ANNOTATION
This thesis focuses on presenting Guy de Maupassant, a French writer of the
second half of the 19th century, as a playwriter. The main objective of the
thesis is to disclose the dramatic tendencies of the writer, who is primarily
known for his prose, and to present all the seven completed dramatic pieces
which are often neglected in favour of his more famous work. The thesis
aims to showcase the nature and the position of the plays in the context of
historical atmosphere, literary and theatre movements in the second half of
the 19th century and through analysis of the plays themselves. Based on
Of significant importance are the selected quotations of textes of the
plays. Finally the thesis presents the common signs of the plays and tries
to the genre and the reason why they last unknown in general.