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Problems of the reception of Franz Grillparzer's plays with themes from Czech history and mythology
Sojková, Hana ; Svoboda, Tomáš (referee) ; Veselá, Gabriela (advisor)
The thesis discusses problems of the reception of the work of the prominent Austrian dramatist Franz Grillparzer by Czech audiences. An emphasis is placed upon the plays König Ottokars Glück und Ende, Libussa and Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg, which are inspired by stories from Czech history and mythology. Up to these days, these plays have never been staged in Czech theatres nor translated into Czech. Czech audiences did not accept them because of the way the dramatist depicted Czech history and harsh criticism of Czech people which mostly appears in the tragedy König Ottokars Glück und Ende. The first biographical part of the thesis is devoted to the life of the dramatist and the conditions in which his works were written. Knowledge of these factors is crucial for an understanding of the way Grillparzer employed historical motifs into his works. The three dramas are thoroughly analysed and compared with Czech tradition. Their important German productions and reviews are discussed in shorter chapters. Receptions of all Grillparzer's plays staged in the Czech lands and all studies and articles on the dramatist himself written by Czech critics are accounted. This study offers a survey of the process of the formation of the relationship of Czech audiences to Grillparzer's works from the production of his first...

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