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Ota Pavel: memorial prose and sports-themed stories as a complex part of creation
Pekařová, Karolína ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the analysis of Ota Pavel's collections of short stories, which are typically divided into two areas: memoir prose and stories with sports themes. The aim of the thesis is to identify characteristic features that are common to all of these collections and thus support the view of Pavel's work as a comprehensive whole. The basis for the analysis is the idea of Bohumil Svozil, who raises the question of whether it is appropriate to sharply separate sports reportage stories from fictional prose in Pavel's work. This thesis builds upon this idea through the analysis of stylistic devices, narrative techniques, vocabulary, and motifs. The analysis suggests that Pavel's work cannot be reduced to individual genres but must be understood as a whole aimed at deepening the fictionalization of expression, as also suggested by Svozil. Keywords: Ota Pavel, prose, memorial prose, sports-themed stories, characteristics
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Genesis of Novel Děti čistého živého by Teréza Nováková
Valová, Sára ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Charypar, Michal (referee)
This thesis examines the creation process of Teréza Nováková's most compositionally complex novel, Děti čistého živého, focusing on its preparatory materials such as notes from ethnographic journeys, reading excerpts, novel outlines, and chapter plans. At its core, the thesis presents a diplomatic edition of the writer's notes, maintained throughout the novel's development, to document and analyze the evolution of the novel's final form. Key words: Teréza Nováková, Děti čistého živého, genesis, diplomatic edition
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Short Stories Milan Jariš' (Oni přijdou) and E. F. Burian's (Osm odtamtud): Theirs Versions
Vlková, Kateřina ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Špirit, Michael (referee)
This master's thesis focuses on two collections of short stories that have not been analyzed enough so far, which deal with the period of Nazi occupation and persecution. Both are based on the authors' own experiences: They Will Come (orig. Oni přijdou; first published in 1948) by Milan Jariš and Eight Stories from Over There (orig. Osm odtamtud; first published in 1954) by E. F. Burian. The main attention will be focused on the textual comparison of the different versions of these titles (for Jariš, new versions in 1949, 1953, 1956 and 1985; for Burian, new version in 1956). The theoretical starting points will be the studies of Oldřich Králík and Miroslav Červenka examining different variants and versions of specific literary works.
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Novels of Josef Škvorecký in translations by Paul Wilson
Junek, Václav ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
(in English): The aim of this thesis is the comparison of three novels by Josef Škvorecký -Příběh inženýra lidských duší, Scherzo capriccioso and Tankový prapor - with their English translations by Paul Wilson and the description of the differences in their composition. In the case of the translation of Scherza capricciosa, Paul Wilson noticed that the novel contains two basic reading horizons - one aimed at readers from the Czech cultural context, the other at readers from the Angloamerican cultural context - and when translating he intervened in the narrative discourse of the novel so that the resulting tone adapted to an Angloamerican audience. With this approach of Wilson's in mind, we also examine two other translated novels. The work is intended to be a contribution to the investigation of the work of Josef Škvorecký as an author creating for two cultural contexts.
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Theater Critic Václav Řezáč
Postlová, Lucie ; Vojtěch, Daniel (advisor) ; Špirit, Michael (referee)
The thesis maps the First Republic critical activity of Václav Řezáč. Its aim is to analyse Řezáč's theatre reviews and then to place them in the context of his writing activity. The thesis is based on a bibliography of articles published in the magazines such as: Eva, časopis moderní ženy, Český svět, ilustrovaný čtrnáctideník and Svět ve filmu a obrazech. In these magazines, Řezáč published dozens of critical essays between 1938 and 1934, before the publication of his first novel, Větrná setba.
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Motive of responsibility in the prose of Ladislav Dvořák
Bílková, Adéla ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
(in English): This bachelor's thesis examines the prose work of Ladislav Dvořák (1920-1983) with regard to the dimension of responsibility. It briefly describes the individual short story sets and their narrative situations according to the typology of Franz Karel Stanzel. The work focuses on the analysis of story situations in which responsibility appears as a motive. It touches the poetic work only marginally. Finally, it comments on the personality of Ladislav Dvořák and the dimension of responsibility in his life.
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Sports motifs in Bohumil Hrabal's short stories
Horský, Jan ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
This thesis focuses on sports motifs in Bohumil Hrabal's short story collections. Its core is Hrabal's collections Perlička na dně and Pábitelé. The thesis examines the concept of sport in literature, the development and depiction of sport motifs in the Czech literary tradition. It then examines in more detail the sports motifs in the individual texts of both collections, points out the differences in the treatment of sport in Hrabal's work and notes the various contexts and roles that sport plays in Hrabal's stories.
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Ferdinand Peroutka - literary crtitic and writer
Šnajdrová, Karolína ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Špirit, Michael (referee)
Svoji rigorózní práci jsem se rozhodla zaměřit na literární kritiky a vlastní literární tvorbu Ferdinanda Peroutky. Je třeba přitom mít především na zřeteli, že těžištěm Peroutkovy tvorby zůstává politická publicistika. Hodnocení literatury se tento autor nevěnoval systematicky, ale pouze příležitostně, pro činnost prozaickou a dramatickou nacházel ve svém životě čas až poté, co jej politické komentáře přestávaly plně zaměstnávat. Proto literárněkritická činnost například téměř ustala ve třicátých letech se stále se zhoršující politickou situací a s psaním Budování státu Peroutkova a proto se psaní beletrie rozhodl plně věnovat svůj čas až v období emigrace. Politickou žurnalistiku, včetně Budování státu, v této práci záměrně opomíjím, třebaže jsem si vědoma skutečnosti, že zcela oddělit tuto tvorbu u osobnosti natolik celistvé, jakou Peroutka byl, není možné a že se této stránky tvorby i v jeho činnosti literární a literárněkritické často budu dotýkat.
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