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Ödön von Horváth - The Development of the Individual in Modern Popular Plays
Jonáš, Jiří ; Tvrdík, Milan (advisor) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee)
This thesis deals with different types of individuals in modern popular plays of Ödön von Horváth. In the first part the development of popular plays is outlined from its beginnings to the present, and there also is a brief description of the Vienna theaters at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. Followed by an analysis of the characters in Horváths popular plays, which are: "The Mountain Railroad", "Tales from the Vienna Wood", "Italian Night" and "Kasimir and Karoline".
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Female characters and roles in the German-Turkisch literature
Prášilová, Dana ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
Subject of the present thesis is an analysis of the role of women in German-Turkish literature at the example of two novels of Emine Sevgi Özdamar and Selim Özdoğan. At first, the thesis gives an overview of the history of the Turkish immigrants in Germany. Subsequently, the term of migrant literature is explained. These explanations are followed by a portrait of the authors and an analysis of their specific way of writing. Then the role of women in islamic culture is explained. Afterwards, the role of women in the novels "Life Is a Caravanserai: Has Two Doors I Came in One I Went Out the Other" and "The Blacksmith's Daughter" is analyzed. The thesis concludes with a comparison of the novels and a summary of the results of the analysis.
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Image of women in the 19th and 20th centuries of the example of selected prose
Novotná, Markéta ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
This thesis deals with the social status of women and their role during the late 19th century to the seventies of the 20th century. In the first part, there is sketched out the development of women's image inclusive the Women's Movement in historical and social context. This description is followed by an analysis of female characters and roles on the basis of selected prose works Effi Briest of Theodor Fontane, The Murder of Captain Hanik of Hermann Ungar and Group Portrait with Lady of Heinrich Böll. Keywords women, 19th century, 20th century, women's emancipation, Women's Movement, women's rights, social roles, social history, gender inequality
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Dichotomy of fair and dark as representation of the discourses of power in the works of Libuše Moníková "for black chickens!"
Koutková, Lucie ; Petříček, Miroslav (advisor) ; Pfeiferová, Dana (referee) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee)
Dichotomy of fair and dark as representation of the discourses of power in the works of Libuše Moníková. "For black chickens!" The focus of this work, the figure of fair and dark (Hell- Dunkel-Figur), stands in the novels of Libuše Moníková as a representative example of the use of dichotomies as a repres- entation principle in the fictional literature. The figure is also seen as the means of critical fictional response to Mod- ernism. The figure of fair and dark which occurs in Pavane für eine verstorbene Infantin, in Treibeis, Der Taumel and Die Fassade is derived from the search for female identity in the context of two major areas - the control of the individual body and the body politic through the biopolitics and the sub- versive undermining of social constraint mechanisms. The study uses the "figurative method" (Auerbach) to describe the nature and functions of the fair and dark dichotomy and interprets the figure in relation to the female protagonists in two steps: The performance of the identity determination, with the consequence that biopolitical stereotypes and constraints as- signed by society are discarded in favor of identity as an artist/writer (Pavane für eine verstorbene Infantin, Treibeis), and as the personification of art in the form of Muses occupying the place of the mother...
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Utopia in the Works of Adalbert Stifter
Smetana, Jiří ; Tvrdík, Milan (advisor) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee)
Name of the author: Jiří Smetana Name of the MA thesis: Utopia in the Works of Adalbert Stifter University: Charles University in Prague Faculty: Faculty of Arts Department: Institute of the Germanic Studies Supervisor: Doc. PhDr. Milan Tvrdík, CSc. Place and date of publishing: Prague, March 2011 The subject of the present work is Adalbert Stifter's utopia. The aim is to outline its main essence and in part describe the motives that had led Stifter to his utopia. The work describes the artistic, political and social background of the Biedermeier era and approximates Stifter as its principal representative in Austrian literature. Adalbert Stifter's talent was versatile; he had affection for nature and art. Art was one of his most faithful friends. Stifter's Biedermeier literary works are original and in a certain sense possess great depth. For every opinion in these works is put down rationally. In this regard we would be hard pressed to find selfcontent in Stifter's late work. This opinion is also shared by the Austrian writer Peter Rosegger, who regards Adalbert Stifter higher than Johann Wolfgang Goethe for this very reason. As Rosegger rightly states, Stifter's style is also very original.1 This work takes note of the utopian features in some of Stifter's short stories and in his educational...
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Female characters in the work of Franz Kafka
Svobodová, Karolína ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
The thesis deals with female characters in selected works by Franz Kafka (1883-1924), the well known representative of the Prague German literature. These works include the short story The Metamorphosis (1915) and the posthumously published novel fragments The Man Who Disappeared (1927), The Trial (1925) and The Castle (1926). The thesis discusses how the individual female characters are portrayed in these texts, what role they play in the protagonist's life and how they influence him. At the forefront, there is an interaction between the male main characters and the female characters. The thesis proceeds mainly in a textanalytical way without making any connections between fictional women in the works of the author and real women in his life. At first, the female characters in each of the selected texts are separately analysed and then they are compared. The conclusion serves for a comparison of all female characters in these works and for a formulation of a general statement about them.
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The Snake as Means of Reflection in the Texts about Artists from the German Romantic Period
Balcarová, Markéta ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee) ; Bartl, Andrea (referee)
The submitted doctoral thesis examines the function and performance of the motive of a snake in four selected texts about artists of the German romantic period and perceives the snake as an attribute reflecting the problems of the artistic existence and a way to the artistic work, possibly of the artistic work at all. When interpreting the single motives of the snake, three-phase procedure as applied by Erwin Panofsky in description of the motives in the pictures has been chosen by analogy for literary texts. The interpretation is based on the structural position of the motive of the snake in the text and its performance in the text. Subsequently, the principal role is revelation of contexts which updates the given motive of the snake - in particular they are biblical snakes, mythical snakes and a serpentine line as a line of beauty which was the subject of the period aesthetic discourse. The meaning of the motive of the snake in the texts is given primarily by the mutual interaction of theme contexts which is in the single texts realized by various ways. The motive of the snake as formed in the single interpreted texts is a highly complex motive in all the cases. Thanks to the possibility of connotation with the snakes from the sphere of the Bible and mythology the literary motive of the snake becomes a...
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The Search for a Feminine I. New German feminine literature from the seventies to the nineties
Vydrželová, Pavlína ; Tvrdík, Milan (advisor) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee)
XII. Summary The present work is concerned with the book "shedding'' by verena stefan which gave rise to fiery discussions by critics as wel] as by readers. "[ am my other selť'164 should become the result of the search ťor a feminine I. The leitmotif of the whole book is the self-acceptance of the protagonist which had to be gained step by step, by eliminating the feeling about her own estranged body. At the end of the book the question remains whether this will be converted into a permanent victory. I tried to find out various aspects in Verena Stefan's first book. The focus lay in the analysis of possible acces§es to the new feminine identity. In the first part I concentrated on the formal and contextual aspects, in order to find out and define the characteristics of the new ťeminine literature. stefan's "shedding" launched many other publications which form part of the new German Femininist Literature. "shedding'o by verena stefan made the influence of the women's Movement visibie for the first time. Although "Shedding" is considered a landmark in the history of the new femininist literature, its influence was limited to only one curťent and not to all publications in this íield printed in the following period, as was erroneously said in other scientific documents on literature. A further role played by...
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Mephisto: Novel of a Career. The Moralic Responsibility of an Artist. A Comparison between Klaus Mann and Gustaf Gründgens.
Wunderlin, Katja ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
The work deals with the ambivalent relationship between Klaus Mann and Gustaf Gründgens. Former political and artistic colleagues and friends chose opposite paths during the time of National Socialism. The prior thrust in their relationship allowed Klaus Mann to process the person of Gustaf Gründgens in the time-critical novel Mephisto. On the one hand, Klaus Mann describes the path of a cultivated supporter of the regime, the talented opportunist and characterless careerist while the novel is also Klaus Mann's dealing with his past friend. The aim of my work is to compare the moral positions and development of the two artists during the Nazi-regime. The basis for this comparison is the novel Mephisto. Keywords: Klaus Mann, Gustaf Gründgens, Career, Comparison, Moral Responsibility, Artist, National Socialism, Ambivalent Relationship of Klaus Mann and Gustaf Gründgens
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