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Irony speaks, or how to depict an elf wearing a hat that makes him invisible. Irony in the first chapter of the first part of Kierkegaard's work The Concept of Irony with Constant Reference to Socrates
Marková, Kateřina ; Kouba, Pavel (advisor) ; Humpál, Martin (referee)
The presented diploma thesis deals with the text called The conception made possible, which forms the first chapter of the first part of Soren Kierkegaard's dissertation The Concept of Irony with Constant Reference to Socrates. The diploma thesis has two parts. The first part is a contribution to the scholarly discussion on irony in Kierkegaard. It is an ironic interpretation of the text in question and it illustrates and describes the way in which Kierkegaard represents irony in this text. By means of an analysis of the discrepancy between the declared aim of The conception made possible and the actual realization of this aim, the first part of the diploma thesis comes to the conclusion that even though the representation of irony is not declared to be the aim of the text it actually is its real aim. It is just by means of this analysis that it becomes clear how Kierkegaard represents irony in the text. At the same time, the first part of the thesis shows that in The conception made possible Kierkegaard uses the indirect communication. The second part of the diploma thesis is a contribution to the field of literature: it consists of a Czech translation of The conception made possible which illustrates the explanations of the first part.
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Traces of the Italian Renaissance in Pär Lagerkvist's Dvärgen
Mrva, Jan ; Stahr, Radka (advisor) ; Humpál, Martin (referee)
The present bachelor thesis deals with the novel The Dwarf by the Swedish writer Pär Lagerkvist. The novel, published in 1944, is one of the important works of the so-called mobilization literature, which reflects the political and social situation in Europe during World War II. However, Lagerkvist incorporated many references to Renaissance Italy in The Dwarf, which are the focus of this thesis. The first section outlines the author's work and, in particular, the motif of the conflict between good and evil that is central to Lagerkvist throughout his work. Subsequently, the thesis presents a definition of the Renaissance based on the insights of Jacob Burckhardt and Václav Černý, which are used to analyse Renaissance references in literary space and time, as well as in the case of selected characters. The aim of the thesis is to show that the novel The Dwarf can be read from several perspectives: on the one hand, it represents a contribution to mobilization literature; on the other hand, the work can be seen as a historical novel full of factual data referring specifically to Renaissance Italy. Keywords Pär Lagerkvist, Dwarf, Renaissance, beredskapslitteratur, Swedish Literature
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Analysis of narrative techniques in the novel Barabáš by Pär Lagerkvist and their employment in the articualation of the philosophy of existentialism
Michtalíková, Katarína ; Březinová, Helena (advisor) ; Humpál, Martin (referee)
The bachelor's thesis deals with the narrative techniques in the novel Barabbas by Pär Lagerkvist, published in 1950. The first goal of the thesis is to analyse the narrative techniques and based on the thorough analysis the second goal is to find out if and to what extend they contribute to the overall comprehension of the novel. Specifically, how these techniques contribute to the portrayal of the characteristic traits of the philosophy of existence, which Lagerkvist provably treated and whose multiple issues he incorporated into the novel Barabbas, as a large majority of secondary literature written about the novel agree on. We are going to base the analysis of narrative situations on the theories and narrative terminology of Franz Karl Stanzel. The results of the analysis are going to be compared with various philosophies of existentialism.
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Contemporary Swedish drama by female authors: Sara Stridsberg
Sladkovská, Tereza ; Hartlová, Dagmar (advisor) ; Humpál, Martin (referee)
anglicky: This paper is in its first part dealing with the politicisation of the Swedish literature from 1960's on and it is focusing on the feminist literature written by female authors. It is following this literary tendency untill these days and it is emphasising drama and the theatre culture. In its second part the paper is analysing three plays by one of the most influential contemporary authors, Sara Stridsberg. The paper is also laying down a general definition of the feminist art based on the works of a Swedish gender theorist Tiina Rosenberg.
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The Question of Identity in Johan Borgen's Novel "I"
Zoubková, Eliška ; Humpál, Martin (advisor) ; Březinová, Helena (referee)
This bachelor thesis examines the question of identity in the novel "I" by the Norwegian author Johan Borgen. The thesis deals with various aspects of the main character's split identity and how they relate to one another. These aspects are, for instance, the question of authenticity, guilt, taking action and escape. The thesis also analyses the formal composition of the text with regard to the existential theme of the novel. In conclusion, Borgen's representation of identity in "I" is compared to The Trial by Franz Kafka.
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Ancestry and religiousness - the main theme of Sven Lidman's novels
Gabrielová, Anna ; Humpál, Martin (advisor) ; Hartlová, Dagmar (referee)
Tematern diplomove praee j eromanove dilo v Ceehaeh praktieky zeela neznameho spisovatele a kazatele Svena Lidrnana (1882 1960) 79 Z eelkem sedmi autorovyeh romanu r vyehazejieieh mezi lety 1910 a 1920 r tvori prvnieh pet eyklus o sleehtiekem rode Silfversthlu. Vromanovem dile se ve stale vetsi mire dostava ke slovu nabozenska problematika jakozto odraz postupujiei osobnostni promeny samotneho autora r ktera vreholi jeho konverzi v roee 1917. Po tomto prelomu dokoncuje Lidman svuj dnes nejviee eeneny roman Dum se s t a rym i slecnami (Huset med de gamla fröknarna r 1918) a roman Jako ohnem (Ssom genom eld) z roku 1920 jeho beletristiekou drahu uzavira. Obe dila projevuji j iz otevrenou nabozenskou tendenei a svym stylem mist y predznamenavaji autorovu pozdejsi kazatelskou drahu. Predehozi badani zabyvaj iei se Lidmanem ma az na vy j imky biografieky ci religionistieky eharakteri podrobna literarnevedna analyza jeho romanoveho dila zeela ehybi. Z tohoto duvodu jsem ve sve praei zvolila pomerne siroky uhel pohledu poj imaj iei toto dilo jako jeden eelek. Jelikoz se vetsina predehoziho bdani zabyva predevsim prubehem a dusledky autorovy konverze r chtela jsem se naopak soustredit na konstantni aspekt y Lidmanovy romanove tvorby a pokusit se nalezt a definovat j ej i ustredni tema a myslenku.
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Repetition as a means of expression in Jon Fosse's plays
Maxová, Pavla ; Humpál, Martin (advisor) ; Březinová, Helena (referee)
This thesis focuses on the phenomenon of repetition in the plays of the Norwegian author Jon Fosse. The concept of repetition is approached in a broader context. The analysis reveals that repetition in these texts is not merely a decorative aesthetic figure, but a deep structure which manifests itself in all components of the work. It can be observed on several levels, ranging from graphemic and phonemic to the compositional level, even transcending the boundaries of the individual works. As an example, the play Ein sommars dag was chosen and examined in the context of Fosse's complete dramatic output.
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Categories language and its future implementation is an interesting view of the Danish
Haušildová, Kateřina ; Humpál, Martin (advisor) ; Gammelgaard, Karen (referee) ; Štajnerová, Petra (referee)
The aim of this dissertation is to give an overall picture of the category future and its language realization in the Scandinavian languages. In the first part of the thesis, the category is described from a philosophical point ofview. With support in one oftwo most int1uential theories on metaphysics oftime, the dynamic A-theory, I suggest an intuitively plausible and linguistically relevant modelof time which as opposite to the traditional time line is able to account for the striking temporal asymmetry known from several European and non-European languages. The usual time line has been replaced by branching future with branches representing potential future courses of events, of which some are more probable than others. On the basis of this model, future constructions in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish which are the language s ofthe so called 'futureless area' (Dahl 2000) are described. In the second part of the study, the inventory of the future markers in the three language s is discussed systematically according to their grammaticalization source dornains (modality, motion verbs and aspect). I describe the three central types of future markers in the Scandinavian languages, i.e. modal verb constructions (vil and skal in Danish, ska in Swedish), the de-venitive construction with kommer til at (Danish),...
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The collective novel in Danish literature: trying to find a definition of literary genre (based on books of H.C. Branner, H. Kirk, M.A. Hansen and H. Scherfig)
Neumannová, Tereza ; Březinová, Helena (advisor) ; Humpál, Martin (referee)
Kolektivní román je skandinávský literární žánr, který se hojně vyskytoval především ve třicátých letech dvacátého století. Hlavní postavou je skupina s minimálně jedním výrazným jednotícím prvkem, který zaručuje každodenní kontakt jednotlivých členů kolektivu a vytváří pevně semknuté společenství, jež je geograficky a časově jednoznačně vymezeno vůči svému okolí. Velikost uskupení není zpravidla větší než několik desítek osob. Autoři kolektivních románů zobrazují člověka jako sociální bytost a hlavním tématem se tak stává soudobá společnost a její problémy. Všechny kolektivní romány se tím či oním způsobem vyjadřují k myšlenkám kolektivismu a jeho možné realizaci v soudobé společnosti. Podle toho, zda spisovatelé zaujímají pozitivní nebo negativní postoj ke kolektivnímu způsobu života, rozlišujeme dva základní typy: kolektivní kolektivní román a antikolektivní kolektivní román. Typickými zástupci prvně jmenovaného typu jsou Kirkovy romány Rybáři nebo Nádeníci. Do druhé skupiny řadíme např. tato díla: Martin A. Hansen: Teď to vzdává, Hans Scherfig: Promeškané jaro, H. C. Branner: Hračky.
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