Jan Werich´s fairy tales in the genre and developmental context of czech fairy tales which are influenced by their authors

This diploma thesis focuses on Werich?s fairy tales. The first section deals with fairy tales which are influenced by their authors against the background of folkloric fairy tale. The second section monitors the development of this type of fairy tale from 1870?s to 1960?s by reason of Fimfárum?s first publication. The third part deals with interpretations of single fairy tales from Fimfárum. On the basis of these interpretations the genre constants and author innovations are studied. The fourth section handles with film version of these fairy tales. The last section introduces Deoduši. This book has been recently published and contains less known texts from Werich which were not collectively published by this time