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Mythological Inspiration in the poetry of Lorenzo de' Medici
Lukášová, Denisa ; Pelán, Jiří (advisor) ; Žáčková, Magdalena (referee)
The first part of this master thesis is focused on the personality of Lorenzo deʼ Medici and his inclusion in the period and cultural contexts. The literary background of Italy in the 15th century is introduced, as well as the Lorenzo's life, the summary of his literary output and his contribution as a patron of the Florentine culture and arts. The second part analyzes four of the Lorenzoʼs works related to mythological themes going back until the ancient writers. Lorenzoʼs evident influence by these authors is illustrated with the specific quotations but at the same time his own innovations in texts and stories are referred to. The conclusion compares an extend of this influence on him and the contribution of his own invention to the particular works. It points out the uniqueness of the personality of Lorenzo deʼ Medici both in the cultural and literary spheres as well.
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Michele Prisco's narrative writings in the context of the Italian literature of the second half of the twentieth century
Zdeňková, Petra ; Pelán, Jiří (advisor) ; Flemrová, Alice (referee)
Michele Prisco. Michele Prisco's narrative writings in the context of the Italian literature of the second half of the twentieth century Our thesis was dedicated to the the Italian writer Michele Prisco (1920 - 2003). On the basis of the detailed analysis of some of author's novels and stories we tried to place his narrative literature into the context of Italian literature of the second half of the twentieth century. Michele Prisco, a writer, journalist, literary and film critic entered literature with a story collection. La provincia addormentata (Sleepy province) in 1949. During exactly fifty-year long writer's career he published eleven novels and a number of narrative collections. He was introduced to the Czech scene by translations of his novels Gli eredi del vento (1950, Czech translation - Dědicové větru, Heirs of the Wind, J. Hajný 1983) and Una spirale di nebbia (1966, Czech translation - Cár mlhy, A Spiral of Mist, J. Hajný 1984). Prisco's narrative literature gives a compact impression even though it came through a certain development in the thematic and above all compositional plan. The background of nearly all Prisco's stories and novels is his native land in the area of Vesuvius or Naples. The author is not concerned only with the description of the region and its inhabitants but mainly with...
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Venice as an allegory of modern man. Paolo Barbaro's literary writings
Slavíková, Kateřina ; Pelán, Jiří (advisor) ; Flemrová, Alice (referee)
Stěžejním dílem, jemuž se hodlám věnovat ve své diplomové práci, bude kniha Venezia, la citt ritrovata spisovatele Paola Barbara. Toto Barbarovo dílo jsem si vybrala proto, že mě zajímá aktuální pohled na jedinečný fenomén Benátek. Právě tuto knihu pokládám za současný nejplastičtěji vykreslený literárněfilozofický obraz tohoto města1 a její poetická výstavba mě inspirovala k vytyčení hlavního cíle mé práce, jímž bude literárně-sémiologický rozbor tohoto díla směřující k zachycení benátského prostoru jakožto zrcadla duše moderního člověka. V zájmu celistvosti pohledu na Paola Barbara a jeho tvorbu budu však dále okrajově sledovat též ostatní Barbarova díla tematicky zaměřená na život v benátské laguně (Lunario veneziano, Venezia, l'anno del mare felice, Ultime isole, L'impresa senza fine). Ve snaze postihnout Barbarův obecný náhled na lidskou existenci i jeho literární styl využiji též jeho prvotiny (Giornale dei lavori) a jednoho z nejvíce ceněných románů - Diario a due.
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Family relations in select works of Elsa Morante and Alberto Moravia
Uváčiková, Silvie ; Flemrová, Alice (advisor) ; Pelán, Jiří (referee)
Ve své diplomové práci bych se chtěla zabývat tématem lidských vztahů v italské rodině. Budu vycházet ze dvou autorů, a to EIsy Morantové a Alberta Moravii. Po určitou dobu sdíleli tito autoři společnou cestu životem, a proto bude zajímavé sledovat, nakolikje pojetí těchto vztahů v jejich dílech rozdílné. Cílem této diplomové práce je zjistit, zda se navzájem ovlivňovali, či zda byla jejich tvorba naprosto nezávislá, a dále také zda se jejich společné soužití výraznějším způsobem promítlo do jejich děl při popisu rodinných vztahů jako takových. Vzhledem k bouřlivému manželství Moravii a Morantové a složitým povahám obou autorů bude zajímavé pokusit se zjistit, zda se jejich vztah a povahy odrazily v jejich dílech.
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Crossing the boundaries. Selected themes from the work of Fulvio Tomizza
Kosová, Karolína ; Pelán, Jiří (advisor) ; Flemrová, Alice (referee)
There are "outer" and "inner" boundaries. These are constantly tempted and crossed by people. Boundaries exist on maps as borderlines protected by heavy barriers or as small stonewalls that separate neighbors' fields in the countryside. There are boundaries between the sea and the mainland, the village and the city, between two nations. Fulvio Tomizza, whose work is analyzed in this study, lived with these boundaries. He has been coming to terms with the outer boundaries his whole life in his work Incomprehensible Boundaries. He wrote of the boarder line between the "free world of Italy", where he had in fact never reached his inner freedom and between Istria that since 1954 belonged to the "unfree part of the world". He was well familiar with the boundaries between Italian and Slavic population from the Istria area, since the worlds of these two ethnic groups were clashing inside him. He had therefore dedicated his written work to undo these boundaries that caused separation and rather conjugated them and created space for meeting of cultures and everyday life influences. And so the inner boundaries, he has mediated to us in his writings became "points of connection" between the past and present, reality and dream, life and death. He himself presents a great example for "crossing of boundaries"; his...
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Image of mafia in Leonardo Sciascia's works
Bubela, Petr ; Flemrová, Alice (advisor) ; Pelán, Jiří (referee)
The aim of my thesis is an analysis of the literary image of mafia in Leonardo Sciascia's works from the 60th and 70th of the 20th century. The literary techniques are documented using the examples of the concrete parts of the text in which the mafia operates. At the same time I give an account of the way Sciascia applies the genre rules of the detective story. The subjects of study represent four novels (The Day of the Owl, To Each His Own, Context and One Way or Another) together with one drama L'onorevole. The above mentioned works have been interpreted and analyzed in terms of the structure, genre and language used while the findings of other scholars focused on Sciascia's work have been taken into account of as well. Mafia constitutes one of the key motifs in the work of Leonardo Sciascia. His reoccurring interest stemmed from the fact that he was well acquainted with the phenomenon, partly due to his personal experience and partly due to his intensive study of the matter. Nevertheless he refused to attribute the existence of the mafia solely to Sicily. In his perception, mafia was only one manifestation of Power on which he critically reflected all his life. Sciascia perceived mafia as a result of the social conditions and as an integral part of the power system of Sicily, or consequently the...
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Beppo Fenoglio's novels
Giordanová, Giovanna ; Pelán, Jiří (advisor) ; Flemrová, Alice (referee)
často charakterizován jako Závěr Beppe Fenoglio psal v období, kdy v italské literatuře převládal neorealismus; přestože bývá s tímto směrem spojován, je do tohoto období těžko zařaditelný, neboť jeho literární osud nebyl jednoznačný. Ve své práci jsem na toto chtěla poukázat a vytyčit, jakým smse Fenogliova tvorba ubírala. Jeho romány a povídky se vyvíjejí kolem dvou hlavních obsahových linií, venkovské a odbojové. V tvorbě s venkovskou tematikou je Fenoglio vázán ke svému kraji, Piemontu, a obzvláště ke krajině Langhe, do které je celá jeho tvorba zasazena. Proto bychom ho mohli považovat za autora především regionálního. Piemonťané ho také pokládají za svého autora, jsou na něho hrdí a jsou mu vděčni za to, že jejich kraj představil širšímu publiku. Ve svém díle autor vypovídá i o svém charakteru typického Piemonťana, který se přes hranice svého kraje příliš nedostal. Fenoglio se otevřel cizím vlivům intelektuálně, Anglie mu byla abstraktním vzorem. Život mimo Itálii nebo dokonce mimo Piemont by si Fenoglio ani jeho postavy nedokázaly představit, protože vazba k tomuto kraji byla příliš silná a niterná. Tématikou odboje se Fenoglio vyjádřil k problému, který zasáhl celou Itálii a přestože ho pojal velmi osobně, stává se tím autorem národním. Nechtěl však oslavovat období Resistenze tak, jak se to stalo v...
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La Voce magazine and Italian modernism
Polišenská, Vladimíra ; Pelán, Jiří (advisor) ; Flemrová, Alice (referee)
The aim of this work is to demonstrate how the life of Italian society at the beginning of the twentieth century was reflected in La Voce magazine, which was published from 1908-1916 in Florence. The attention will be focused not only on the historical events but especially on the way it reflected on Italian modernism. For better understanding of the magazine and its value this work begins by explaining the international historical, social and cultural context in which La Voce arose. It examines the programme statement of the magazine and its changes during the existence of La Voce. The main part is dedicated to the analysis of the thematic areas treated in articles. It considers in detail modern trends of Italian art in literature, visual arts and music. Special attention is dedicated to the relationship between representatives of La Voce and the futurist movement. The second group of themes, appearing often in the magazine and examined in this work, is deals with Italian society and politics including political movements; the problem of the Italian South; education and organization of secondary schools, high schools and universities; the colonial war in Libya; and the First World War. This analysis ends with topics such as in particular, philosophy; moral matters, including sexuality and prostitution;...
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Americana. American myth in the Italian interwar literature
Kalinová, Alžběta ; Flemrová, Alice (advisor) ; Pelán, Jiří (referee)
This thesis called "Americana. American Myth in the Italian Interwar Literature" describes and analyses the anthology of American literature Americana that was prepared in 1940 by Italian writer and translator Elio Vittorini. It also focuses on the impact of fascist rhetoric and ideology on Italian interwar literature and official approach of fascist Italy to the USA. The initial part describes life and work of Elio Vittorini, mentioning also the influences that inspired him in his work and his motivations to compile the whole anthology. The next chapter of this part briefly presents other translators who contributed to Americana. The middle part of the thesis describes formation of the fascist regime in Italy and its impact on the Italian culture, focusing mainly on journalism and literature. It describes not only the creation of censorship itself but also paradoxes that went together. In the end of this part we can read about the struggle of Elio Vittorini and Bompiani Publishing House to publish Americana. The core of this thesis, however, is an analysis of both versions of Americana, the original version of Elio Vittorini as well as the censored version with the foreword by Emilio Cecchi. The beginning of this part outlines the birth of the American myth in Italian literature itself and then the...
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The lyrical subject of the poetry of crepuscolari
Ertlová, Monika ; Pelán, Jiří (advisor) ; Čaplyginová, Olga (referee)
A poetic style of crepuscolarism originates in Italy of the beginning of the 20th century. This term is generally used to describe works of so called "poets of twilight". Crepuscolarism marks the beginning of the modern literature in Italy and stands in opposition to the classical literature of 19th century. In comparison to the older poetry, crepuscolari poetry differs, among others, in connection to lyrical subjects - here the relation is clearly negative. The aim of this thesis is to provide both an analysis, and description of Italian crepuscolari poetry, in order to determine the nature of lyrical subjects used. It also compares and contrasts works of the most important poets or Crepuscolarism thier impact on the future generation of Italian poets. After a theoretical introduction, four chapters follow. These are devoted to the most important crepuscolari poets, namely Guido Gozzano, Sergio Corazzini, Marino Moretti, and Aldo Palazzeschi.Here bio-bibliographic information, typical characteristics of their poetry, their understanding of the role of a poet, and relations to lyrical subjects were described in and analysed. In following chapters these results were compared to the development of the lyrical subject in the next generation of Italian poets (Eugenio Montale, Umberto Saba, Giuseppe...
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