Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá komplexní analýzou doposud poslední vydané knihy Terezy Boučkové s názvem Šíleně smutné povídky, na jejímž základě se autorka této práce snaží postihnout autorský styl Terezy Boučkové a zařadit Terezu Boučkovou do kontextu současné české literatury. Praktická část bakalářské práce je zaměřena na shrnutí základních informací o knize, analýzu jazyka a stylu jednotlivých povídek a na popis ústředních motivů Šíleně smutných povídek. Klíčová je i kapitola věnovaná typologii hlavních postav. Všechny dosažené výsledky jsou dány do kontextu dosavadní tvorby Terezy Boučkové.The aim of the bachelor thesis is to analyse the nature of the last book written by Czech author Tereza Boučková and includes the context of her previous work. Despite the fact that she is respected writer with positive reviews, there are only a few information about her career and no complex overview about her work. The only sources about this author are reviews and dictionary entries. The author of the thesis is trying to fill the gap and to create complex overview and analysis of the latest published work of Tereza Boučková, taking into account her previous work and pinpointing essential features of her poetics and her main themes. In the first part of the thesis the main overview of her life is presented. The focus is the key moments of her childhood and adulthood which affected her literary work the most. Summary of her work is presented in a separate chapter. In the second part of the thesis there is the analysis of the book 'Šíleně smutné povídky'. Author of the thesis recognized it's main topics and themes, autobiographical elements and specific inspiration that is noticeable in the text. The achieved results were put in the context to her prose: 'Indiánský běh', 'Křepelice', 'Když milujete muže', 'Krákorám' and 'Rok kohouta'. The last part of the thesis is devoted to placing the author in the context of current literature and determine the role that 'Šíleně smutné povídky' has in the context and work of Tereza Boučková.