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Autobiography in the Context of the Positioning Theory
Soukupová, Klára ; Kubíček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Hrdlička, Josef (referee) ; Zizler, Jiří (referee)
Mgr. Klára Soukupová Autobiography in the Context of the Positioning Theory Abstract This doctoral thesis is a theoretical and an interpretative study that deals with the genre of autobiography, its position in the contemporary literary theory and problems related to an interpretation of autobiographical texts. Autobiography as a genre of non-fictional literature refers to real characters and events, but at the same time it is a literary work of art, a verbal construct in which the representation of reality is subject to the intentions of the author and to the rules of construction, that are close to the compositional techniques of fictional texts. The first part of the thesis concentrates on the theory of autobiography and its interdisciplinary context. It summarizes the development of theory of autobiography from the late 19th century to the present. Also, the concepts of the memory studies (especially the concept of collective memory) and the problem of distinguishing fiction and non-fiction (discussed in philosophy of history in 1970s and 1980s, fictional worlds theory, pragmatics of fiction, etc.) are taken into account. The theoretical chapter critically reflects P. Lejeune's definition of autobiography, based on the concept of the autobiographical pact. In relation with the problem of how to define...
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Zdeněk Rotrekl and Jakub Deml: Nature, Soul and Spirit
Zizler, Jiří
The study considers Jakub Deml’s relationship to land and landscape as spiritual phenomena and parts of the divine order that demands both co-existence and co-operation. It also points out the contradictions inherent in the image of nature in Zdeněk Rotrekl’s work, which is seen here as a unique complement to Deml’s ecstatic vision.
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Bedřich Fučík: literary critic (1900-1984)
Jürgens, Zuzana ; Brabec, Jiří (advisor) ; Binar, Vladimír (referee) ; Zizler, Jiří (referee)
The dissertation called "Bedřich Fučík: "Literary Critic (1900 - 1984)" deals with Bedřich Fučík's approach to a literary work of art and to the literary tradition, analyzing his point of departure (in the works of Otokar Březina, Jakub Deml, and F. X. Šalda) and the basic concepts of the critic, putting them into the context and chronological order. Single chapters introduce Fučík's notions of "tradition", "native region", "land", "struggle" and "love"; as extra-literary criteria (except for "tradition"), the notions are adapted en passant by the critic so that they could fit in with his concept. In doing so, Fučík creates his "own" line of Czech literature, based on the motif of the "land", "the song of the land". He sees the line run through such authors as Otokar Březina and Jakub Deml; out of his contemporaries, he emphasizes the works of Jan Zahradníček, Jan Čep and Vladimír Vokolek. The chapters about his treatment of their works exemplify his art of interpretation of a literary text. From the very beginning of Fučík's writing, there is an obvious awareness of the value crisis in the contemporary world; that crisis is, in his opinion, to be seen in contemporary art, as shown in his polemics with pragmatism and constructivism. To him, it is art that may and must face the crisis: not only does art...
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