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Les Salons: Denis Diderot's art criticism
Kavalová, Eva ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
This work focuses on analysis of Denis Diderot's Salons, the comparison of their individual parts and their development. These writings are still very important for understanding the art of the 18th century. Moreover, they are also examples of a distinctive contribution of Diderot as critic combining aesthetic, ethical and philosophical scales. The work pays attention to the conditions of genesis of Salons, but mainly deals with literary criticism as a genre that the philosopher created and continually improved over the years. An important part is the analysis of author's way of discourse about individual painters (specifically Greuze, Chardin and Fragonard) and how it is often changing over time.
Jean-Philippe Toussaint and New novel
Veselá Segetová, Zuzana ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
This thesis deals with the question whether Jean-Philippe Toussaint's work resembles the work of the authors of the New novel, particularly Alain Robbe-Grillet. The thesis initiates with the topics covered by the New Novel: the main ideas and their realization and characteristics of the new writing style. This is followed by the analysis of a contemporary Belgian author, Jean-Philippe Toussaint. There is a short introduction of his life and character, his work and reasons why he is so popular and how he became a success. The main point of this part is the analysis of his writing style and its development from his early novels up to his present work. This thesis tries to look into the similarities and differences of J.-P. Toussaint's work and the work of the authors of the New novel. It mainly focuses on the use of objects, what role they play in Toussaint's novels, how they are described and the importance of their description for understanding the plot. The analysis begins with an introduction to the 1950s' new wave authors, later called the authors of the New novel, and their complaints aimed at the classical 19th century novel. We base this part mainly on Alain Robbe-Grillet's ideas. This author totally rejects classical plot, characters, accurate description of reality and linear time-flow. Instead, he...
Quarter century of Eugene Rastignac's life: analysis of the development of the character in The Human Comedy
Vidímová, Sára ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
The aim of my thesis is to observe and to analyse one of Balzac's characters who appears mainly in The Human Comedy. Eugene Rastignac's character changes in the course of novels. And the change is caused by his environment and also by the surrounding characters. Concerning the methodological part of my work, I use two Czech theorists who deal with the typology of characters (František Všetička, Bohumil Fořt). I will try to choose relevant fragments of Balzac's novels where I will describe change of the character. At the end I point out the future development of the subject and also the actual usage of Rastignac's fate as a pattern of ambitious young man.
Representation of Death in Legendary Tales by François-Marie Luzel, Anatole Le Braz and François Cadic
Burdová, Zuzana ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
This thesis aims to approach the representation of the death in the Britannic folklore throughout the work of three important Britannic folklorists: Marie-François Luzel (1824- 1895), his disciple Anatole Le Braz (1859-1926) and abbé François Cadic (1864-1929). The work describes how the vison oh the death developed historically in the Celtic mythology and in Christianism. To give a more complex idea of Britannic folklore the thesis treats its typical aspects, describes the genesis and the transformation of its emblematic character, Ankou, and briefly presents the world of deceased souls, commonly called Anaon. It aims furthermore to introduce the life and the motivation of the three authors and to portray the socio-cultural context in contemporary Brittany. The second part is firstly based on the analysis of some chosen mythological tales and the courteous novel Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette by Chrétien de Troyes, examining its characters by means of the archetypal triangle proposed by Daniela Hodrová and the initiatory journey of the main characters. Secondly, the work explains what the "veillée" represents in the oral literature, as well as its connection to the "récit légendaire" (developed by Le Braz) which is later compared to the Luzel tale. This part treats also the style of...
Renaissance pedagogical conceptions in the work of François Rabelais and Michel de Montaigne
Kasperová, Nikola ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
The bachelor thesis Renaissance pedagogical conceptions in the work of François Rabelais and Michel de Montaigne is dedicated to pedagogical ideas in the works of two significant French writers of the 16th century - François Rabelais, from his work is specifically analysed the novel Gargantua and Pantagurel, and Michel de Montaigne, from his work are analysed The Essays. The period of the medieval scholasticism as an educational method is characterised in the beginning of the bachelor thesis. Its critical picture in analysed works is described in individual analysis of the pedagogical ideas of both mentioned authors. Moreover, the pedagogical conceptions of François Rabelais and Michel de Montaigne that we can consider as conceptions of the Renaissance are primarily analysed. In conclusion both analysed authors are compared and main common and different points of their pedagogical conceptions are described.
The unknown Simenon: Simenon as a journalist and the author of popular and psychological novels
Jilemická, Jana ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
Pro svoji diplomovou práci jsem si po konzultaci s katedrou Románských studií FF UK v Praze zvolila téma "Neznámý Simenon - Simenon jako novinář a autor lidových a psychologických románů." V České republice je tento autor pověstný zejména jako spisovatel detektivních románů. Je však méně známo, že ve svých počátcích působil i jako novinář, autor lidové literatury a zejména jako spisovatel psychologických románů. Cílem mé diplomové práce je seznámit s dosud neprozkoumanými oblastmi autorova díla a přispět k tomu, aby obecně vžité hodnocení osobnosti Georgese Simenona nebylo zúženo pouze na roli autora detektivních románů, ale aby byla autorova tvorba vnímána komplexně. Jsem si vědoma toho, že zvolená tematika je velmi široká, a proto se v rozsahu diplomové práce nemohu detailně věnovat všem částem autorova literárního díla. Hlavní část práce proto věnuji rozboru autorem i kritikou nejvíce ceněné tvorby- psychologickým románům - včetně analýzy jednotlivých charakteristických rysů žen, se kterými se v daných románech nejčastěji setkáváme. V úvodní části své práce shrnuji Simenonův život a dílo. Druhou a třetí kapitolu tvoří prezentace počátků jeho tvorby - období žurnalistiky a psaní lidových románů, tedy téměř neznámých oblastí autorova díla. Ačkoliv vliv těchto oblastí je na budoucí vývoj nepopiratelný, z...
Author's posture of Houellebecq
Fernandez de Jesus, Eva ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Jamek, Václav (referee)
This thesis focuses on the characteristic of the author's posture of Michel Houllebecq, a contemporary French author. The theoretical part of the thesis outlines the development of the author's concept during the 20th century and characterizes the author's posture in views of the Swiss literature critic Jérôme Meizoz, whose studies the thesis is based on. The second part of the thesis is dedicated to Michel Houllebecq's life and his present literature career. It gradually introduces his works together with receptions they received by the public. The description of the author's image follows. The final part comprises of the analysis of Houllebecq's work discursive ethos, which is the analysis of the author's poetics and style. The influence of those personalities who most affected author's style and his artistic pose as a whole is also emphasized. The thesis is complemented with a complete list of works by Michel Houllebecq and an illustrative photographic annex.
Dominique Vivant Denon - from travels in Italy to the Louvre Museum. Toward a typology of the 18th century travelogue.
Balcarová, Eva ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Hrbata, Zdeněk (referee)
DOMINIQUE VIVANT DENON - FROM TRAVELS IN ITALY TO THE LOUVRE MUSEUM. TOWARD A TYPOLOGY OF THE 18TH CENTURY TRAVELOGUE. Keywords: travelogue, 18th century, libertine culture, Italy, Egypte, Napoleon, Louvre. Number of characters: 121 846 (68 pages) The present thesis, Dominique Vivant Denon - From travels in Italy to the Louvre Museum is divided into two parts. The first one is a monograph on baron Vivant Denon, an important figure of the cultural life in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the author of Point de Lendemain, two travelogues, Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte and Voyage en Sicile, but, primarily, Napoleon's advisor in the field of fine art and the first director of The Louvre. The introductory pages of the thesis deal with the reception of Denon's works. There is a certain flux in the perception of Denon's oeuvre which has given rise to a range of interesting issues. One of them, the popularity of the libertine culture of pre-revolutionary France in the second half of the twentieth century, accounts for the fact that the novella Point de Lendemain is today the best known piece among Denon's extensive and multifaceted writings. A shift in the perception of the travelogue as a literary genre in our time, when the remotest of places are accessible in hours, may be...
L.-F. Céline: Interview with professor Y (stylistic analysis)
Krbcová, Johana ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
The bachelor thesis L.-F. Céline: Interview with professor Y focuses on the stylistic aspects of such 20th century artist who by his original style of writing strongly influenced the development of French novel. The stylistic analysis of this work is based on two Céline's novels that were written in different time periods, particularly Journey to the end of the night (Voyage au bout de la nuit, 1932) and Interview with professor Y (Entretiens avec le professeur Y, 1955). At first, the thesis provides with the content analysis of Interview, the work that summarizes Celine's poetic art and highlights the importance of adapting the written language to the language that a reader uses in his everyday life and which by those means facilitates reader's return to content quality literature. Parts of this analysis are also Czech translations of selected extracts. In its language analysis the thesis indicates the most frequent atypical elements that form the basis of Céline's original style. The final part of the thesis emphasizes the fundamental changes his style had undergone since the first successfully received novel until the works written during the exile and the post-exile era.
Faustian character in 20th century French language drama
Tschornová, Kateřina ; Pohorský, Aleš (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
The diploma work Faustian Character in 20th Century French Language Drama summarizes the history and circumstances of Faustian legend, Faust's mythological and archetypical aspect. Compares Goethe's classical work to three French dramas by Valéry, Ghelderode and Tardieu. An analysis follows of three contemporary plays (Catheriene Anne: Trois Femmes / L'échappée, Xaviera Durringer: Bal-Trap and Jacques Languirand: Faust et les radicaux libres) and an overview of Czech and European Fausts.

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