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The theme of predestination in the Spanish play Life Is a Dream.
Purnochová, Noemi ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Zaťko, Roman (referee)
If the play Life Is a Dream is known for something, it is the thematic conflict between the power of fate (predestination) and the free will. Firstly, this thesis situates said drama in the historical and literary context of Spanish Baroque period and then it goes on to focus on the author Pedro Calderón de la Barca and any major life events that might have influenced his work. Primarily, though, the thesis is dedicated to a thematic analysis of the play Life Is a Dream with attention to the topic of predestination. Keywords: Life Is a Dream, Calderón de la Barca, predestination, free will, philosophy, Baroque drama, 17th century, Spanish Baroque period, Siglo de Oro, Spanish Golden Age
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Prose poem in Spain (1914 - 1942)
Vacková, Hana ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
The topic of this thesis is a literary genre called the poem in prose which comes from France from the nineteenth century. At the beginning of the thesis the genre is introduced and typical features of this genre are explained and also the beginnings of this genre in France and in Spain are presented. The main part of the thesis is an analysis of three books which are supposed to be examples of this genre. First, Platero y yo written by Juan Ramón Jiménez, second, Impresiones y paisajes from Federico García Lorca and, third, Ocnos by Luis Cernuda. The aim of the thesis is try to decide whether the books belong to the genre or not and why and describe how lyrical effect is achieved on a reader, and at last place, what topics are presented in books. Key words: the prose poem, 20th century, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Luis Cernuda, Federico García Lorca, Spain
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Influence of English and American poetry on Pere Gimferrer's work
Kožnerová, Tereza ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee) ; Prokop, Josef (referee)
The Catalan poet Pere Gimferrer represents a distinctive personality of the poetry group Novísimos, active mainly in the 1970s. His work was influenced by the reality of life in Spain after the Civil War, especially postism and social poetry. Literary postmodernism also played a significant role in his poetic formation. From the multitude of influences that shaped Pere Gimferrer, this thesis aims to map in detail the influence of the (post)modern poetry of Thomas Stearns Eliot and Ezra Pound on Gimferrer's work. Pere Gimferrer's poetry approaches his models through literary techniques innovative at the time - intertextuality, metapoetry, culturalism, or the use of popular culture elements within the poetic text. The influence of both poets writing in English is mapped on Gimferrer's two magnificent works, namely the poetry collection Arde el mar and the poem L'espai desert. These two Gimferrer's pieces of work are compared with T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land and Ezra Pound's Cantos. Comparing Gimferrer's texts with the poetry of Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot using comparative textual analysis convincingly shows that Pere Gimferrer knew the mentioned works of both poets and used similar themes and motifs. At the same time, it can be argued that Pere Gimferrer uses similar images and scenes, harmonizes a...
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Patriotism in the work of Antonio Machado
Dudchenko, Anastasia ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Marešová, Jaroslava (referee)
This thesis addresses the presence of patriotism in the work of Antonio Machado. The objective of this thesis is to find the elements of patriotism in both the writer's poetry and prose. Special attention is paid to the collections of poems Soledades, Galerías y otros poemas and Campos de Castilla and, also, to the book Juan de Mairena. In addition, there are presented his poems from the Civil War period, and letters, in which patriotism can also be found. At the same time, the work represents the political and social situation in Spain at the turn of the century, regenerationism, the Generation of 98 and Machado's reflection on the political and social situation during the First World War both in Spain and in Europe. Key words: Antonio Machado, patriotism, regenerationism, Spain, the Generation of 98.
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Metafictional narrative strategies of two Cervantes' Exemplary Novels
Krátká, Tereza ; Holub, Jiří (advisor) ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (referee)
The aim of the work is to sum up main function of the metafictional narrative strategies in two Cervantes' Exemplary Novels - The dialogue between Scipio and Berganze and The deceitful marriage. At the beginning, the text is focused on composition of both novels, mainly on their narrative structure. In the next part, the work is concentrated on analysis of reminiscences relevant - as for novels' genre, language and style - for interpretation of metaficitonal narrative with respect to the period of baroque upcoming. Then, the narrative structure is compared with Cervantes' novel Don Quijote which is based on the same type of narrative strategy. The author comes to the conclusion that the primary function of the metafictional narrative strategies is a possibility to interpret the question of the truth in relation to the baroque reality of the 17th century in Spain. The main importance of the work is presentation of a detailed narrative scheme of two novels, up to now absent in majority of theoretical works aimed at Exemplary Novels composition. Key words: Miguel de Cervantes, Dialogue between Scipio and Berganze, El coloquio de los perros, metafiction, intertextuality, credibility, narrative strategies.
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The typology of female characters in the theatre of Federico García Lorca
Jelínková, Eva Marie ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Kavková, Kateřina (referee)
The subject of this bachelor thesis is the typology of female characters in the plays of the Spanish author Federico García Lorca. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the heroines of the plays Yerma, The House of Bernarda Alba, Mariana Pineda and The Unmarried Doña Rosita, on the basis of which I will build a typology according to common motifs. In the thesis, I will first outline the context and conditions of the author's time, as well as the importance of the generation of 27, to which García Lorca belongs, and then the position of women in society and the emergence of feminist movements in Spain. In the next chapter I will then summarize the general characteristics, elements and themes common to all the heroines of the selected plays. The second part of the thesis will already deal with typology, where the characters are divided into three main categories
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Typology of female characters in The Hive
Čertíková, Veronika ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Kotuľáková, Lívia (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to create a typology of female characters in the novel The Hive written by the Spanish author Camilo José Cela. First, we discuss the historical context of the position of women in post-war (economically and morally devastated) Spain, which the author reflects, and compare this context with the stories of female characters in the book. Subsequently, we relate the stories of the female characters to those of their male counterparts and indicate how they are similar and how they differ; we also consider the types of characteristics the narrator emphasizes when describing the characters. The core part of the thesis is the typology itself, in which we divide the female characters into categories based on their economic conditions and family status; we focus on rich and poor women, women in partnership relations, married women and widows, while poor women are the largest group.
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The image of post-modern society in Javier María's novel
Parachinová, Kristýna ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to explore what postmodern features can be found in the work of Javier Marías, using his three novels, All Souls, A Hearth So White, Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me. Specifically, it analyses the narrator and the main characters. Then, it examines the most important themes the author deals with in his novels, such as interpersonal relationships, criticism of statesmen, and the theme of truth and knowledge.
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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.
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"Dance of Death" and the phenomenon of Death in Coplas on the Death of His Father and the spanish (Traditional) Dance of Death
Mošnerová, Lenka ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Kavková, Kateřina (referee)
The first part of the thesis will be devoted to the phenomenon of the "Dance of Death" (Danza de la muerte), which has become a characteristic feature of artistic and literary works, and which also reflects the society's view of death and of society itself in a time in which this phenomenon developed. The next part of the thesis will focus on particular literary works in which the motif of death is present, namely Jorge Manrique's poem Coplas a la muerte de su padre and the medieval Spanish poem Danza general de la muerte. The aim of the thesis is to analyse through the poems the society and its thinking about death, which, in the light of contemporary events in Europe, became one of the characteristic features of the late medieval period. Keywords: Death, society, Jorge Manrique, Danse Macabre, Coplas on the Death of His Father, Dance of Death, late Middle Ages, poetry
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