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Movement and stagnation in Samuel Beckett's work
Kudrnová, Anna ; Wallace, Clare (referee) ; Pilný, Ondřej (advisor)
Upon encountering the dramas and shorter prosaic works of Samuel Beckett, the reader or spectator will probably soon notice, apart from other characteristic features, the exceptional number of characters that limp, have various foot defects and pains, have problems with locomotion and balance, or who are even legless. In other cases, external causes impede the protagonists from moving, as for example in the play Happy Days, where Winnie is stuck in a mound of earth. Incapability of movement and stagnation, whether voluntary or forced, does not appear merely on the physical level; hesitation, inability to decide or act despite an urge to do so are themes frequently occurring in Beckett's texts; when we think of these manifestations of impotence in abstract terms, we realise that they represent stagnation as well: the inability to progress from one situation to another, further from one attitude or mental state etc. The characters often experience the ancient dilemma of activity versus passivity in human life; in many cases, Beckett illustrates it on motion. Another level on which a certain form of immobility emerges is often the structure of a text; that is to say, the plot does not reach any conclusion; the situation presented therein, although usually close to unbearable, does not change, or becomes...
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The Irish Peasant Novels of Emily Lawless Hurrish: A Study & Grania: The Story of an Island
Bonnerová, Kateřina ; Wallace, Clare (advisor) ; Pilný, Ondřej (referee)
The Anglo-Irish writer, Emily Lawless (1845 - 1913), has not, in the period following her death, been a very well-known, or widely appreciated, author. At the end of the 19th century though, she was popular with the English reading public, mainly because of her two contemporary Irish peasant novels, Hurrish: A Study and Grania: The Story of an Island, in which she managed to awaken English society to the plight of the impoverished Irish peasant. As Emily Lawless has not been widely studied nor written about only until recently, my access to resources, both primary and secondary, is very much limited. For this reason, I was able to acquire only one of the novels (Hurrish) as a printed publication, while the other novel Grania was available to me only in an electronic version. While William Linn's dissertation "The Life and Works of the Hon. Emily Lawless, First Novelist of the Irish Literary Revival" has been a valuable source of all the details of Lawless's biography and writings in general, the critical articles have been only a few. These include the 1980s first critical "appreciations" after years of neglect, by Elizabeth Grubgeld and Betty Webb Brewer, and more recent essays of James Cahalan, Jacqueline Belanger and Heidi Hansson. This thesis will attempt to introduce the writer in terms of life...
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McDonaghland as a global village
Konárková, Michaela ; Pilný, Ondřej (advisor) ; Armand, Louis (referee)
The objective of this e-ssay is to explore various possible perspectives -of looking at Martin McDonagh's work. The author of so far six extremely successful plays premiered between the years 1996-2003 has engaged much critical attention as belonging both to the British and Irish theatrical context. However, another important circumstance of his work is that of the globalized, supranational context. I would like to prove that it is in this context where the parodic strategy of his plays is most powerful. The theoretical background of this thesis is represented by Marshall McLuhan's book War and Peace in the Global Village, Zygmun-d- Bauman's book Globalizatio~d Linda Hutcheon's/oetics of Postmodernism.
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Detached house with a dentist’s surgery
Pilný, Ondřej ; Krejsa, Jan (referee) ; Kacálek, Petr (advisor)
The present bachelor’s thesis processed a desing of a newly-built single-family house in the city of Chlum u Hradce Králové. The desing is concerned with a detached building with two floors and partial basement, dentist’s surgery and swimming pool. The house is designed for a family of four members. The structural systém of Kalksandstein sand-lime blocks was chosen for the designed building. The ceiling structure is created with prestressed ceiling panels SPIROLL. The thermal insulation is provided by the ETICS systém and by the ventilated facade with air gap with panelling of fibre cement boards CEMBRIT. The building is roofed with a flat and sloping roof.
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Intercultural aspects and success factors of European companies entering the Indian market
Pilný, Ondřej
This bachelor thesis focuses on the Intercultural aspects and success factors of European companies entering the Indian market. Its main objective is to evaluate Intercultural aspects and success factors. Partial aims are to evaluate attractive-ness of chosen emerging segments in Indian market. Analyse external business environment in India. Recommend market entry strategy, business communica-tion and Intercultural management.
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The Specifics of Contemporary Irish Drama
Lamserová, Brigita ; Neumann, Julius (advisor) ; Pilný, Ondřej (referee)
The thesis aims to describe the Irish drama in relation to the historical development of Ireland itself and consequently point out, how motives mirror within artwork of contemporary Irish playwright - Tom Murphy. The introduction touches the ways of Irish drama, while it concentrates on the period beginning with the first opening of Abbey Theatre. Second half deals with life and work of Tom Murphy, describing its specifics in detail, in particular one of his last plays - Alice Trilogy. Utmost attention is focused on appointing motives and topics that shaped Irish drama and theatre in general and looking for a solid common ground on which to base analyses and translation of Alice Trilogy. Conclusion summarizes intricacies of translating Murphy´s plays and problems with producing his work on Czech stages.
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