Das Doppelgängermotiv und der Kampf zwischen dem Bösen und dem Guten in den ausgewählten Werken von E. T. A. Hoffmann: Der Sandmann, Die Elixiere des Teufels und Das Majorat

This diploma thesis deals with the motive of double and with the struggle of good and evil in selected works of the Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann. The thesis analyses three selected works: The Sandman, The Devil’s Elixirs and Das Majorat. On the basis of these analyzes practical part of thesis processes the motive of double and so-called struggle of good and evil in these selected works, and this fight is between elements of enlightenment and late romanticism in the literary production of E. T. A. Hoffmann. The theoretical part of thesis describes life and the literary work of author, as well as the beginnings of the motive of double in the literary production from antique times and includes these three selected works into the historical and cultural context of the late romanticism.