lewis and John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. The primary focus of this thesis is Christian
symbolism in their books and comparison to the Bible, especially to the character of Jesus
Christ. The thesis also focuses on the authors' lives and the influence that faith had on
them and their thinking.
The methodological approaches used are textual analysis, analysis of theological
texts, and the method of close reading.
Klíčová slova
Křesťanský symbolismus, Literární analýza, Britská literatura, Společenstvo Prstenu, Lev, Čarodějnice a skříň, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien
Klíčová slova v angličtině
Christian symbolism, Literary analysis, British literature, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien
Zásady pro vypracování
This thesis aims to highlight and describe Christian symbolism in C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
Besides description, this work will include comparisons to specific parts of the Bible and their similarities with the studied texts. These similarities will then be discussed in depth and further analysed. It will also refer to Tolkien’s and Lewis’s lives and their relationships with Christianity from their early childhood including their shared thoughts on their faiths while being in The Inklings club together.
In the introduction, the author will write about the historical context surrounding the creation of both of these works and their publication. Furthermore, I will closely talk about each author’s lives, their childhoods, studies and faiths following with analysis of the mentioned works.
The analysis will be completed with uncovering Christian symbols and discussing their relation to the Bible.
The following parts of this bachelor's thesis will focus on describing the differences in symbolism between Lewis’s and Tolkien’s work, their similarities, and their possible meanings.
Another part that will be included is feedback from few young readers in the form of an interview that will be conducted after reading them parts of the discussed works and then their assumed counterpart in the biblical texts.
In the final conclusion the author aims to summarise the discussed interpretations and their possible relation with Christian tradition.
Zásady pro vypracování
This thesis aims to highlight and describe Christian symbolism in C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
Besides description, this work will include comparisons to specific parts of the Bible and their similarities with the studied texts. These similarities will then be discussed in depth and further analysed. It will also refer to Tolkien’s and Lewis’s lives and their relationships with Christianity from their early childhood including their shared thoughts on their faiths while being in The Inklings club together.
In the introduction, the author will write about the historical context surrounding the creation of both of these works and their publication. Furthermore, I will closely talk about each author’s lives, their childhoods, studies and faiths following with analysis of the mentioned works.
The analysis will be completed with uncovering Christian symbols and discussing their relation to the Bible.
The following parts of this bachelor's thesis will focus on describing the differences in symbolism between Lewis’s and Tolkien’s work, their similarities, and their possible meanings.
Another part that will be included is feedback from few young readers in the form of an interview that will be conducted after reading them parts of the discussed works and then their assumed counterpart in the biblical texts.
In the final conclusion the author aims to summarise the discussed interpretations and their possible relation with Christian tradition.
Seznam doporučené literatury
Carpenter, Humphrey. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography. Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Duriez, Colin. J.R.R. Tolkien And C.S. Lewis: A Story of A Friendship. Sutton Publishing, 2005.
Lewis, Clive Staples, and Pauline Baynes.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Collins, 2001.
Lewis, Clive Staples. Mere Christianity. HarperCollins, 2012.
Tolkien, J. The Fellowship of the Ring (the Lord of the Rings, Book 1). New York, United States, Macmillan Publishers, 2022.
Wilson, A. C.S. Lewis: A Biography. Harper Perennial, 2005.
Various other sources
Seznam doporučené literatury
Carpenter, Humphrey. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography. Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Duriez, Colin. J.R.R. Tolkien And C.S. Lewis: A Story of A Friendship. Sutton Publishing, 2005.
Lewis, Clive Staples, and Pauline Baynes.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Collins, 2001.
Lewis, Clive Staples. Mere Christianity. HarperCollins, 2012.
Tolkien, J. The Fellowship of the Ring (the Lord of the Rings, Book 1). New York, United States, Macmillan Publishers, 2022.
Wilson, A. C.S. Lewis: A Biography. Harper Perennial, 2005.