La présente recherche tente de se centrer sur le septième centenaire de la mort de saint François d’Assise (1226- 1926). Elle étudie trois auteurs ayant rendu hommage au saint : Michel de Ghelderode (1898-1962) avec les Images de la vie de saint François d’Assise, Henri Ghéon (1875-1944) avec La Vie profonde de saint François d’Assise, et Déodat de Basly (1863-1937) avec La Christiade française. À travers des approches hagiographique, poétique, et théologique, l’étude envisage de se plonger dans une large perspective de représentions littéraires du saint, afin de retracer un paysage littéraire qui se focalise sur l’époque choisie. / The present research attempts to focus on the seventh centenary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi (1226- 1926). This work will study three authors who had paid homage to the saint: Michel de Ghelderode (1898- 1962) with Images de la vie de saint François d’Assise, Henri Gheon (1875-1944) with La Vie profonde de saint François d’Assise, and Déodat de Basly (1863-1937) with La Christiade française. Under hagiographic, poetic, and theological approaches, this work intends to dip into a broad perspective of literary representations of St. Francis, in order to trace a literary landscape that focuses on the chosen era.

The thesis describes the evolution and variances in the motive of crime and punishment throughout prosaic and dramatic works of František Langer. After an introductory reflection on crime and punishment the thesis deals with an analysis of Doskojevskij's novel "Crime and Punishment" which had a large impact on Langer's conception of these terms. It also outlines an image of crime and punishment in Czech literature at the turn of the 19th and 20th century, which might have influenced Langer. The first part also tries to clarify how these motives were evolved in author's incipient work. It follows up prose collections "Gold Venus" and "Dreamers and Murderers". The second part is focused on the refined and often very complicated form of crime and punishment in Langer's dramas "Saint Wenceslas", "Periphery", "Camel through Eye of a Needle", "Reversal of Ferdyš Pištora", "Angels among us" and "Seventy-two" and tries to grasp and characterize it.