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Analysis and comparison of female characters in American novels of James Fenimore Cooper and Louise May Alcott
Cibulková, Tereza ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Činátlová, Blanka (referee)
This thesis is focused on the representation and characterization of female characters in the novel The Deerslayer from The Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy from James Fenimore Cooper in contrast to the concept of female characters in the book from Louisa May Alcott Little Women. There is analyzed images of female fictional heroines living in the American wilderness in the years 1740-1805, and these findings are compared with the representation of women in the 19th century domestic novel Little Women. The way of creating female characters is analyzed in relation to the other characters, the space in which they live, the storyline and contemporary values. This analysis should in a literary historical aspect reveal how much the role of a woman becomes a mere fulfillment of a simplified scheme and how it also has many meanings of full-fledged components in literary work. The author of this thesis also focuses on the influence of the environment on the formation of female characters and tracks their role not only in American novels but also in the society. Key words woman, gender, novel, cult of True Womenhood, James Fenimore Cooper, Louise May Alcott, topoi of the forest, home, american wildernes
Across the Line of the World: On Poetics of Being on the Road in the Central European Novel of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Knotová, Tereza ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Bílek, Petr (referee)
Thesis Across the Line of the World: On Poetics of Being on the Road in the Central and East European Novel of the second half of the Twentieth Century dissert on the phenomen of vagabondism in a given space and time. Analysis of eight texts (Albahari, Bachmannová, Bernhard, Bondy, Chwin, Miłosz, Müllerová, Sebald, Velikić) through the concept of smooth and striated space (Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari), and Milan Balaban's exegesis on the Biblical Exodus shows four basic principals of this rather intensive than extensive vagabondism: nothingness, sense for smoothness, melancholy and fragmentarization. Central and East European Novel Vagabondism Smooth and striated space (Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari) Exodus (Milan Balabán) Melancholy Nothingness Sense for smoothness Fragmentarization
Female characters in early proses of Julius Zeyer
Kumžáková, Karolína ; Vaněk, Václav (advisor) ; Činátlová, Blanka (referee)
(in English): This bachelor thesis looks at female characters in early novels of Julius Zeyer. The main theme of the thesis is Šalda's statement that highlights a strong position of women in Zeyer's novel and devides female characters into angels and hellcats. The aim of the thesis is to verify this division in following novels: Ondřej Černyšev, Román o věrném přátelství Amise a Amila and Gompači and Komurasaki. The analysis of novels focuses on differences in artistic interpretation of female and male characters, reflecting the polarity of the woman as angel and the woman as devil, and explores the position of female characters in all their subtleties.
Fragmentary writing: the motifs of Central European literary discourse in postmodern Russian literature
Karpeta, Anastasia ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Bílek, Petr (referee)
The diploma thesis Fragmentary writing: the motifs of Central European literary discourse in postmodern Russian literature discusses the issue of the fragment as melancholy, aesthetic and Central European principle of writing; it accepts the montage method (due to its formalistic conception) as a primary poetic feature of the fragmentary discourse. The thesis examines the texts as the changing boundaries of the various cultural codes and different levels of fragmentation and discontinuity in the causal narrative. The thesis should show the continuity or, in other words, the coherence of the analyzed texts to the Central European literary context. The theme is developed based on the interpretation of works written by Pavel Ulitin (Immortality in the pocket; Conversation about the fish; Xenophobe and various prose; Hopeless Journey, etc.) and others.
Frankenstein: Changes of Fantastic Appearance and Terror in Movie Adaptations and Theatre
Ševčíková, Michaela ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Hrbata, Zdeněk (referee)
Master's thesis presents comparison of motifs and images of fantastic appearance and terror in the novel Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley and its film and theatre adaptations, and studies their changes. It deals not only with theoretical problems of fantastic appearance, terror (horror) and adaptation, but especially the Frankenstein myth and its influence on creating these images in given texts. Thesis describes the development of fantastic and horrific images from the literary text towards visual and performance media. The thesis studies the transformation of these images within three film adaptations made by directors J. Searlse Dawley (1910), James Whale (1931) and Kenneth Branagh (1994), and one play written by Nick Dear and directed by Danny Boyle (2011). Key words: Frankenstein, Frankenstein myth, fantastic appearance, fantastic, terror, horror, adaptation
Baroque motifs in modern Czech poetry (Jirous, Krchovský, Šiktanc)
Divíšková, Radka ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Hrdlička, Josef (referee)
The theme of this bachelor thesis is the analysis of baroque motifs in modern Czech poetry, namely in works Magorovy labutí písně (I. M. Jirous), Noci, po nichž nepřichází ráno (J. H. Krchovský) and Tanec smrti aneb Ještě Pámbu neumřel (K. Šiktanc). The first part of this bachelor thesis deals with theoretical specification of baroque motifs and baroque form, the interpretative part deals with reflection of these baroque motifs and themes in given works, their importance for poetics of these works and comparison these motifs in particular works.
Lessons from the crisis development. Events of 1968 in film of normalization period in 70'
Vtelenská, Lucie ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Bílek, Petr (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the comparison of events from 1968 in document Poučení z krizového vývoje ve straně a společnosti po XIII. sjezdu KSČ and in the selected film productions of 70s, which thematises this period. Namely are the films Hroch (Karel Steklý, 1973), Za volantem nepřítel (Karel, Steklý, 1974), Tobě hrana zvonit nebude (Vojtěch Trapl, 1975), Tam, kde hnízdí čápi (Karel, Steklý, 1975), Bouřlivé víno (Václav Vorlíček, 1976), Štvanice (Jiří Sequens, 1979) and Studna (Jiří Sequens, 1979). The aim of thesis is to capture the main themes and key motives. These main topics create an ideological narrative of the crisis period 1968-1969 in the default document Poučení and find out, how are used in the selected film.
Rebellious Female Protagonists in Young Adult Dystopian Novels
Drkošová, Sylvie ; Machek, Jakub (advisor) ; Činátlová, Blanka (referee)
The thesis is mainly concerned with popular dystopian book series Hunger Games and Divergent. The aim of the present diploma thesis is to summarize representative characteristics of a young adult dystopian novels featuring rebellious female heroes and to closely examine the social context of the aforementioned novels. The first part of the thesis is based on the analysis of young adult dystopian novels and the attitude of young female readers to the representation of strong female protagonists in literature. The second part od this thesis presents a qualitative research realized by interviews with young female readers and it attempts to answer the research questions about the attitude of readers to examined dystopian novels and the contemporary social role of women. Keywords: dystopian novel, Hunger Games, Divergent, female protagonists, gender
Back to the Tribe's Womb: Tendencies in Contemporary Culture
Dvořák, Jan ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Bílek, Petr (referee)
Michel Maffesoli and Zygmunt Bauman add the traits of Benjamin's flâneur to the (neo-)nomad, namely his "flâneur" gaze and his relation to commodities. But in the concept of nomad these traits gain specific nature - on the field of fashion they transform nomad into migrant, who is capable of creative work with vanitas. Nomad as a travelling flâneur is a stranger-guest and becomes a tourist, willingly getting lost in the city and voluntarily being surprised by unexpected encounters. Tourists relation to his memories could be described with Benjamin's description of mémoire involontaire as a revived punctum. A tourist prepares his memories like a nicely descending ruins. Souvenir is his materialised memory. It's not only a duplicated plastic Eiffel tower, but a magic artifact. It's a collective aura, what's on Benjamin's mind when he writes about aura regression. The private aura comes instead, turning things to talismans, reenchanting the world. The era of postmechanical reproduction reminds one, that there is a way to reproduce not just mechanically but biologically: a bricolage remix is made. Souvenirs descend and take shape of hommogenic rummage which reveals the fundamental form of postmodern metamorphosis: recyclation. This metamorphosis can finally be used when analyzing the settler turn into nomad...
The Literary Reception of Max Picard's Works
Svárovská, Nicol ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Vojvodík, Josef (referee)
The thesis treats the subject of how the work of Max Picard, Rainer Maria Rilke and Jan Zahradníček relate. Its unifying element is the motif of salvation, its negative and positive aspect. Picard, Rilke, and Zahradníček perceive the world overfilled with technology and become witnesses of dehumanisation of humans and the related destruction of speech. Their work mirrors this decomposition, but it alongside offers a positive counter movement, an alternative to the age of dominion of technology. A comparative analysis of the specific understanding of the two aspects of salvation also casts light on the reception of Max Picard in their work. The first part deals with the analysis of Heidegger's essence (Wesen) of modern technology (Gestell) and the possibility of alternative revealing (poiésis). It renders the transformation of a human beings and their relationship to things, a transformation diagnosed by Picard, Rilke, and Zahradníček in their work. It thus proposes a context for the observed motif of salvation. The introduction of the first part accounts for a treatise on the loss of a thing which is linked to the penetration of technology and on salvation consisting in paying heed to the inconspicuous state of affairs. The second part opens with the reception of Picard's book Hilter in Our Selves...

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