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Changes and meanings of the Holy Grail in medieval literature and in the context of comparable motifs in European culture
Palka, Julia ; Vučka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Stárková, Zuzana (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with individual transformations of the Holy Grail and tries to put them into a literary, cultural, spiritual and historical context, specifically from the 11th to the 13th century. The work focuses on the etymology of the word grail and its relationship with Christianity (especially Joseph of Arimatia and St. Nicodemus). Then, it characterises knightly culture and literature, the development of the Arthurian cycle, and finally deals with the authors themselves, who, in their novels about the search for the Holy Grail, used its symbolism and filled it with mysticism. The Grail substance went through many changes in the Middle Ages, especially in the 13th century - from a pagan myth to a Christian chivalric novel. The work attempts to decipher all forms and meanings of the Holy Grail that appeared in medieval literature. Keywords Legend of the Holy Grail, Arthurian cycle, chivalric culture, chivalric spirituality, Chrétien de Troyes, Robert de Boron, Wolfram von Eschenbach.
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Alienation, helplessness and loneliness of a foreigner. Representation of anxious feelings in the prose of Egon Hostovský
Duda, Adriana ; Hrdlička, Milan (advisor) ; Vučka, Tomáš (referee)
This thesis focuses on the work of the Czech writer Egon Hostovský, who spent most of his life in exile. The central theme of his prose was wandering, exile, the desire for anchoring and, above all, a person who was a stranger among people. These existential questions about the foreigner's place in the world are still relevant today. The aim of the thesis is to define the basic characteristics of the most prominent of the anxious feelings appearing in the work of the above mentioned author, i.e. the feeling of alienation, strangeness and loneliness. The area of research are mainly novels Listy z vyhnanství, Cizinec hledá byt, Dobročinný večírek, Všeobecné spiknutí and Tři noci. In these works, the subject of the feeling of alienation, internal and external exile is explored using the method of gradual analysis of the image of the foreigner, the motif of exile and the question of the otherness and difference of the characters. The analysis also focuses on the linguistic side, which in the selected prose provides a remarkable perspective on the presentation of the foreigner, the characteristics of his inner world and his position in the physical world. The theoretical basis of the work consists of publications dealing with the analysis of Hostovský's prose, especially in the context of existential...
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Three creative stages in the work of Egon Hostovský. Constants and metamorphoses of motifs
Mitul, Anastasia ; Stárková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Vučka, Tomáš (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to is to map the characteristic motifs of the selected works representing the three creative periods of Egon Hostovský and to create a list of motifs and their transformations in these stages and categorize them. Motifs will be categorized based on the experiences of literary characters caused by psychological and social changes in the inner and outer world of the heroes and on their non-literary connection with the political events in Czechoslovakia from the 1930s to the 1970s. The motifs will eventually be connected to the real life of Egon Hostovsky. There will be selected three titles from each creative period to map the characteristic motifs. First period influenced by existentialism and post-avant-garde (1931- 1941). The second period was influenced by the author's first emigration to the United States of America and, in the meantime, an attempt to return to Czechoslovakia (1941-1948). And the third period is characterized by further emigration and gradual alienation from Czech national and social values (1950-1973). Key words Egon Hostovsky, the creative period, metamorphosis, constant, motive
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Comparison of Czech and Chinese science- fictions: Future and Folding Beijing
Wang, Mingyihan ; Hrdlička, Milan (advisor) ; Vučka, Tomáš (referee)
The bachelor thesis will focus on selected features of two popular science fiction novels, the Czech work Futurum (Future) and the Chinese work 北京折叠 (Folding Beijing). The theme of both novels is the dystopian future taking place in the city. By comparing the two selected literary works from linguistic and cultural aspects, as well as from the perspective of literary studies, the primary goal of the thesis is to characterise the similarities and differences between Czech and Chinese, two typologically and genealogically distinctive languages. Besides, finding out the correspondences and distinctions of the two literary works in terms of literary studies and cultural surveys belong to the secondary goals. The theoretical part of the thesis will serve as the terminological support for the subsequent analysis of these novels, in which the author will discuss the relevant theories of linguistic analysis, including the language styles, the stratification of national languages, the poetic expressions, the characteristics of vocabulary, expressivity, non-equivalent vocabulary and culture. In the practical part, a comparative analysis based on the aforementioned theories will be conducted. Key words stratification of national language, expressivity, vocabulary, toponym, cultural background study,...
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The problem of identity in the novel The Long Lost Glory of the Patriarchy by Pavel Brycz
Didora, Anna ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Vučka, Tomáš (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the problem of identity in the novel by contemporary Czech writer Pavel Brycz The Long Lost Glory of the Patriarchy. It emerges from the concept of identity as a process of understanding one's self, the meaning of one's life, one's awareness of his place in an individual image of the world. Based on analysis of characters we try to show how Pavel Brycz portrays various aspects of identity (national, personal, social, professional, gender). Structurally, the thesis is divided into two parts: the first one is devoted to the basic characteristics of identity and represents the generalization of various concepts of identity from the point of view of philosophy, psychology, sociology and literary theory; the second part deals with the analysis of the characters of Brycz's novel The Long Lost Glory of the Patriarchy, which shows that each character carries a certain distinctive identity.
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Autobiographical Elements in literary work of Jana Černá
Militz, Anna ; Stárková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Vučka, Tomáš (referee)
(in English): The Bachelor Thesis Autobiographical motifs in the literary works of Jana Černá is dedicated to the life and work of the Czech writer Jana Černá. The author concentrates on the autobiographical motifs in the writer's works and compares them with archival sources. The paper contains also a short biography of Jana Černá which not only delivers new facts but also corrects inaccuracies present in previous publications about the writer. The author also focused on the issue of official works during years 1948-1969 in relation to Jana Černá's work. The paper is complimented by visual materials.
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The Representation of Šumava in the works of Karel Klostermann
Wunderlin, Katja ; Vučka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Stárková, Zuzana (referee)
This work deals with the fate of selected places or villages in which the stories of Karel Klostermanns literary works take place. Klostermann was an important writer of the 19th century, who dealt with the lives and the residents of Šumava in his literary works. The plot of his novels and short stories take place in different localities of Šumava. Šumava is a place that was populated predominantly with a German-speaking population in this time. In 1945 this population was forced to leave the region. The goal of my work is to show the reality of the former time in the literary work of Karel Klostermann. The focus is on selected locations and their fate up to the present. As a basis for this analysis are two selected novels from Karel Klostermann: V ráji šumavském, Ze světa lesních samot. Keywords: Karel Klostermann, V ráji šumavském, Ze světa lesních samot, Šumava, Bohemian Forest, localities, fate, Březník, Kvilda, Horská Kvilda, Bučina, Knížecí Pláně
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