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Mephisto: Novel of a Career. The Moralic Responsibility of an Artist. A Comparison between Klaus Mann and Gustaf Gründgens.
Wunderlin, Katja ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
The work deals with the ambivalent relationship between Klaus Mann and Gustaf Gründgens. Former political and artistic colleagues and friends chose opposite paths during the time of National Socialism. The prior thrust in their relationship allowed Klaus Mann to process the person of Gustaf Gründgens in the time-critical novel Mephisto. On the one hand, Klaus Mann describes the path of a cultivated supporter of the regime, the talented opportunist and characterless careerist while the novel is also Klaus Mann's dealing with his past friend. The aim of my work is to compare the moral positions and development of the two artists during the Nazi-regime. The basis for this comparison is the novel Mephisto. Keywords: Klaus Mann, Gustaf Gründgens, Career, Comparison, Moral Responsibility, Artist, National Socialism, Ambivalent Relationship of Klaus Mann and Gustaf Gründgens
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The Correspondence by the Chotek Family to Alfons Clary-Aldringen (1904-1943). On the Research on the History of German Culture and Civilization in Bohemia
Cermonová, Kateřina ; Vodrážková, Lenka (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
The study deals with the main cultural and social aspects of German population's lifestyle in Bohemia in the first half of the 20th century. The basis for the research is correspondence written in German which was kept between count Alfons Clary-Aldringen and the noble family Chotek from 1904 to 1943. The correspondence particularly shows the quality of relationship between the correspondents, their social life, family problems as well as the impact of the political events in Bohemia on their lives. Except for the analysis of the correspondence including the language and cultural-historical section, an explanation of the discrepancy between the Germans and the Czechs in Bohemia and introduction of the correspondents and their families is included. The results of the analysis confirm the importance and uniqueness of letters as a source of information. Keywords history, german language, culture and civilization, correspondence, Bohemia
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German texts by some representatives of national revival in the Czech lands of the 19th century, because of aspects of historical linguistics
Švrčková, Helena ; Vodrážková, Lenka (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
In the first half of the 19th century, the emancipation efforts of the ethnic groups living under domination of bigger nations grew stronger. Emancipation movements were influenced by the humanistic ideas of Johann Gottfried Herder, proclaiming the language as the most important characteristic feature of a nation and that every nation has the natural right to claim it's identity. Motivated by these concepts, the Czechs identified the enforcement of Czech language with the fight for the nation. This Diploma thesis deals with the textual analysis of the German manuscripts by the Czech revivalists Karel Alois Vinařický, František Palacký and Pavel Josef Šafařík, regarding the state of education in the Czech lands and the comparison between these manuscripts. The textual analysis (Brinker: 2001) reflects the communication field, the purpose of writing the text, circumstances of their creation, the role of the emittent and the recipient and finally the intention of the author, which is related with the indenfitication of the text function. All texts contain elements of the text type "language defense". The consideration of the lexemes with the help of the contemporary dictionaries (Adelung, Grimma, Jungmann), etymological dictionary (Pfeifer) and Duden (2006) focuses on the semantic field of National...
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The picture of the GDR in German prose after 1989
Běličová, Alžběta ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
The work deals with pictures of GDR in German prose written after 1989 by authors coming from GDR and born after 1960. Literary pictures of GDR could be perceived as reflections of memories of individuals or as fictional images of this country. These pictures can't be compared with analyses researched by historians. The main aim is to show how these pictures create the collective memory of this state and how can the collective memory influences picture of GDR, that plays dominant role in today's German society. The case study compares nine literary texts and shows different aspects of reality of life in GDR. Humour and nostalgia were used as an important part of this picture. The comparison includes parallels and differences, in picturing this country, used by two last generations of authors in GDR.
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Grimms Fairy Tales and their Reception in the Czech Literature of the 19th Century
Gavendová, Petra ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
This thesis aims to describe the collecting of oral folk literature and the activity of Karel Jaromír Erben and the Brothers Grimm in the fairy-tale area that is connected to it and to highlight the importance of these authors in both Czech and German culture. First, the literary genre called fairy-tale is defined, which is followed by the theories on the origin and production of fairy-tales. Furthermore, life stages of these authors, impulses for collecting and continuation of oral folk literature are explained in the next part of this thesis. Finally, adaptation of similar topics by the above mentioned authors is compared and analysed in closer detail.
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The Exile Novels of Klaus Mann
Kopřivová, Renata ; Tvrdík, Milan (advisor) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee)
Klaus Mann - the oldest son of the writer Thomas Mann created his greatest writings in European exile between the years 1934 and 1939. Mann is considered to be principal representative of German exile. The objective of this thesis is to reflect the older and newer approaches to exile literature in the detailed analysis of Klaus Mann and his representative works. The first chapters are dealing with the reasons of author's exile and points out literary influences reflected in his exile works. Moreover, it accentuates the most significant aspects of author's activity in European and later in American exile. The third chapter is dealing with the author's conception of writer as a literary existence, which is essential for complete understanding of Mann's work. Last three chapters represent analysis of three exile novels of Klaus Mann: Flucht in den Norden (1934), Mephisto. Roman einer Karriere (1936) and Der Vukan. Roman unter Emigranten (1939). Through focusing on protagonists and on the main literary motives in the selected novels, it demonstrates the author's reflection of exile and Nazi Germany. Keywords: Politisierung, Exil, literarisierte Existenz, Artist, Aktivist
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Czechs and Germans in Ústí nad Labem in the 20th century. History and historiographical reflexion.
Audiová, Kristýna ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the coexistence of Czechs and Germans in Ústí nad Labem in the 20th century. In the first part of this thesis, I will focus on social and cultural aspects of Czech-German coexistence and pay attention to the associations, organisations and facilities which are depicted in the backround of historical events in the mentioned period. I also refered to the political development and changes in the composition of its population since the beginning of German colonization until 1950. The second part deals with the reflection of the current Czech-German coexistence in the region, particularly at the workplaces of the local University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně and in the projects of the Collegium Bohemicum. It also outlined how Usti nad Labem will participate in the Czech-German issues in the near future.
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Utopia in the Works of Adalbert Stifter
Smetana, Jiří ; Tvrdík, Milan (advisor) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee)
Name of the author: Jiří Smetana Name of the MA thesis: Utopia in the Works of Adalbert Stifter University: Charles University in Prague Faculty: Faculty of Arts Department: Institute of the Germanic Studies Supervisor: Doc. PhDr. Milan Tvrdík, CSc. Place and date of publishing: Prague, March 2011 The subject of the present work is Adalbert Stifter's utopia. The aim is to outline its main essence and in part describe the motives that had led Stifter to his utopia. The work describes the artistic, political and social background of the Biedermeier era and approximates Stifter as its principal representative in Austrian literature. Adalbert Stifter's talent was versatile; he had affection for nature and art. Art was one of his most faithful friends. Stifter's Biedermeier literary works are original and in a certain sense possess great depth. For every opinion in these works is put down rationally. In this regard we would be hard pressed to find selfcontent in Stifter's late work. This opinion is also shared by the Austrian writer Peter Rosegger, who regards Adalbert Stifter higher than Johann Wolfgang Goethe for this very reason. As Rosegger rightly states, Stifter's style is also very original.1 This work takes note of the utopian features in some of Stifter's short stories and in his educational...
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Camill Hoffmann. A biography
Polák, Pavel ; Tvrdík, Milan (advisor)
Résumé This thesis aims to describe the life and work of the poet, translator, journalist and Czechoslovak diplomat Camill Hoffmann. Hoffmann was born to a Jewish family in Kolin, his mother tongue was German but he also spoke Czech well. He attended a grammar school in Prague where he soon became a member of a poet's society publishing in the journal Jaro (Spring) which was issued by Paul Leppin. "Spring generation", as they were later called after the journal, is counted to the neoromantics. At the beginning of the 20th century, Hoffmann leaves for Vienna where he begins to work as a journalist for the daily Zeit. There he makes friends with Stefan Zweig, together they translate Baudelaire's poetry book Flowers of Evil. While writing for the culture department of the Zeit, he has close contacts to writers from central Europe, to Arthur Schnitzler, Marie Ebner von Eschenbach or Detlev von Lilliencron. Recommended by Max Brod, Hoffmann also published a poem of Franz Werfel, by that time an unknown author. In 1912, Hoffmann moves to Dresden where he works as a culture section chief-editor of the daily Dresdner Neuesten Nachrichten. His apartment becomes soon a meeting point for many artists, young expressionists. After the outbreak of the World War I, Hoffmann is declared indispensable for the daily, so he...
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