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The Minamata disease
Bartal, Tomáš ; Sýkora, Jan (advisor) ; Weber, Michael (referee)
V bakalárskej práci "Choroba Minamata" sa zaoberám rozborom incidentu zamorenia životného prostredia v meste Minamata a s ním súvisiaci zrod ochorenie zapríčineného otravou organickou ortuťou. Práca zhŕňa stručnú históriu spoločnosti Čisso i mesta a ich vzájomné prepojenie; popisuje udalosti, ktoré sa odohrali od objavu prvých pacientov - pátranie po príčine a zdroji choroby, dosvedčenie viny spoločnosti a jej prístup, riešenie problému a kompenzačné dohody a na záver stručne popisuje súčasný stav kauzy.
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Narrative strategies in Japanese detective prose from 60s to 80s of the 20th Century
Cima, Anna ; Tirala, Martin (advisor) ; Weber, Michael (referee)
(anglicky): In this thesis, two representative works of two post-war schools of Japanese detective fiction are analysed based on the knowledge of modern narratology. Two mentioned schools are so called social school of detective fiction (shakaiha 社会派), which appeared at the beginning of 60ties, and new authentic school of detective fiction (shin honkakuha 新本格派), which appeared at the beginning of 80ties. This thesis focuses on a theoretical understanding of the term "detective fiction", it describes the development of the detective genre in post-war Japan while focusing on the debates on "authentic" and "inauthentic" detective fiction and describes typical features of two previously mentioned schools. The by using a theoretical apparat suitable for analysing works of very schematic detective genre, two works - Points and lines (Ten to sen 点と線, 1958) written by Matsumoto Seichō 松本清張 (1909-1992) and Tokyo Zodiac Murders (Senseijutu satsujin jiken 占星術殺人事件, 1981) written by Shimada Sōji 島田荘司 (1948 - ) - are analysed. Analyses focus on composition schemes of both works and on the example translated from original works, existence or absence of elements typical for both schools are demonstrated while a different usage of these elements is showed.
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Giongo, gitaigo in the prose of Miyazawa Kenji
Stachová, Pavlína ; Švarcová, Zdeňka (advisor) ; Weber, Michael (referee)
This thesis disserts on Japanese onomatopoia in the prosaic work of Miyazawa Kenji. Firstly, the basic information about Japanese onomatopoia in general is introduced. Then there is worked with the corpus of onomatopoia taken from the compilation Night of the Galactic Railroad in the practical part of the thesis. The meaning is explained by direct translation and syntactical and semantic categories are defined about each onomatopoia. Then the thesis focuses on typical onomatopoia of Miyazawa Kenji as a special group. The detail mening of each onomatopoia is explained. At the end findings about syntactical and semantical role of onomatopoia found in the prose of Miyazawa Kenji are summarized and the opinion of writer about the role of onomatopoia in Miyazawa Kenji's prose.
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Hayashi Fumiko and her novel Ukigumo
Ticová, Lenka ; Tirala, Martin (advisor) ; Weber, Michael (referee)
The objectvive of this work is to analyze one of the most remarkable works of modern japanese woman writer Hayashi Fumiko, classify this work in the context of modern japanese literature and observe the evolution of her style in time. It is necessary to assess this work with a respekt to her life, because the author has made this a major source of her inspiration.
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Prose Works of Contemporary Japanese Women Writers
Holeyšovská, Linda ; Tirala, Martin (advisor) ; Weber, Michael (referee)
In this thesis I present prose works of contemporary Japanese women writers, who made their debut at the beginning of the 21st century. For a better understanding of the transition that a position of Japanese women and women authors has gone through - and how it prepared the way for their successors, I provide a summary of women's literature of the last two decades. To make the context clear, I also included an outline of significant changes within the realm of women's rights and the image of the role of women in society. Presentation of themes, that contemporary women writers focus on in their works and that reflect recent trends in modern Japanese society, follows. I also analyze aspects of language that are shared in works of young women writers. Lastly, considering the diverse range of critical reception of contemporary Japanese women writers, I would like to think about the future of Japanese modern literature. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Akutagawa Ryūnosuke and His Considerations on Literature
Bedáňová, Veronika ; Tirala, Martin (advisor) ; Weber, Michael (referee)
The thesis is focused on a literary theoretical debate between two outstanding Japanese writers: Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Tanizaki Junichiro. As a reaction to this debate, Akutagawa wrote a literary critical essay Bungeitekina, amarini bungeitekina (Literary, All Too Literary) which contains Akutagawa's considerations on literature and which is analyzed in this thesis. I have also devoted my thesis to other literary theoretical essays written by Akutagawa. The goal of this thesis is to follow the influence of Akutagawa's literary considerations of his works and also to set his work into the wider context of Japanese literature. Hermeneutics is the methodology chosen for this work. To achieve the set-out goal, biographies on Akutagawa and other literary studies focused on Akutagawa were studied.
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Individualism in Natsume Sōseki's Work
Gieblová, Adéla ; Tirala, Martin (advisor) ; Weber, Michael (referee)
(in English) A thesis deals with individualism in Natsume Sōseki's work. The main topic is about how did the autor himself understand the individualism and based on which personal experiences did he create his conception of it. The second part of this thesis analyzes four literary works, Botchan, Sanshirō, Sorekara and Kokoro, on which I would like to show, which types of individuals Sóseki introduces to his readers and how the philosophy of individualism has affected his literary work.
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Aesthetic Ideal sabi and Evanescence in Tanizaki Jun'ichiro's Work
Micková, Tereza ; Tirala, Martin (advisor) ; Weber, Michael (referee)
This work describes the way in which Tanizaki Jun'ichiro expresses the aesthetic ideal sabi and the phenomenon of evanescence in his literary work, as well as the means used for this expression. After a short introduction of sabi and evanescence in the context of Japanese aesthetic tradition and a brief author's biography follows an analysis of selected Tanizaki's works. In my thesis I included the analysis of The Makioka Sisters, The Key, Diary of a Mad Old Man, In Praise of Shadows and three short stories (The Tattooer, The Reed Cutter, A Blind Man's Tale). Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Explicit Depictions in Contemporary Japanese Literature
Šedivá, Lucie ; Tirala, Martin (advisor) ; Weber, Michael (referee)
In thesis "Explicit depictions of contemporary Japanese literature" I deal with contemporary prose literature describing problems of nowadays Japanese society. In the first part I define taboo and chose suitable novels for the need of this work. I focus on different types of characters - freeters, foreigners, social outsiders and victims. Next I take Murakami Ry's literature as an example of explicit depictions and show different ways of processing and various topics chosen by the author. Then I compare and contrast his work with selected prose of younger writer Kanehara Hitomi, who represents the literature of female authors in contemporary Japan. In conclusion I discuss the aesthetic function of literature of explicit depictions and its position in the field of art. By comparing and contrasting the various novels I reach my own characteristic of contemporary Japanese literature of explicit depictions.
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Extended Particles: Their Meaning and Use
Pivkač, Petr ; Kanasugi, Petra (advisor) ; Weber, Michael (referee)
The objective of this thesis is to explore the morphological, syntactic and particularly semantic features of expressions of the Japanese grammar, called extended particles. This research work is, in practice, carried out both in general, when there is examined the whole grammatical category of the extended particles and specifically, when there is examined a small group of semantically similar extended particles. This group includes the extended particles wo moto ni shite, ni motozuite and ni sotte, meaning they express basis for a particular action. Based on an expert literature and analysis of authentic language materials these extended particles are examined primarily for differences in their meanings. In addition to research and specification of such differences for each individual extended particle there is also determined its primary and secondary use. In the conclusion, there is a summary of the specifics of the grammatical category of the extended particles that is thereto complemented by a contemplation of the relationship of the extended particles with the process of grammaticalization. Keywords: extended particle, fukugōjoshi, particle, Japanese, grammaticalization.
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