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Reflexion of the Norse Discovery of America
Novotná, Markéta ; Starý, Jiří (advisor) ; Polách, Vladimír (referee)
The thesis focuses on the reflection of the discovery of America by the Norsemen, and does so in three steps. Firstly, the approach to and the significance of the Norse voyages to America in the medieval materials, and especially in the Vinland sagas, are presented. This part is accompanied by a general introduction into the sagas. Secondly, the situation in the 19th century is introduced. In this period a lot of scientific works as well as works of art aiming at the Norse voyages to the New continent arose. The factors that led to this increased interest are explored, e.g. national movement in Scandinavia. Thirdly, the contemporary reflexion of the Norse discovery of America is analyzed (particularly its influence on works of art, society, politics and scientific research). The methodology used in this thesis is discourse analysis, which points out to the changing reflexion of the given topic.
Hel. The Old Norse underworld and its mistress
Ratajová, Kateřina ; Starý, Jiří (advisor) ; Antalík, Dalibor (referee)
The Old Norse realm of the dead and its mistress are both called Hel. This paper attempts to reconstruct the conception of Hel current in the period of recording the extant texts, because a search for the original form of it necessarily reduces the sources on the basis of the speculation about Christian influence. The method here used is an analysis of texts and occurences of the word hel with respect to genre and context. The scaldic and Eddic poems are considered the most valuable thanks to the conservation caused by metric rules. The chapters deal with terms, location of the underworld, conceptions connected to the voyage to Hel and the sojourn there, which are aspects of the Old Norse Hel - both as a locality and a person.
Seiðr
Šebetovská, Michaela ; Chlup, Radek (advisor) ; Starý, Jiří (referee)
SEIÐR Michaela Šebetovská AAAABSTRACTBSTRACTBSTRACTBSTRACT The thesis is about an Old-Norse practice called seiðr, which was performed as a prophetic and magical ritual, according to some authors similarly to shamanic ones. The emphasis is put on information obtained from the Old-Norse textual sources. Despite their fragmentary nature, the aim of this work is to make a well-arranged summary of the facts provided by these primary sources. The main subjects are the beings performing seiðr, their characteristics, place in society, equipment and conditions required for the ritual and its goal. This information is then used for interpretation and a detailed analysis of several aspects of seiðr.
Rose, oh pure contradiction... Form and funcion of philological "possibility"
Jakubcová, Alena ; Starý, Jiří (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
The diploma thesis is based on the results of analysis of two literary works: Bebuquin (Carl Einstein) and Mein Name sei Gantenbein (Max Frisch). It express the changed worldview and understanding of literature at the turn of the ninetieth to the twentieth century and connect them into the term of possibility - as a new kind of lived and perceived reality. The analysis itself strides from one layer of the literary work to another and leads to the differentiation of the three possibility-types: the ›ambiguous diversion‹, ›open uncertainty‹ and ›empty incomprehensibility‹.
Þorr's voyage to Geirrøðr
Kozák, Jan ; Starý, Jiří (advisor) ; Antalík, Dalibor (referee)
The thesis analyzes eight versions of a narrative of thórr's journey to the dwelling place of thurs (giant) Geirrodr. These variant versions are preserved in several distinct genres and come down from different ages - the oldest is a scaldic poem from the time before the christianization of Scandinavia (10th century) whereas the other versions are written down by Christian Icelander Snorri Sturluson and Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus (both 13th c.). The youngest version is a fairy-tale short story from 15th c. The fact of diachronic and genre variation is used to track and analyze the changes of an originally religious narrative after the christianization, i.e. after the dissolution of the original pagan symbolic universe into the medieval (or even post-medieval) one. Although the basic pattern of the story and the names of the protagonists are preserved quite well (in respect to the time span and indirect transmission), the meaning and genre setting of the story is significantly altered: in the case of Saxo Grammaticus into euhemerized pseudohistory and in the case of 15th century short story into fairy-tale loosely connected to historical king Ólafr Tryggvason. This observation illustrate and confirm the process of demythization of pagan myths and show two genres where those myths are to be "stored"...
The Old Norse Periphrastic Future: The Origin, Grammaticalization and Meaning
Šimeček, David ; Starý, Jiří (advisor) ; Schulte, Michael (referee) ; Eyþórsson, Þórhallur (referee)
The subject of the dissertation is the origin of the Old Norse periphrastic future. First, it is shown that the main exponent of future in Old Norse, as opposed to other old Germanic languages, is the auxiliary verb munu, both in terms of its frequency and its remarkably neutral meaning. It is attested as such even in the oldest 9th century sources, the Skaldic poems. These characteristics of munu are in contrast with the other exponent of the periphrastic future, the verb skulu, which was less frequent and more modal. The futural character of munu and the modal character of skulu are further demonstrated by an analysis of the means of future expression used in prophecies and curses. Discussion of the grammaticalization of munu has shown that as early as the 9th century the verb had developed meanings that are derived from future (particularly the probability meaning). Hence, the futural use must have been fairly common for a considerably long period before the first attestations. Further evidence for the early use of munu-future in North Germanic comes from the reconstruction of the morphological development of the verb. It shows a transition from the class of regular weak verbs to the preterite-present class which was associated with modal/function verbs in Germanic. These findings show that the...
The Image of Norse Mythology and the Old North in Contemporary Czech Pop-culture
Fröhlichová, Alena ; Březinová, Helena (advisor) ; Starý, Jiří (referee)
In my bachelor thesis I will examine an interesting phenomenon of recent decades: abundant use of Norse mythology and Old Norse literature in various literary and cultural contexts in the Czech environment. I will focus on works of domestic origin and marginally also on translated works in order to create a more complete picture of materials inspired by Norse mythology, which the reader can encounter in the Czech environment I will try to define and individual trends in the approach to the materials of Norse mythology. Subsequently, I will try to critically evaluate what image of the old North the individual works create, whether the original sources are being distorted, whether it is possible to talk about a trend/trends, or for what agenda the Nordic materials and motifs are being used. In the first part of the work, I will present and analytically evaluate the collected materials, especially books and audio-visual material, but I will also focus on the environment of the internet and social networks. In the second part, I will try to define the trends that can possible be traced in the use of Norse mythology. When comparing the original sources with modern adaptations, I will use the method of close reading, but I will always take into account the historical context. My work should answer the question of...
Continuity and Contact: The Contemporary Sagas and Cultural Memory
Korecká, Lucie ; Starý, Jiří (advisor) ; Rohrbach, Lena (referee) ; Hermann, Pernille (referee)
The study is focused on the Old Norse "contemporary sagas" (texts composed with a short time distance from the events of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries that are recorded in them) and some of the bishops' sagas as images of the thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Icelanders' identity and their relationship to other lands, especially Norway. It aims at analysing the roles and meanings of various identity bearers portrayed in these sources - chieftains, royal representatives, ecclesiastical dignitaries, and saintly bishops. The approach to the sources is based on an analysis of how recent historical events were transformed into a narrative discourse, in which they were connected to the more distant past that formed the medieval Icelandic society's cultural memory. That way, these events themselves became a part of this society's cultural memory, and the given historical knowledge was endowed with specific meanings, which were not inherently present in the knowledge itself, but were based on its contextualization. The study shows how the narrativization of the recent events and their integration into the cultural memory creates a meaningful relationship between the past and the present. The objective of the study is to show how the narrative sources reflect the society's perception of its recent...
BGA Packages - Deassembly and Assembly with Different Heat Transfer Equipments Application
Dundr, Jakub ; Špinka, Jiří (referee) ; Starý, Jiří (advisor)
This bachelor thesis is focused on problematics of packaging, BGA package construction and following rework procedures that can be chosen for this packages. This thesis further includes explanation of physical principles of heat transfer. Last but not least particular rework stations for BGA rework with their specifications are being compared in this bachelor thesis.
Photoresist exposure via the LCD panel
Fiala, Matouš ; Starý, Jiří (referee) ; Vyroubal, Petr (advisor)
The bachelor thesis deals with the design and development of a device using a liquid crystal display panel to create a motif when exposing a photoresist to ultraviolet radiation. For a functional design, it is essential to understand and comprehend the various components of the device, the physical principles and the control of the exposure process. The first part of the text is a theoretical summary that should introduce the reader to the issues discussed in the following sections. This is followed by an analysis and proposed solutions to specific obstacles related to the design and realization process of the device. The work includes manufacturing of a prototype device, the creation of the device software, and a user interface application through which the device is controlled. The thesis also contains simulations, a CAD model of the prototype, documentation and measured exposure results.

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