The thesis offers a comparative analysis of the novels Primeval and Other Times (Prawiek i inne czasy, 1996) by Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, The Last Goddess (Žítkovské bohyně, 2012) by the Czech author Kateřina Tučková, and Kresničevje (2025) by the Slovenian author Ajda Bračič. The central research question is whether these works can be compared from the perspective of magical realism, and which characteristics of magical realism might be identified in each novel. The comparison is based on literary-historical definitions of magical realism. The first part presents the theory of magical realism and how various researchers understand this literary mode. The study relies primarily on the criteria for magical realism defined by Beatrice Amaryll Chanady, and then also presents the thematic characteristics of magical realism. Before comparing the novels, it also addresses the question of Slovenian magical realism. In the second part, each novel is analyzed in light of B. A. Chanady’s criteria and other characteristics that the theory attributes to magical realism. The results of the analysis are followed by a comparison of all three selected novels and an answer to the question of whether magical realism can be identified as their common characteristics.
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