Relationships of the principal characters of Graham Greene's selected "Catholic" novels (Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, The Heart of the Matter) to themselves, other characters and God with respect to the general features of Greene's novels and their typical protagonists

Abstract

Graham Greene, ktorý je považovaný za predného románopisca britskej literatúry dvadsiateho storočia, môže byť taktiež charakterizovaný ako plodný spisovateľ. Je autorom mnohých poviedok, divadelných hier, cestopisov, autobiografických diel, literárnych a filmových recenzií a esejí. Avšak sú to práve jeho romány, ktoré mu priniesli väčšiu slávu a postavili ho do centra záujmu. Kritici tieto diela skúmajú už niekoľko rokov a vďaka ich provokatívnosti v najširšom zmysle tohto slova, boli jeho prózy buďto vyzdvihované a odporúčané (dokonca aj samotným autorom) alebo zavrhované a verejne odmietané. Ale pravdepodobne vďaka Greeneovmu podmanivému štýlu a témam, ktorým sa venuje, si jeho diela obecne získali pozornosť čitateľov z celého sveta (nevynímajúc Českú republiku). Preto sa javí ako dôležité skúmať romány autora, ktorý bol dokonca nominovaný na Nobelovu cenu, nakoľko takýto záujem môže nastoliť zaujímavé problémy alebo zodpovedať doposiaľ nezodpovedané otázky.

The novels of Graham Greene have been of great interest to many literary scholars for years and are even nowadays. For their provocativeness in the broadest sense of this word, they have been either praised and recommended (even by the author himself) or condemned and censured. Nevertheless, his works in general have gained popularity of readers from all over the world (not excluding the Czech Republic) probably thanks to Greene's captivating style of writing and the themes with which he is concerned. Therefore, it appears to be important to examine the writings of an author who was even nominated for a Nobel Prize, for such discussion may raise interesting problems or give answers to yet unanswered questions. Understandably, it would be impossible to cover all Greene's novels in a greater depth in this thesis. For the present analysis, three of his four "Catholic novels" have been selected: Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory and The Heart of the Matter. The main aim of this thesis is to provide a deeper analysis of the selected novels. As relationships of the central characters to themselves, other characters and God help to demonstrate the themes and motifs which Greene presents in the given novels, they will be examined. Further, it will be shown on particular examples in what way these protagonists...