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Construction of the novel by Josef Škvorecký Obyčejné životy
Horák, Ondřej ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
(in English): The aim of this thesis is to observe the composition of Josef Škvorecký' s novel Obyčejné životy (Ordinary Lives). The backbone of the novel is the division of the whole text into two time-distinguished narrative zones (the narrator's present and past). The thesis readers' attention is also drawn in the third section of the book called "Notes and Explanatory Notes". Not only does the thesis focus the use of the italics in the book and other highlighted texts throughout the whole novel but it also analyzes its use in other masterpieces (Sedmiramenný svícen - The Menorah, Příběh inženýra lidských duší - The Engineer of Human Souls, Scherzo Capriccioso - Dvorak in Love, Nevěsta z Texasu - The Bride of Texas). The specific non-exhaustive examples of the use of the six types of the italics are implemented into the assessment.
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Anti-Semitic Reviews Vlajka and Národní republika
Borůvková, Marianna ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Wiendl, Jan (referee)
Summary: The bachelor thesis deals with the anti-Semitic journals Vlajka and Národní republika between the years 1933 and 1938. It focuses on the negative stereotypes of Jews and forms of their depiction and evaluation (expressive style, allusiveness, generalization, escalation of contrasts, comparison with animals etc.). The bachelor thesis follows and describes the development of anti-Semitic stereotypes in the above mentioned period in relation with Nazi movement in Germany. Key words: anti-Semitism, Image of a Jew, Thirties of 20th Century
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Stanislav Zedníček: The Miserable Seeker
Čeplová, Miroslava ; Wiendl, Jan (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
This work, focusing on the person of Stanislav Zedníček, delineates poet's position in literal context of his and so of our time through study of extant documents, correspondence and other archives. The aim of this work is also to found specifics of Zedníček's poetry and to relate his work with group of authors like Jakub Deml, Vladimír Holan, František Halas, Jan Čep, Jan Zahradníček and Jaroslav Durych.
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The Anti-Semitic Stereotypes and the review Arijský boj
Matějková, Anna ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to explore the role of anti-Semitic stereotypes in Czech literature, in anti-Semitic propaganda particularly in the Thirties and the Forties of the 20th century especially in review Arijský boj and some of the same topic reviews. It is aimed at the anti- Semitic point of view in works of Jan Neruda, Jakub Deml and Jaroslav Durych and at anti- Semitic stereotypes such are Jews the Murderers, the Tempters, the Usurers, the Conspirators and the Eternal Jew. Keywords: stereotypes, anti-Semitism in literature, review Arijský boj
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The Detective Trilogy of Josef Škvorecký
Bálková, Anna ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Heczková, Libuše (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to find out how the central character Josef Borůvka in books Smutek poručíka Borůvky, Konec poručíka Borůvky a Hříchy pro pátera Knoxe approximates an ideal of The Big detective. The central character of novels was compared with the characteristics of The Big detective who was described in the secondary sources. In the second part of the thesis, the literature works are compared with the films. The results show that lieutenant Borůvka can be considered The Big detective, however, there are some differences. The thesis discovers that Josef Škvorecký as an author of these Czech literature works made a literature type of the detective who is popular in the world literature and he meets the requirements for the detective genre. Keywords Josef Škvorecký, detective genre, lieutenant Borůvka, Big detective, trails
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In The Light of Kabbalah: Jewish Mistique in Polish Literature in The Interwar Period
Benešová, Michala ; Poslední, Petr (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee) ; Sobotková, Marie (referee)
Thesis In the Light of Kabbalah: Jewish Mystique in Polish Literature in the Interwar Period deals with different models of reflection of Jewish religious and mystical tradition in the Polish interwar literature (on the example of three authors representing different ways of perceiving their own Jewish roots as well as the processing of themes based on the tradition of Jewish mysticism). Aleksander Wat, originally a futurist, was critical of the Jewish religious tradition - but still cannot his own "Jewishness" escape; prose writer Bruno Schulz offers an unique vision of cosmogony and eschatology reminiscent of - besides other things - selected concepts of Kabbalah; Bolesław Leśmianʼs relationship to this tradition is the looses, but on the other hand his method of working with motives which can interpreted in the context of the Jewish religious tradition is very original. Literary work of all three - as the heirs to the "people of the Book" - is marked by a specific relationship to language and the written word. In addition to this theme we deal with e.g. the Golem motive, the idea of the creation of the world or the idea of God. These analytical chapters are preceded by a theoretical and methodological introduction based on the traditions of literary hermeneutics, but also on selected concepts of...
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Child and childhood in the work of Jaromír John
Hrdinová, Dagmar ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Mravcová, Marie (referee)
Key words: child, children, children's literature, Jaromír John Abstract: This diploma thesis deals with Jaromir John's books for children. Analysis focuses on Vladimír Nezkusil's and Otakar Chaloupka's theory and my own interpretations. John's children's literature was published during all his life so diploma can describe evolution in his works. In conclusion diploma will try summarizing, why John's books are not published any more.
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The Transformation of the lyrical subject in poetry of Václav Hrabě
Jonášová, Alena ; Hoffmann, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on the intricacies of the poetic legacy of Václav Hrabě. The first part of the thesis contains a general introduction - the poet′s life, the difficulties with the posthumous publication of his work and the development of the work′s reception. The second part of the thesis is dedicated to an analysis of the lyrical subject in different publications of Hrabě′s poetry and in particular poems as well. Attention is given especially to the problems of different editions of his work. The conclusion of this analysis is founded upon the basic principles of Václav Hrabě′s poetics and describing the transformations of the lyrical subject. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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"The Generation of a Stolen Story" (Hodrová, Kratochvíl, Jamek, Richterová)
Rudolfová, Michaela ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Bílek, Petr (referee)
This work's aim is to characterize the poetics of "the Generation of a Stolen Story", i. e. the Czech authors born in the 1940s. Its main features, e. g. anti-illusionism, conception of the story and the narrator, autobiographical character etc., are demonstrated on texts. The study is based on prose written by Jiří Kratochvil, Daniela Hodrová and Sylvie Richterová, other authors will be included too. The work is focused on the texts that were created in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Krakatit by Karel Čapek and Otakar Vávra
Fischerová, Simona ; Mravcová, Marie (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
This thesis emphasize on the analysis of the Karel Čapek's novel "Krakatit" and its film adaptation directed by Otakar Vávra. The first part concentrates on some basic adaptation principals which comes from the relevant contemporary literature. In the next chapter the thesis focuses on problematics of the intermediary transcription and it highlights some issues of such adaptation (for example how to present an introspection). The theoretically oriented part of the thesis is completed by stating the difficulties with the evaluation of such adaptation from a diachronic point of view and by defining the elemental terms of the narrative theory (story, character, narrator). The practical part presents literary characteristics of the novel based on the appropriate literature. The next chapter is focused on the multi- genre characteristics and the story of the novel (according to the studies of Jan Mukařovský and Eva Strohsová). The analysis of the character focuses on the lead role and works with different motives, such as childhood, mystery and unknown. It also includes the list of relevant figures of speech and the role of the narrator in Krakatit. In the comparative analysis of the novel and the film adaptation there is described Vávra's attempt to bring the novel up to date. The film is being set in...
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