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The paper focuses on humour, the phenomenon that has many forms of manifestation and whose level of comicality depends on a particular culture. Czech culture is quite well-known for its sound representation in this area, and this will form a certain background allowing a better understanding of the target text. The main objective of the paper dwells in the application of actual theories of humour, especially S. Attardo's and V. Raskin's, into its identification and explanation in the contemporary Czech novel serie...

The influence of television on literature can be identified in novels of several contemporary writers where it can have two forms. In its explicit form it is usually represented by themes directly dealing with TV, TV broadcasting and programs, but its implicit form seems even more interesting. It manifests itself by the use of brand names instead of descriptions as well as by structural changes present on some level of the text. In the following text, the explicit impact is briefly exemplified by examples from B. ...