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Food, Women, and Personal IdentitySelected Chapters from Contemporary Czech Prose
Słowik, Olga ; Heczková, Libuše (advisor) ; Parente Čapková, Viola (referee) ; Matonoha, Jan (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyse selected ways in which contemporary Czech prose manifests the complex interconnection of personal (female) identity, gender, and dietary practices. The first part of the thesis develops a theoretical and methodological framework based on anthropologizing approaches to literature, especially those developed in contemporary Polish literary criticism. In these approaches, literature is understood as one kind of linguistic - and more broadly cultural - practice, and interpretation is taken to be one of the most important tasks of literary research. Another theoretical impulse is feminist criticism, which the thesis reflects in its gynocritical selection of texts to analyse and in its understanding of corporeality, everyday life, and personal identity as always gendered. The main part of the thesis consists of four relatively separate interpretative chapters (2-5), which are probes into different ways in which personal (female) identity, gender, and dietary practices are grasped in contemporary Czech prose. The second chapter focuses on autobiographical prose by female authors who have experienced anorexia. The chapter traces the authors' association of the illness with the search for the self, and it addresses key aspects of this search, such as the conflict between...
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Charles Darwin and darwinism in Finnish Literature
Hanušová, Jitka ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Parente Čapková, Viola (referee)
Name: Jitka Hanušová School: Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Department: Institute of Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies Title: Charles Darwin and darwinism in Finnish Literature Supervisor: Mgr. Jan Dlask, Ph.D. Number of pagess: 68 Nubmber of characters: 118 580 Keywords: Charles Darwin, darwinism, social darwinism, Finnish Literature, race, heredity, social class This diploma deals with evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin and examines its arrival to Finland, its spreading there and mentions the first references in the Finnish periodicals, public and especially in literature during 1860-1920. The topic is viewed through a cultural-historical context which consists of influences of evolutionary theories, social darwinism, racial theories, heredity research, or distinctions between social classes. The special emphasis is placed on reflections of the main aspects of this context in the Finnish literature, mainly in the works of Minna Canth, T. Pakkala, L. Onerva, Toivo Tarvas and Maila Talvio.
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Portrayal of woman in selected works of K. Hotakainen, H. Raittila and J. Seppälä from the perspective of literary feminism
Turčanová, Eliška ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Parente Čapková, Viola (referee)
The topic of this master's thesis is the representation of women in the selected works of Finnish male authors from the perspective of the feminist literary criticism. The thesis examines the selected prose works of Kari Hotakainen (novel Na domácí frontě, orig. title 2002), Hannu Raittila (novel Canal Grande, orig. title 2001) and Juha Seppälä (novel Švihadlo, orig. title 1990), as these three writers form an element opposite to a strong generation of Finnish female writers of the 1980s. I will analyse how these selected authors portray women in their works and how the position of female characters in comparison to male ones can be characterized. The aim is to describe the problematics regarding the portrayal of women in modern Finnish literature from the male perspective. The basis originating from the first, theoretical part, which focuses particularly on feminism and its manifestation in literary criticism, will serve as a stepping-stone for the following feminist research in the practical part of the thesis.
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The Finnish Weird Phenomenon through the Eyes of Czech readers
Bendová, Martina ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Parente Čapková, Viola (referee)
This diploma thesis examines a phenomenon of the contemporary Finnish fantastic literature that seems to conquer the Finnish book market, also crossing the boarders and coming to the Czechia as well - Finnish Weird, or suomikumma. The aim of this work is to determine the reception of the Finnish Weird within the audience of the Czech readers. The theoretical part focuses on the fantastic literature and the position of Finnish Weird in it. The reader-response theory and the term horizon of expectations coined by Hans Robert Jauss provide the interpretation of how readers perceive the fantastic literature and what they expect from it. Works of the Finnish Weird fiction translated in Czech and responses of Czech readers are presented in the main part of the thesis. The research material is based on comments and reviews of the Czech readers published predominantly on the internet and on the internet book databases. Key words: contemporary Finnish literature, reader-response theory, horizon of expectation, genre, science fiction, fantasy, horor, speculative fiction, Weird, New Weird, Finnish Weird
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Don Juan themes in Finnish literature
Khýrová, Lenka ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Parente Čapková, Viola (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the Don Juan themes in the Finnish literature. It distinguishes between the seducers of two types - the Don Juan seducers and the Casanova seducers - according to the secondary literature, and it describes basic characteristics of both types in the first place. Then the thesis introduces the most famous characters of Finnish seducers in the chosen literary works and it points out to the features, which are both common and different in every individual version. The key literary works for this thesis are: the work of epic poetry Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot, the novel Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta by Johannes Linnankoski and short stories from the collection Varhaiset kertomukset by Volter Kilpi. Keywords: finnish literature, don juan, casanova, johannes linnankoski, elias lönnrot, volter kilpi
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Woman Writer - Traditional vs. "New" Woman in China and Finland in the 1st half of the 20th century
Podzimková, Jana ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Parente Čapková, Viola (referee)
In my thesis I deal with phenomenon of the so-called new woman in the literature of Finland and China in the first three decades of the 20th century. This phenomenon is presented on the example of the life and literary works of three Chinese (Ding Ling, Ling Shuhua, Bing Xin) and three Finnish (Aino Kallas, Maria Jotuni, L. Onerva) women writers, which seem to be the most representative. In the case of each of the above-mentioned writers I first briefly depict her life, which possibly could have influenced her writings, and then I analyze the selected literary works, in which the topic of new woman is most pronounced. I strive for setting the literary works analyzed into the concrete social, historical and cultural context of the development in both countries, and in the final part of the thesis I attempt at comparison of the similarities and differences between the topics of Chinese women writers on the one hand and Finish on the other. I then explain reasons for the similarities and differences found with regard to the social and cultural situation in China and Finland. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Contemporary Finnish Girls' Literature
Mašková, Jana ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Parente Čapková, Viola (referee)
This thesis deals with the contemporary Finnish girls' literature. It explains what is hidden under the term girls' literature and its typical features. It outlines the development of this genre in Finland from the end of the 19th century up to the present. It tries to capture the themes, which this genre depicts most often nowadays. These are: searching own identity, mental disorders, disorders of food intake, sexuality and homosexuality. Keywords: Finnish literature, contemporary Finnish literature, girls' literature, lowbrow literature, girl's identity, mental disorders, disorders of food intake, sexuality, homosexuality.
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Charles Darwin and darwinism in Finnish Literature
Hanušová, Jitka ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Parente Čapková, Viola (referee)
Name: Jitka Hanušová School: Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Department: Institute of Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies Title: Charles Darwin and darwinism in Finnish Literature Supervisor: Mgr. Jan Dlask, Ph.D. Number of pagess: 68 Nubmber of characters: 118 580 Keywords: Charles Darwin, darwinism, social darwinism, Finnish Literature, race, heredity, social class This diploma deals with evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin and examines its arrival to Finland, its spreading there and mentions the first references in the Finnish periodicals, public and especially in literature during 1860-1920. The topic is viewed through a cultural-historical context which consists of influences of evolutionary theories, social darwinism, racial theories, heredity research, or distinctions between social classes. The special emphasis is placed on reflections of the main aspects of this context in the Finnish literature, mainly in the works of Minna Canth, T. Pakkala, L. Onerva, Toivo Tarvas and Maila Talvio.
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Swan Symbolism in Finnish Poetry from Oral Tradition to Symbolist Movement
Švec, Michal ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Parente Čapková, Viola (referee)
ENGLISH SUMMARY This master thesis focuses on swan symbolism in Finnish poetry, from the oldest folk poems of oral tradition to the first decades of the 20th century. Firstly a swan is described from the zoological and etymological point of view, and its position in the contemporary Finnish culture is clarified. The next chapter is dedicated to swan symbolism in European culture, from antiquity till presence, and it focuses on mythology, folk traditions and the most common motives in visual art, music and literature. The key part of the thesis describes the swan symbolism in Finnish oral tradition and especially in poetry of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. The thesis focuses in particular on Johan Ludvig Runeberg's, Aleksis Kivi's, Elias Lönnrot's, Juhani Aho's, Eino Leino's, Otto Manninen's and Aarni Kouta's poetry. A special chapter is devoted to the myth of the Swan of Tuonela. Following the swan symbolism throughout literature and culture history, I have been looking for connections to Finnish national as well as European traditions and intertextual relations.
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The Tikkanen - Kihlman debate. Prelude. Works - reception - polemics
Dlask, Jan ; Parente Čapková, Viola (advisor) ; Čermák, Jan (referee) ; Gáborová, Margita (referee)
Henrik Tikkanen (1924 - 1984) and Christer Kih1man (bom 1930) are so called Fin1and-Swedish writers: they belong to the Swedish minority in Fin1and and they both write in Swedish. In genera1 they are viewed as authors who describe - and often go into rather intimate detail s - the "Fin1and-Swedish decadent upper c1ass". In the autumn 1975 Tikkanen pub1ished his autobiographica1 text Brandovagen 8 Brando Tel. 35 and Kih1man brought out his novel called Dyre prins. Both of the books are reviewed in the main Fin1and-Swedish newspapers and subsequently they provoke some discussions, whi1st the 1argest po1emics is risen in the beginning of 1976 by the te1evision appearence ofboth writers. This thesis called "The Tikkanen - Kihlman Debate. Prelude. Works - Reception - Polemics" seeks to exp1ain the events of the autumn 1975 and of the fi.rst ha1f of the year 1976, conceming the reception of the both works and the interconnected 1iterary debates. On the methodo10gica11eve1 the thesis hand1es the materia1 thematically by the standard method "adfontes" (supporting too11 - question WHAT), whi1e the interpretation in the first p1ace as a generation revolt is perfonned by means of the theory of literary field, based on so called Pierre Bourdieu's French Socio10gica1 Schoo1 (supporting too12 - question WHY). A starting...
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