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Perception of the Soviet Literature by the Russian Emigration: Based on the Data from the Volja Rossii Journal
Ivanova, Anna ; Kosáková, Hana (advisor) ; Nykl, Hanuš (referee)
This master thesis examines the heritage of the Prague journal Volja Rossii, one of the leading Russian emigration's periodical publications in 1920s, in terms of literary criticism. The research aims to describe the main tendencies in the perception of current socio-political processes of that era, as well as the Soviet literature and other cultural processes in SSSR of the interwar period, by the magazine's critics and columnists. Furthermore, this study includes biographical data, thematical and theoretical preferences in publications of the key personalities in the journal's editorial staff.
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The Petrushka's Syndrome novel as response to Russian Modernism
Budinová, Natálie ; Kosáková, Hana (advisor) ; Nykl, Hanuš (referee)
This thesis analyzes the novel of the contemporary Russian-writing author Dina Rubina (born 1953) - Petrushka's Syndrome (Синдром Петрушки) and concentrates on the usage and development of modernist, and particularly symbolist aspects, motifs, and methods. The thesis likewise focuses on the utilization of the puppetry theme, as well as the polysemantic-sounding title "Petrushka's Syndrome." The analysis of the text proper is complemented by comparison with two classics of Russian Modernism. First, with the novel of Fyodor Sologub The Petty Demon (Мелкий бес), based on the common motifs of creating a parallel world, in which the characters seek refuge. The second foundation is the theme of the restoration of characters from the Italian Commedia dell'arte in comparison with the play of Alexander Blok The Fairground Booth (Балаганчик).
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Opinion and Attitude Formation by Russian Youths on the Fall of the USSR and the following 1990s
Storozheva, Olga ; Nykl, Hanuš (advisor) ; Morozov, Alexander (referee)
The purpose of the research work was to discover and describe the main characteristics of young people's ideas about the collapse of the USSR and the 1990s in Russia as well as to define the specific features of opinion and attitude formation. The time frame of targeted historical period is between 1991 and 1999/2000, from the Soviet coup d'état attempt in 1991 to the time when Boris Yeltsin Russian president of that time appointed Vladimir Putin as his successor in 1999/2000. In order to achieve this goal, more than 30 interviews with young people from Moscow, Kazan, and Novosibirsk were collected and analyzed. As a result, several types of images of the collapse of the USSR and the 90s were formed; the role of school, family and media in the process of image formation were described, some historical myths were identified, and four types of historical opinion formations of young Russians were structured and named. Keywords: memory studies, collective memory, history mythologization, Soviet Union Fall, nostalgia, historical attitude formation, Russian youth attitude, opinion formation
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Artistic Texts of Yegor Letov and Activities of the Group Grazhdanskaya oborona
Chalupník, Jan ; Tumis, Stanislav (advisor) ; Nykl, Hanuš (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the personality of the punk musician Yegor Letov, the founder and leader of the music group Grazhdanskaya oborona. He was also an important representative of Soviet and Russian rock scene. In individual chapters, the thesis briefly describes the development of rock movement in the Soviet Union, life of Yegor Letov with a special focus on his conflicts with the communist regime and analysis of chosen lyrics, which reflect the Soviet society and Letov's relationship to it. Key words: Letov, USSR, Grazhdanskaya oborona, music, punk, rock.
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Czech-Russian Relations in the works of A. V. Florovsky
Dopitová, Nikola ; Nykl, Hanuš (advisor) ; Hašková, Dana (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with a Russian historiographer Antonij Vasilyevich Florovsky and his contribution to the research of Czech-Russian relations. The aim of the work is to acquaint the reader with the content of his personal heirloom that has not been published ever before. The first chapter consists of three analyses of already published works about Czech-Russian relations. The following chapter focuses on the same topic using archive materials and unpublished works. In the last chapter activities and contacts of the Russian historiographer with Czech scientific society are being described using his personal correspondence. Keywords: Russian emigration, history of science, Czech-Russian relations, A. V. Florovskij
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Society activities of Russian speaking minority in contemporary Prague
Šnajdrová, Michaela ; Nykl, Hanuš (advisor) ; Volkova, Natalja (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the topic of the activities of the Russian-speaking minority in contemporary Prague. The thesis deals with the mapping of the development of Russian immigration in the territory of today's Czech Republic during the 20th century, as well as the current state of the Russian minority. The thesis maps out some of the active organizations that the Russian-speaking minority creates, as well as organizations that help integrate Russian immigrants into the Czech environment. Keywords Contemporary Russian emigration; Russian society activities; Russian minority; society activities
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Publishing activies of Russian interwar emigration in Czechoslovakia
Konvalinková, Karolína ; Nykl, Hanuš (advisor) ; Hašková, Dana (referee)
The thesis deals with an important chapter of the history of the Russian interwar emigration in Czechoslovakia represented by the activities of Plamja publishing house. The publishing house belonged to the pivotal Russian exile institutions and its role is the key to understanding the Russian exile publishing houses in Czechoslovakia. The operation of the publishing house has been so far described only in the form of a review, detailed information and critical analysis is missing. The latter cannot be satisfyingly done without a breakdown of the role of its leading personality - Jevgenij Alexandrovič Ljackij, professor at the Charles University in Prague. Ljackij stood at its birth, he directed it throughout the active phase and created connections with several authors. The publishing house was highly productive in the first years of its existence and consequently got indebted, so its activity in the following years stagnated. For purposes of the thesis, materials from the Literary Archive of the Museum of the Czech Literature, where Ljackij's estate is deposited, including the Plamja publishing house archive, and also available articles dealing with this topic were used. Thanks to all the archive materials mentioned above, new yet unpublished data and facts about the establishment and activities...
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Between Fact and Fiction: On the Documentary Devices in Selected Works by Ales Adamovich
Koliášová, Jana ; Kosáková, Hana (advisor) ; Nykl, Hanuš (referee)
The thesis focuses on mutual blending of the factual and the fictional writing in the work of a Belarusian author Ales Adamovich. Regarding the choice of the analyzed works, two of them (Out of the Fire, 1975; Leningrad Under Siege, 1981) are identified as documentaries in the paratexts. These two works consist of recorded oral testimonies. The other two analyzed works (Khatyn, 1972, The Chasteners, 1981) are fictions, incorporating, however, several authentic documents. Using these works as examples, the thesis illustrates how the (hypothetical) borders between the fact and fiction are blurred and trespassed. The first, literary-historical part will briefly summarize the main concepts of the relationship between art and reality in the Soviet area, beginning with the Formalists and their interest in genre innovations, and concluding with an accent on the individual reader reception of Lidiya Ginzburg and Pyotr Palievsky. The plural aspect is implicitly reflected also in the second part of the thesis, focusing on Adamovich's thinking about the notion of truthfulness in literature. At this point, there is also a related theme of the impact of the genre tradition on the reception of the text. Also in the author's view, the role of the reader seems to be crucial. In the description of the receptive...
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Concept of Russian literature in N. J. Osipov's work
Bažantová, Natalia ; Nykl, Hanuš (advisor) ; Jančárková, Julie (referee)
This bachelor thesis is devoted to one of the representatives of the scientific emigration from the former Russian Empire, to the psychiatrist Nikolay Jevgrafovich Osipov. The thesis focuses on his life, his activities in Czechoslovakia, and mainly on the concept of Russian literature in his work. In a bigger detail, the thesis deals with Osipov's study of the fear phenomenon in works of Gogol, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy. It also focuses on Osipov's psychoanalysis of Dostoevsky and his works. Last but not least it deals with Osipov's analysis of onomastics (the study of the etymology and use of proper names) of the literary characters.
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The historical and archaeological importance of travel accounts made by Russian pilgrims to the Near East from the 12th to 19th centuries.
Ježek, Václav ; Tumis, Stanislav (advisor) ; Boček, Pavel (referee) ; Nykl, Hanuš (referee)
This work deals with a theme, which is increasingly becoming popular amongst scholars. It is a theme dealing with Russian pilgrims and travellers, who visited the areas of the Middle East, especially those places, such as Constantinople, the Holy Land, Mt. Athos and others. Under the designation Russian pilgrims we do not mean individuals belonging to a specific ethnic group, but individuals who were related to Russia understood as a political formation and state. The contacts between the south and Russia, have important consequences for the development of Russia itself, its culture, identity and history. This is also the case for the Middle East, where the contacts with Russia determined to a large extent the development and character of this area. The Russian contacts with the south should be primarily viewed in terms of the Byzantine-Russian context. These were based on cultural influences and on a shared faith and identity. The cultural and religious contacts were enabled by travelling individuals, who travelled without and with a specific goal. In the context of these journeys the prime motivation was a religious one, when a pilgrimage to such areas as Constantinople, Mt. Athos, the Holy Land, helped to build a religious identity in Russia, since before the fall of Constantinople, religion...
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