The theme of aging in the books The Old King in the Exile by Geiger and House of Turtles by Pent

VORLOVÁ, Kateřina: The theme of aging in the books The Old King in the Exile by Geiger and House of Turtles by Pent. [Bachelor thesis]. UK. Faculty of Education; Department of German Studies. Leader: Mgr. Eva Markvartová, Ph.D. Degree of professional classification: bachelor; Place of defense: Faculty of Education, 2020. 46 p. The bachelor thesis focuses on the topic of dementia occurring in German-written literature. Specifically, two books are described and compared - House of Turtles by Annette Pehnt and The Old King in the Exile by Arno Geiger These mutually different works have their main theme in common - senility and dementia. In the books changes not only the attitudes of sick people towards life and their loved ones, but also the course and consequences of the disease of individual protagonists and the environment. The authors present their experiences with dementia and Alzheimer's disease, personal or otherwise acquired knowledge, and their heroes bring readers closer to the joys and sorrows of their daily lives. The first chapter deals with the problems of senility and related dementia. It contains information on how the disease arises, progresses and how its manifestations can be alleviated. The second part is devoted to the motif of old age in literature in general, as well as in the..