Karel Čapek's Specifity: Apocryphal Tales

Resumé This bachelor thesis is named Karel Čapek's Specifity: Apocryphal Tales and concerns with the neglected Karel Čapek's collection called Apocryphal Tales. The aim of this thesis is to discover the reason why the collection is underrated and at the back of the author's work. It presents the summary of all Karel Čapek's personal and professional experience preceding the formation of this collection. This thesis contains a reflection of his work in connection with the development of the collection and explains the importance and a role of Apocryphal Tales within the scope of Čapek's wide work. There is described the process of formation and development of Apocryphal Tales including the chronological list of the particular apocrypha in the collection. The special attention is payed to the two of the apocrypha concerned with Shakespearean theme: Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Both of which are examined from the system composition view, characteristic features of main characters and the language code so specific for Karel Čapek's and Shakespeare's work