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From horror character to girl's idol. Vampire in contemporary literature for young adults
Koubová, Denisa ; Píšová, Ina (advisor) ; Brožová, Věra (referee)
This thesis deals with the evolution of vampire as a literary character in contemporary production for young adults. Its aim is not to describe all existing works but to cover only the most interesting representations of a vampire in various epochs. The thesis describes the most influential works building the literary stereotype of a vampire and proposes an evolution line. The crucial works in this genre are: Vampire, Carmilla, Dracula, Interview with a Vampire, The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, Twilight, House of Night, Vampire Academy and Vampire Boardingschool. Based on them we create a typology according to the appearance, character and narrative role of a vampire. The thesis begins with an anthropological introduction, especially with the origin of the vampires in Easteuropean folk tradition. Farther more we deal with most common genres used to enrich the vampire literature and theory of a literary character as a narrative category. The analysis covers the evolution of a vampire character from its naturalistic appearance to its very civilized pole in the contemporary young adults fiction. We close with the chapter describing the character of a vampire as a literary symbol.
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Malý čtenář magazine
Křesťanová, Gabriela ; Brožová, Věra (advisor) ; Mocná, Dagmar (referee)
The Malý čtenář (The Little Reader) magazine was published between the years of 1882 and 1941. At that time, this was one of the most significant Czech magazines for children and young people. The magazine altered during its existence. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction articles, games, jokes and puzzles remained its constant theme. The magazine was founded by teachers from Poděbrady. Its original role was to present school teaching through more fun and entertainment. Nonfiction articles played a significant role in the early years of the magazine. A big change for the existence of the magazine meant a transition to J. R. Vilímek publishing in 1888. In the 90s of the 19th century, the magazine became a more serious publication, primarily due to its incorporation of high quality poetry. Among the authors of the poems appears Josef Vaclav Sládek, who is regarded as the founder of Czech poetry for children. In these years, the magazine also aimed to appeal to a new target group of readers: adolescent school boys. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the ratio between poetry and prose in Malý čtenář gradually balanced. A key figure in the magazine, František Serafínský Procházka, took the main role in poetry. Prose came with longer serial stories with elements of realism; more fairy tales also appeared....
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Morally educational stories of M. D. Rettigová and Marie Antonie as a part of czech biedermeier culture.
Schwabová, Tereza ; Brožová, Věra (advisor) ; Petrbok, Václav (referee)
Morally educational stories of M. D. Rettigová and Marie Antonie as a part of czech biedermeier culture. This thesis researches educational literary output of 2 eminent authors, Magdalena Dobromila Rettigova and nun Marie Antonie (civil name Josefa Pedalova). Both of them are considered to be first czech patriotic female authors, despite the fact that Marie Antonie's name (writing under a pseudonym of Dobrovlastka) was almost erased from history of czech literature because of the strong catholic orientation in her writings. Their works are focusing on upbringing of period girl and with tendency to sentimentalism they are representing one of the most important artistic aspect of newly forming czech biedermeier.
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Character of a good person in novels by Božena Němcová
Gavendová, Petra ; Brožová, Věra (advisor) ; Mocná, Dagmar (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the character of "a good person" that is in all works by Božena Němcová. The theoretical part deals with the time context of her work and on the author's life. In the following analysis of chosen short stories - Karla, Divá Bára, Chudí lidé a Dobrý člověk - special character features of the good-person type are discovered. This type should help to reduce the social evil by playing the part of a model.
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