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The content of this bachelor thesis is the work of Miguel de Cervantes and its acceptance in Czech castle libraries. Included is also the author's biography as well as brief description of his books that were the most well known in Czech lands. The last part describes mainly individial prints and their possible modifications in translation. The places we can find the author's work in larger quantities are castle libraries in Hradec nad Moravicí, Klášter nad Ohří, Strážnice or Michovo Hradiště. The thesis also includes cultural context. Keywords Miguel de Cervantes, biography, castle libraries, literature, Don Quixote, Galatea, baroque

The aim of the work is to sum up main function of the metafictional narrative strategies in two Cervantes' Exemplary Novels - The dialogue between Scipio and Berganze and The deceitful marriage. At the beginning, the text is focused on composition of both novels, mainly on their narrative structure. In the next part, the work is concentrated on analysis of reminiscences relevant - as for novels' genre, language and style - for interpretation of metaficitonal narrative with respect to the period of baroque upcoming. Then, the narrative structure is compared with Cervantes' novel Don Quijote which is based on the same type of narrative strategy. The author comes to the conclusion that the primary function of the metafictional narrative strategies is a possibility to interpret the question of the truth in relation to the baroque reality of the 17th century in Spain. The main importance of the work is presentation of a detailed narrative scheme of two novels, up to now absent in majority of theoretical works aimed at Exemplary Novels composition. Key words: Miguel de Cervantes, Dialogue between Scipio and Berganze, El coloquio de los perros, metafiction, intertextuality, credibility, narrative strategies.