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The Characters and Space in Prose of Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic
Medková, Tereza ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Škarpová, Marie (referee)
The bachelor's thesis focuses on the neo-baroque legends by Jiří Karásek from Lvovice, while the main focus is specifically on his legends in Posvátné ohně (1921) and Barokové oltáře (1922). The aim of the thesis is to examine how Karásek approaches the genre of a legend based on the characterisation of the protagonists and the space they reside in. Firstly, the theoretical part presents the general features of a legend, which are defined by how the figure of the saint is depicted in said legends. This thesis further summarizes the main characteristics of the Czech decadence. Based on the interpretation of the individual legends, common features of Karásek's legends are determined, which are then compared with the general features of legend as a genre. To a certain extent, the thesis also focuses on the issue of updating the Baroque in the context of Czech modernism especially in connection with Karásek's work.
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Reception Aesthetics problems in Dušan Pala's Literary Works
Zlámalová, Alena ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Topor, Michal (referee)
The aim of the bachelor thesis is to bring a comprehensive view of Dušan Pala's literary works and the personality of the author. The first part introduces the philosophy of existence and context of the war period. Furthermore, attention is focused on the author's life and the issue of his classification in literary history. In the most extensive section of the work is presented the author's literary work, with closely monitored posthumous editions and related reception aesthetics problems. The last section deals with selected features that connect the entire literary work of the author. The work also contains unpublished texts from the author's estate stored in the Literary Archive of the Memorial of National Literature. Key words Dušan Pala, Václav Černý, Vladimír Papoušek, Blood and ash, Trees and stones, existentialism
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On Speech in the Poetry of Karel Šiktanc
Vinš, Ondřej ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Hrdlička, Josef (referee)
On Speech in the Poetry of Karel Šiktanc The diploma thesis focuses on the poetry of Karel Šiktanc from the 1970 s to the present. It aims to identify and describe those invariables that could characterize his poetic work. In order to accomplish that, two main theoretical sources are used. First, Martin Heidegger's essay Básnicky bydlí člověk, and second, a cognitive ethnolinguistics approach. The overall goal of the thesis is to demonstrate how language (or, more precisely speech) might be conceptualized (cf. the metaphor of speech as space) and what function does speech have in the magical thinking. Using Eugène Minkowski's term zvučení, a noticeable contrast between the sound of speech and silence in Šiktanc's imagery is commented on. Due to the vastness of data, the analysis concentrates on selected poems that are somehow emblematic of each collection.
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Motifs, Images and (self)-Stylizations of Czech Decadent Symbolism
Fremrová, Anna ; Merhaut, Luboš (advisor) ; Vojvodík, Josef (referee)
This thesis is focused on the decadent form of Czech symbolist literature at the turn of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The main task is to present a complex catalogue of motifs and images used by Czech decadents in their works and also to analyse the main methods and strategies they used - in particular interstatuality, also connected with the decadent effort to capture the uniqueness of each passing moment, and synaesthesia. The thesis also focuses on the radical individualism of decadent authors and its connection with both the motifs used and the symbolist style in itself - in the form of self-stylization of the decadent authors who tend to identify with their own works and become (even in real life) their own literal subjects. Because of the prominent visual aspect of decadent literature, the thesis also takes into consideration contemporary art works and the relations between words and images.
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Landscape in the works of Jan Zahradníček and Jan Čep of the 1930s
Fedičová, Natálie ; Wiendl, Jan (advisor) ; Vojvodík, Josef (referee)
This thesis deals with poetic motives of nature in the work of Jan Zahradníček (Jeřáby, Žíznivé léto, Pozdravení slunci) and Jan Čep (Zeměžluč, Letnice, Děravý plášť) of the 1930s. The motives of nature found in the works of both authors are first described and analyzed. In the conclusion of the thesis it comes to summary of common features, that are behind the depiction of the relationship between man and the surrounding world in the work of both authors.
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Erotica and Sexuality in the Work of Franz Kafka
Petrželová, Anežka ; Topor, Michal (advisor) ; Vojvodík, Josef (referee)
The basis of the thesis is the specification of the main terms of sexuality and eroticism as the possible clues to the interpretation of Franz Kafka's novel The Castle. The focal point of the thesis are several fundamental propositions creating a perspective which a novelistic setting could be seen through. The initial assumption gives the idea of a castle as an absolute factor of pleasure and even as the climax itself albeit constantly forbidden and unavailable. The sadomasochistic structure of the aforementioned setting corresponds to this. After determination of the terminological, methodological and semantic basis the main focus is on the area of sacral fetishism where the two concepts collectively generating a distinctive form of attraction converge. The thesis is focused on the circle of female characters and their specificities as well. The consideration is also given to an erotic motif of female servants, tempting ugliness, physical intimacy and estrangement, homosexual attraction, the absence of privacy and private life. Continuously analysed lines of fashionable fetishism, importance of clothing and the contact with a body are put in to mutual relations in the final charter dedicated to the character of the landlady. Key words: sexuality, erotica, Franz Kafka, The Castle, sadomasochistic...
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Child's Perspective in Poetry of Early Czech Avant-garde
Stehlíková, Blanka ; Wiendl, Jan (advisor) ; Vojvodík, Josef (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the genesis and depiction of a naive children's perspective and generally with the importance of childhood in the poetry of the early Czech avant-garde, especially focusing on the work of Jiří Wolker, Zdeněk Kalista, Miloš Jirko and A. M. Píša. The first part of the thesis is focused on outlining the historical context of this issue and connecting it with the literary development of poetry in the early 1920s. For the second part of the thesis, the key is an analysis of this approach /motive in poetry and subsequent interpretation of the work of selected poets. Key words Czech literature - avant-garde - Jiří Wolker - Zdeněk Kalista - Miloš Jirko - A. M. Píša - 1919-1924 - naive perspective - childhood
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Representation of Japan in the works of Joe Hloucha
Bočková, Klára ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Wiendl, Jan (referee)
The thesis analyses the manners of narrative space depiction in selected texts of Josef Hloucha. It focuses on the fundamental motives which recur in the texts. The thesis additionally places focus on a specific depiction of Japan and on the means of depiction through which the author mediates the picture of Japan, Japanese culture, tradition, customs etc., including the analysis of various types of realia which are incorporated by Josef Hloucha in his own texts. Hloucha's stance towards europeanization of Japanese culture is analysed in the end.
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Visuality in the Prosaic Work of Richard Weiner
Jončevová, Veronika ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Hrdlička, Josef (referee)
The BA thesis focuses on the possibilities of reading of the selected prose of Richard Weiner throgh its visual potential. Theoretically is based on the context of the first 20 years of 20th century (especially new established art movemets such as surrealism, expresionism and cubism). The first part discusses the term avant- garde and brief introduction of related concepts, introduction of the author and his work. The second part then interprets several selected texts from the books of short stories Prázdná židle a jiné prózy, Solný sloup and Škleb. This chapter is used to discuss the influence of the image on writer's prose and the way that the aspects of visual art can be applied in the process of reading. 1
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"Closed to the sun, open them selves to the glorious silence of the stars": An Attempt to Analysis of a Withdrawnnes-motif; topics generated by it and their consequences in the literature and "literatures" at the turn of the century
Dostál, Mojmír ; Hrdlička, Josef (advisor) ; Vojvodík, Josef (referee)
The main aspiration of this thesis is to illustrate on several selected examples (or almost "cases" of clinical kind) from French, Russian, Polish, Italian (and in the second plan also German or English) writtings of the 19th and early 20th century the methods of application and presentation of the Withdrawnnes-motif in literature. And on the basis of them (after attempting to mapping out the network of their possible mutual influences, consequences, concurrency or filiations, in the interpretative part of the thesis, so on the II. to VI. chapter) try to define its final characteristics, periodisation, classification and his general definition. … and, moreover, or on the way to this purpose, perhaps to provide the reader a few other - perhaps more useful, or more interesting - information. Keywords: Autostylisation, Confusion of the dream and the reality, Decadence, Dreaming, Extreme mental states of mind, fin de siècle, Individualism, Literary motives, Modernism, Psychologism, Psychic naturalism, Solipsism, Transposition of identity, Withdrawnnes
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