Motiv paměti v pozdější tvorbě Juliana Barnese

Chaloupecká, Aneta

(in English): This thesis explores the theme of memory as seen in later works of Julian Barnes, namely Arthur & George (2005), Nothing to be Frightened of (2008) and The Sense of an Ending (2011). Barnes is part of the postwar generation of writers who have been highly influenced by the postmodern thought, specifically the problematisation of history. According to the postmodernists, there is no possible way to objectively learn about the historical reality, as all there is to give evidence are the unreliable testimonies of eye-witnesses and biased historical accounts. Historiographies are considered to be unreliable sources of information about the past since they employ the same narrative strategies as fictional texts do and they are often written from the position of power. Memory is a key concept in this discussion since apart from historical documents, it is the only way of knowing about the past. To Barnes, memory represents a complex mechanism which enables to recall the past, but also defines our entire understanding of the everyday reality. In the three books that this thesis discusses have chosen a different strategy to approach the problem of memory - Nothing to be Frightened of is a memoir which provides for the theoretical background of this thesis, as it presents Barnes understanding...

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