John the Fool as a picaresque hero

This bachelor thesis deals with the figure of fool John in Czech literature. It will be analysed his personality and it will be approached him as a picaresque hero. John is compared with the representatives of the same genre in Czech and world literature. It will be focused on common and different features. The thesis will be offered a traditional Czech John as a specific type and it will be approached the picaresque novel and its importance in the literature