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Indian themes in short stories "Agua" and "Diamantes y Pedernales" by José María Arguedas
Kabátová, Pavla ; Poláková, Dora (advisor) ; Housková, Anna (referee)
The master thesis deals with the analysis theme of violence, nature and music or dance in the short stories Water (Agua, 1935), Schoolboys (Los Escoleros, 1935), Children's love (Warma kuyay, 1935) and the novel Diamond a Flint (Diamantes y Pedernales, 1954). The result of the analysis is to understand the meaning of the themes and compare their sense in all stories. Coincidently in all the stories we encounter a suffering Indian, we also perceive thorough description of nature and we notice a strong folkloric topic. The author of these books is José María Arguedas, an importanat Peruvian writer of the 20th century. He i one of the representatives of the cultural-social-political movement called indigenism. Among others representatives of the mentioned literary movement, he is remarkable for starting points of his work and also he is different because of his complicated childhood destiny, which is very closely linked to the Indian world and to the issue of person of mixed race, to which he sacrificed his whole life. Key words Indigenous movements, Peru, José María Arguedas, indian theme, cruelty, nature, music
The space and the characters in the novel La casa verde
Hladká, Markéta ; Poláková, Dora (advisor) ; Housková, Anna (referee)
This thesis deals with the space and the characters from the novel La Casa Verde by the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. The thesis briefly describes the author's literary work and that the novel was inspired by his own life. First, the work focuses on the Amazonian rainforest called Santa María de Nieva and then on the urban space Piura in Peru. A brothel called Green House is introduced as the title of the novel is based on the name of this house. The main subject of the thesis is the analysis of the traditional Latin American topic of the mutual relation between civilization-barbarism. This topic is observed through space and characters, which are developing simultaneously, therefore these two levels (space and characters) cannot be separated. Both attributes (civilization-barbarism) manifest themselves depending on the space where the characters are situated. The purpose of the thesis is to demonstrate the inferior status of Peruvian women, which is achieved via the novel's female characters, and also to depict the Latin American reality of the 20th century. Keywords: Peru, Piura, boom, Peruvian literature, fiction, reality, prostitution, machismo, violence, Indianism
Justice, injustice and social issues in Pío Baroja's The Struggle for Life trilogy
Moutvic, Jiří ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Housková, Anna (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the themes of justice, injustice and social issues in the novel trilogy The struggle for Life (La lucha por la vida) by the Spanish author Pía Baroja, one of the main personalities of the literary movement Generation 98. The subject of the thesis will be a presentation of the author and a more detailed analysis of his literary and personal relationship with Madrid and the entire Spanish society. For the study of Baroj's conception of these questions, we chose the Struggle for Life trilogy, which conveys concrete examples of social issues, including whether there is justice in them or not.
Femme fatale in Hispanic American novels of Modernism
Bobková, Michaela ; Poláková, Dora (advisor) ; Housková, Anna (referee)
This thesis dedicates to the analysis of the literature archetype known as femme fatale and its representation in Hispanic novels from the period of Modernism. Novels analyzed in this thesis are Broken Idols (Ídolos rotos, 1901), After-Dinner Conversation (De sobremesa, 1925), and Immoral Novels (Tres novelas inmorales, 1919). The thesis concentrates on the analysis of the femme fatale archetype taking into consideration the social context of the historical period and its influence on the formation of this archetype. The goal of the thesis is to compare the characteristics of the female protagonists from each novel and to observe similarities and differences in their depiction. The process of comparison takes into account not only the influence of the social context but also the narrator's types that are presenting the female protagonists. Key words Díaz Rodríguez, Gomez Carillo, J. A. Silva, femme fatale, novel, archetype, character, society, Modernism
Utopia in Barataria?
Šoškolová, Adriena ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Housková, Anna (referee)
(in English): This thesis focuses on the topic of utopia in the most significant work of Spanish literature, Don Quixote. Specifically, the analysis of this topic is applied to the chapters of Sancho Panza as a ruler in Barataria. Additionally, this thesis will deal directly with the theme of utopia from the perspectives of Erasmus and Thomas More, two authors who dedicated themselves to this issue. It is essential to clarify the meaning of utopia in their conception, which is as a presentation of an absurd, ridiculous, and unattainable society that ultimately represents a parody and satire on the author's own society. Therefore, the issue of utopia will be studied in the mentioned chapters, along with related themes such as laughter, popular culture and carnival, which is discussed in M. M. Bakhtin's work, from which this thesis also draws. Another important source is the book The World of Don Quixote, which concerns with the identical topic in the chapter Utopia in Don Quixote. The aim of this thesis is to examine whether this theme does indeed appear in Don Quixote, and if so, in what form, variant. Furthermore, it aims to highlight the way in which utopia is reflected in the work, to study the influence of Thomas More, as well as aspects associated with utopia, such as laughter, popular culture...
The Theme of Time in Borges's Short Stories
Vadasová, Vendula ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
(in English): The work focuses on the short story collections Fictions and The Aleph by the Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges. It focuses on the topic of time from a philosophical point of view and subsequently develops it gradually through the analysis of individual short stories. In the individual chapters, time is projected in connection with the theme of dream, maze, life, death, eternity or fate. The aim of the work is to point out how the author perceives time in his short stories, in connection with other topics. Time is an integral part of human existence and cannot be escaped from, as it directly determines our existence.
Symbolism of language in Subcomandante Marcos's tales Relatos de El Viejo Antonio and its importance in the communication of Zapatistas with the world
Šilarová, Johanna ; Kazmar, Vít (advisor) ; Housková, Anna (referee)
(anglicky) Communication between two cultures must include not only knowledge of the language, but also an effort to understand the thinking, perception and understanding of the world of "the other". In the case of the Zapatista movement, it is Subcomandante Marcos who plays the role of interpreter of words, ideas, ideology and worldview between the world of the Mayan rebels and the world of Western civilization. The aim of this thesis is to look at Marcos's short stories Relatos de El Viejo Antonio as a tool of communication between these two worlds, and then specifically to analyze the symbolism of language and its various forms and symbolic functions in different contexts.
Reflection on the Cultural Identity of Mexico and Argentina in Selected Essays
Lukešová, Alice ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Nemrava, Daniel (referee) ; Núňez Tayupanta, Lucie (referee)
This doctoral thesis deals with the concept of the cultural identity of Mexico and Argentina in the works of selected essayists. The cultural area of Hispanic America is often criticized for not having an original philosophy. Hispanic Americans generally avoid dogmatic statements and strictly defined concepts in their works. In their writings prevails thinking in images, which is often processed in an essay form. For this reason, essay writing represents an important source of knowledge about Hispanic American thought. The authors included in this work were selected from the twentieth century, when there is a shift in the way of thinking about one's own culture. The works of the selected writers deal with the question of cultural identity from diverse points of view, and the style of their essays also differs. The first part of the work focuses on the thinking of Ricardo Rojas (1882-1957) from Argentina and Alfonso Reyes (1889-1959) born in Mexico. Both Reyes and Rojas see the basis of national identity in the harmonious mixing of individual races and cultures throughout the history of both countries. The work of these authors is filled with optimism, both writers believe in a better, sometimes even utopian, future not only for their countries but for the entire continent. The second part of the...
Rewritings in the postmodern novel. A transatlantic comparison between Roberto Bolaño and Jáchym Topol
Martínez Abarca, Laura ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Riebová, Markéta (referee) ; Areta Marigo, Maria Gema (referee)
This thesis is a comparative analysis between the novels Amuleto (Amulet 1999) by Roberto Bolaño and Misiones nocturnas (Night work 2001) by Jáchym Topol. Novels from different regions that, besides being written on the threshold of the 21st century, are inspired by the traumatic events of 1968 in Mexico and Prague, respectively. Even more important for this research is the identification in both works of some aesthetic tendencies attributed to postmodernity: the mixture of different genres, the fusion between the old and the new and the fragmentary aesthetics. This study focuses mainly on the rewriting of literary genres, which occurs in various dimensions: either as an innovation of popular genres such as the fairy tale and the detective story, or as a reinvention of writings such as the Greek myth and oral narratives such as the Czech foundational myth. Thus, the first chapter is devoted to the aesthetic characteristics of postmodernism found in novels. The second chapter analyzes the rewriting of the predominant genres in the works: the detective story in Amuleto and the fairy tale in Misiones nocturnas. Finally, the third chapter studies the rewriting of the archetype. Key words: postmodern novel, literary genres, trans-Atlantic studies, rewriting, 1968, Jáchym Topol, Roberto Bolaño
Medieval society in Tales of Count Lucanor
Machová, Dominika ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Housková, Anna (referee)
The subject of this thesis is the examination of the medieval society as portrayed in Tales of Count Lucanor. It explores the social and political situation in Spain during that time, explains its literary context, while also considering the literary influences that impacted Juan Manuel's work, such as Disciplina clericalis. Tales of Count Lucanor displays both didactic and fictional elements. In his work, the author explores moral values and the issue of "goodness", which lends this literary text its psychological dimension, leading to the exploration of the mental states of individual characters; this is also one of the focal points of this thesis.

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