In this Master’s thesis we focuse on the „Superfluous man“ and
his presence in the world literature of the 20th and 21st
centuries, also try to define how this literary archetype has
changed from its predecessor in Russian literature of the 19th
century.
The theoretical part focuses on defining typical
characteristics of the „Superfluous man“ based on texts by
Dobroljubov, Bělinskij, Chances and Patterson, but we also use
texts where is the „Superfluous man“ originally present. Part
of this thesis is also our own interpretation of the
„Supefluous man“ in the context of existential philosophy,
because we consider him as an existentialist.
In the practical part we analyze selected text of the world
literature of the 20th and 21st centuries in which we assume
presence of the „Supefluous man“. To determine if this true we
use specification chosen in the theoretical part of the thesis.
In the end synthesis of the aquired knowledge is achieved.