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Charles Darwin and darwinism in Finnish Literature
Hanušová, Jitka ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Parente Čapková, Viola (referee)
Name: Jitka Hanušová School: Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Department: Institute of Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies Title: Charles Darwin and darwinism in Finnish Literature Supervisor: Mgr. Jan Dlask, Ph.D. Number of pagess: 68 Nubmber of characters: 118 580 Keywords: Charles Darwin, darwinism, social darwinism, Finnish Literature, race, heredity, social class This diploma deals with evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin and examines its arrival to Finland, its spreading there and mentions the first references in the Finnish periodicals, public and especially in literature during 1860-1920. The topic is viewed through a cultural-historical context which consists of influences of evolutionary theories, social darwinism, racial theories, heredity research, or distinctions between social classes. The special emphasis is placed on reflections of the main aspects of this context in the Finnish literature, mainly in the works of Minna Canth, T. Pakkala, L. Onerva, Toivo Tarvas and Maila Talvio.
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The picture of common people in selected writings of Finnish canon
Palát, Tomáš ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Velkoborsky, Jan Petr (referee)
Author's name: Tomáš Palát School: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts Institute of Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies Nám. Jana Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha 1 Program: Finnish language Title: The picture of common people in selected writings of Finnish canon Consultant: Mgr. Jan Dlask, Ph.D. Number of pages: 79 + attachments Number of attachments: 1 Year: 2012 Key words: Runeberg, Kianto, common people, rural people, Finnish literary canon, cottager, The tales of ensign Stål, Red line, death, dying, nature, bravery, heroism, patriotism, nationalism, clergy, religion This thesis aims to analyze a picture of common people in two separate well-known Finnish writings. First of them is The tales of ensign Stål from Johan Ludvig Runeberg and second is Red line from Ilmari Kianto. Both works were created in a different time periods. The Finnish society in 19th and in the beginning of 20th century was mostly comprised from relatively poor rural people who typically worked in agriculture and describing life of those people was in the same time period very common topic in Finnish literature. In this thesis the picture of common people is being studied through five main topics. How the common people see dying and death; their relationship towards nature; if they are depicted as brave and heroic or...
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Elias Lönnrot's role on the creation of the Kalevala
Šík, Jan Marek ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Velkoborský, Jan Petr (referee)
This thesis deals with the process of creation of the Kalevala and tries to answer the question about the role of its compiler, Elias Lönnrot. Step by step, it treats his role as a collector, historian, scribe, singer, compiler, publisher and patriot. The main goal here is - through the figure of the author of the Kalevala - to outline the complicated evolution that this work - labelled as the Finnish national epic - has gone through. Keywords: Kalevala, Elias Lönnrot, Finnish literature
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Life and literature under the ground: Underground culture in Finland in the late 60s and the early 70s
Dejdarová, Linda ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Velkoborsky, Jan Petr (referee)
Name of the author: Linda Dejdarová School: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts Institute of Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies Nám. Jana Palacha 2, 116 38 Prague 1 Program: Finnish philology Title: Life and Literature under the Ground: Underground culture in Finland in the late 60s and the early 70s Consultant: Mgr. Jan Dlask, Ph.D. Number of pages: 131 (117 + 14 pages of Attachments) Number of attachments: 4 Year: 2012 Key words: Finnish underground, alternative culture, underground literature, underground comics, anarchism, avant-garde, beat-generation, beatniks, hippies, yippies This Master's thesis aims to chart the Finnish underground culture and the ways it was expressed. The time period covered is mainly the late 60s and the early 70s, which was the period of the most significant underground activity. First I deal with the reasons behind the birth of underground culture in general and with its impact on the birth of Finnish underground. This Master's thesis deals with the Finnish underground-culture from the cultural and sociological point of view. I introduce its most important personalities and their work as well as some important cultural events and other sociological links. In this Master's thesis underground-culture is perceived as a complex of many forms of art including...
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Sámi poetry in Finland
Hořínová, Markéta ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Kovář, Michal (referee)
This master's thesis deals with the topic of Sámi poetry. The main aim of this work was to examine the history and development of lyric poetry written in North Sámi in Finland. Apart from that I also tried to find certain attributes or trends common in Sámi poetry. In this thesis I used the encyclopedic method. In the first part of the thesis I examine the North Sámi yoik from a literary perspective. Yoik is often considered to be the foundation of Sámi literature and also in this work it has turned out to be very important for Sámi literary development. The influence of the yoik can be seen through the whole history of Sámi poetry. In the next chapters I introduce important poets and their work from the end of the 19th century to present. I focus mainly on authors originating from the Finnish side of Sámiland. In addition to that I present some important historical and social events that had an impact on literature. In the final chapter, I briefly deal with the situation in publishing and translating Sámi poetry. Because my knowledge of North Sámi is very limited, I analyzed all the literary works presented in this thesis with the help of Finnish or English translations. In spite of that I managed to find some common trends in Sámi poetry. Keywords: Finland, Sámi literature, poetry, yoik, Northern...
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Spells as a part of Finnish folklore
Hošková, Magdalena ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Velkoborsky, Jan Petr (referee)
Author's name: Magdalena Hošková School: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts Department: Institute of Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies Title: Spells as a Part of Finnish Folklore Supervisor: Mgr. Jan Dlask, Ph.D. Number of pages: 77 Key words: spell, Finnish spells, Finnish folklore, Kalevala, Finnish mythology, tietäjä, shaman, prayer, healing magic, homoeopathic magic, John Abercromby, James Frazer, neoshamanism, neopaganism This thesis deals with spells as a part of Finnish folklore. It depicts the circumstances of the spells' genesis, as well as their structural features and different purposes of their use. It is considered that most spells were created during the era of late paganism and early Christianity. This is true not only of Finland but also of Europe in general. The thesis also analyses the role of the shaman as the spiritual leader of Finnish people living in the era before the spells' creation and thereafter analyses the role of the shaman's successor: the tietäjä, the charmer who created spells and used them to help people in his community. So the tietäjä used his spells for the same purpose as his predecessor, the shaman, used trance states, which he entered via drumming, chanting and dancing. In the trance state, he talked to animal spirits and ancestors' spirits and...
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Swan Symbolism in Finnish Poetry from Oral Tradition to Symbolist Movement
Švec, Michal ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Parente Čapková, Viola (referee)
ENGLISH SUMMARY This master thesis focuses on swan symbolism in Finnish poetry, from the oldest folk poems of oral tradition to the first decades of the 20th century. Firstly a swan is described from the zoological and etymological point of view, and its position in the contemporary Finnish culture is clarified. The next chapter is dedicated to swan symbolism in European culture, from antiquity till presence, and it focuses on mythology, folk traditions and the most common motives in visual art, music and literature. The key part of the thesis describes the swan symbolism in Finnish oral tradition and especially in poetry of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. The thesis focuses in particular on Johan Ludvig Runeberg's, Aleksis Kivi's, Elias Lönnrot's, Juhani Aho's, Eino Leino's, Otto Manninen's and Aarni Kouta's poetry. A special chapter is devoted to the myth of the Swan of Tuonela. Following the swan symbolism throughout literature and culture history, I have been looking for connections to Finnish national as well as European traditions and intertextual relations.
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The Tikkanen - Kihlman debate. Prelude. Works - reception - polemics
Dlask, Jan ; Parente Čapková, Viola (advisor) ; Čermák, Jan (referee) ; Gáborová, Margita (referee)
Henrik Tikkanen (1924 - 1984) and Christer Kih1man (bom 1930) are so called Fin1and-Swedish writers: they belong to the Swedish minority in Fin1and and they both write in Swedish. In genera1 they are viewed as authors who describe - and often go into rather intimate detail s - the "Fin1and-Swedish decadent upper c1ass". In the autumn 1975 Tikkanen pub1ished his autobiographica1 text Brandovagen 8 Brando Tel. 35 and Kih1man brought out his novel called Dyre prins. Both of the books are reviewed in the main Fin1and-Swedish newspapers and subsequently they provoke some discussions, whi1st the 1argest po1emics is risen in the beginning of 1976 by the te1evision appearence ofboth writers. This thesis called "The Tikkanen - Kihlman Debate. Prelude. Works - Reception - Polemics" seeks to exp1ain the events of the autumn 1975 and of the fi.rst ha1f of the year 1976, conceming the reception of the both works and the interconnected 1iterary debates. On the methodo10gica11eve1 the thesis hand1es the materia1 thematically by the standard method "adfontes" (supporting too11 - question WHAT), whi1e the interpretation in the first p1ace as a generation revolt is perfonned by means of the theory of literary field, based on so called Pierre Bourdieu's French Socio10gica1 Schoo1 (supporting too12 - question WHY). A starting...
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Juhani Aho and the analysis of his work "Alone"
Kimatraiová, Marika ; Velkoborsky, Jan Petr (referee) ; Dlask, Jan (advisor)
tvorby Juhaniho Aha- především analýza jeho prózy Osamělý. Z Ahova pestrého životopisu je patrné, že ke své spisovatelské a novinářské dráze směřoval již od útlého mládí. Tento plodný autor se ve své tvorbě věnoval rozličným otázkám a tématům z nejrůznějších sfér lidského bytí a nahlížel je svým osobitým pohledem. Vedle toho je rovněž zajímavé, že Juhani Aho obsáhl svým vývojem několik uměleckých směrů - realismus, náznaky naturalismu, francouzské introspektivní proudy, novoromantismus a novorealismus. Primárním záměrem této práce byl již zmiňovaný rozbor díla Osamělý, na jehož základě jsem dospěla k podnětným závěrům. Úvodem své diplomové práce jsem považovala za nutné vyřešit nejprve dilema týkající se jednak autobiografičnosti zmiňované prózy, jednak jejího žánrového zařazení. V prvním případě jsem se na Ahovo dílo pokusila aplikovat poznatky francouzského literárního vědce Philippa Lejeuna a dospěla jsem k závěru, že prózu Osamělý nelze v jeho pojetí označovat jako čistou autobiografii. V souvislosti s žánrovým označením díla jsem se rozhodla vycházet z finské poetiky a na prózu Osamělý odkazovat termínem pienoisromaani - "malý román". Malý román Osamělý se vyznačuje poměrně chudou fabulí. 1 eho těžiště spočívá v psychologické stavbě prožitků a pocitů hlavního hrdiny a vše je zobrazováno prostřednictvím...
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Czech literature in Finland (1993-2004)
Šroub, Jaroslav ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Velkoborsky, Jan Petr (referee)
Hlavním cílem mé diplomové práce bylo sestavit bibliografický seznam děl české literatury vydaných vobdobí 1993-2004, a především zpracovat přijetí této tvorby finskou kritikou. Během svého pobytu ve Finsku v období září - prosinec 2004 jsem věnoval maximální úsilí shromáždění co největšího počtu recenzí, jejichž seznam je rovněž dílčím výsledkem této práce. Množství kritických ohlasů na určité dílo i dokresluje zájem recenzentů o něj. Vzhledem k velkému počtu získaných recenzí jsem se nemohl v této práci podrobněji zmínit o všech. Proto jsem vybral ty kritiky, které seznamují čtenáře s daným dílem podrobněji a posuzovanou knihu hodnotí více do hloubky.
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