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The Oldiest Italian travel stories
 Tarasova, Polina ; Pelán, Jiří (advisor) ; Žáčková, Magdalena (referee)
The aim of this work is to study the development of balance between the factographic and belletristic components in travel literature during the medieval era in Italy. The basis for the analysis are following works: Historia Mongolorum by Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Il Milione by Marco Polo and Diversae Historiae by Odorico da Pordenone, namely the excerpts from the chosen texts. This work is divided into five chapters. The second chapter is a short introduction to the whole work. In the third chapter is presented Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, his life and historical context, followed by a study of the extent of author's presence in the text composed according to a clear given conditions. The fourth chapter is dedicated to Marco Polo, his life, work and short analysis of author's presence in a text written without any formulated task. In the fifth chapter is presented Odorico da Pordenone, his life and historical context. Afterwards the extent of author's presence in a text is studied on an example of text with a relatively clearly formulated given conditions. The sixth and last chapter is a recapitulation. It contains confrontation and comparison of the gathered information and points out differences and similarities.
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Virtu and Fortuna in the Italian Literature of the CInquecento
 Tarasova, Polina ; Pelán, Jiří (advisor) ; Žáčková, Magdalena (referee)
The aim of this work is to study the development of meaning of two concepts virtù and fortuna in Italian literature of 16th century and confront both concepts with the reality afterwards. The basis for the analysis are following works: political treatise Il Principe (The Prince) by Noccoló Machiavelli, moral treatise Il Cortegiano (The Courtier) by Baldassare Castiglione and autobiography La Vita (The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini) by Benvenuto Cellini. This work is divided into five chapters. The second chapter is a short introduction to the whole work. In the third chapter is presented Niccolò Machiavelli's life and work which are followed by semantic analysis of the concepts virtù and fortuna in the text of The Prince. The fourth chapter is dedicated to Baldassare Castiglione's life, work and short analysis of the transformations that virtù and fortuna assume in text of The Courtier. In the fifth chapter is presented Benvenuto Cellini's life and work. Afterwards the concepts virtù and fortuna are studied in the context of an example of life and thinking of an actual person. The sixth and last chapter is a recapitulation. It contains confrontation and comparison of the meanings which studied terms assume in all three works and points out differences and similarities.
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