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The Figure of Apollo in Ovid's Work
Málková, Kateřina ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
This thesis focuses on Ovid's concept of Apollo, because during formation of his works, the concept of Apollo has changed. The first part of this thesis concerns itself with a historical view of Apollo in Rome and with the change, that was caused by Augustus, including its motives and consequences; it also focuses on its manifestations in contemporary Roman literature. The goal of this thesis is to determinate by analysis of Ovid's works, how Ovid reacts to this change in individual stages of his work: in love, mythological and exile works. This thesis also tries to determinate if Ovid's treatment of Apollo reflects his viewing of Augustus and might have contributed to reasons of his banishment.
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Seneca's Tragedies and their Reception in the Jesuit School Theatre of the Bohemian Province in the 17th and 18th Centuries (1623-1773)
Popelková, Eva ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Chevalier, Jean-Frédéric (referee) ; Jacková, Magdaléna (referee)
Seneca's Tragedies and their Reception in the Jesuit School Theatre of the Bohemian Province in the 17th and 18th Centuries (1623-1773) Eva Popelková Abstract The study of the reception of Seneca's tragedies in the Jesuit School theatre in the Bohemian province is focused on three aspects: the description of the mechanism and the expression of passions; the pedagogical issue linked to the figure of a tyrant, with an emphasis on female characters; and the image of pagan gods. The research is based on a comparison of Senecan tragedies and school plays from the Society of Jesus. The corpus consists of three parts: the printed plays of Carolus Kolczawa; the plays of Arnoldus Engel, both staged and intended for publication; and the plays devoted to John of Nepomuk, the emblematic saint of the Czech baroque period, which were not to be published. The analyses are preceded by an overview of the Senecan reception in the Early Modern Europe, the presentation of the Jesuit context and the studied corpus. Keywords Seneca, reception, Jesuit theatre, School theatre, Neo-Latin literature, Bohemian province, 17th century, 18th century
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Elements of Irony in the Bucolic Works of Calpurnius Siculus
Stříbrná, Adéla ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
This bachelor's thesis focuses on the Latin bucolic poet Calpurnius Siculus and his collection of eclogues. Firstly, it summarizes the complex and hotly disputed topic of the dating of the author and his oeuvre. The thesis then offers a brief résumé of the primary arguments favouring the two main time frames: the Neronian times (1st century AD) and the 3rd century AD - the rule of Emperor Severus Alexander. The subsequent chapter details the formation and evolution of the bucolic genre and the lives of its two main representatives in Antiquity: Theocritus and Virgil, both of whom Calpurnius drew upon in his work. The following chapter contains a theoretic analysis of the term irony and of the means and ways it is expressed in a text. The thesis centres on an interpretation of select extracts from Calpurnius's work, focusing on irony and the methods of irony used by him.
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Forms and Function of Refrain in Roman Lyrical Poetry up to the End of the 1st Century AD
Valenta, Petr ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
This work focuses on refrains in Latin lyrics texts, from the beginning of Latin literature until the end of 1th century AD. At first, the term "refrain" will be determined, with its different forms, which can be found in Latin lyrics; afterwards individual examples of refrains will be stated and put in contrast to their Greek models, if they exist. The thesis will try to determine the function of refrains in a concrete literary genre and the difference between them. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The History of Translating Martial into Czech
Pavlíková, Anna ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the Czech translations of epigrams of the Roman poet Marcus Valerius Martialis. It maps the translation activity of Czech authors concerning this epigrammatist, especially from the end of the 18th century to the present time. It also describes the way Martial has been presented to the Czech reader throughout history. The first part of this thesis composes a chronological summary of the translations, and characterizes the nature and the context of their publication: it presents different phases of Czech translational work and theory, authors of the translations, quantity of the translated epigrams, the principles upon which the originals were chosen for translation and media through which Martial's work was brought to the Czech area. The following part of the thesis is based on the comparison of the translation methods and procedures used in case of particular epigrams. Moreover, the Josef Dietrich's selection, which is not well known, is described here. Finally, the contribution to the issue of this thesis lies in the summary of all founded Czech versions of Martial's epigrams.
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Forms and Function of Refrain in Roman Lyrical Poetry up to the End of the 1st Century AD
Valenta, Petr ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
This work focuses on refrains in Latin lyrics texts, from the beginning of Latin literature until the end of 1th century AD. At first, the term "refrain" will be determined, with its different forms, which can be found in Latin lyrics; afterwards individual examples of refrains will be stated and put in contrast to their Greek models, if they exist. The thesis will try to determine the function of refrains in a concrete literary genre and the difference between them. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Order, Progress, and Ideal Government in Claudian's Epic De Raptu Proserpinae
Pastyříková, Iveta ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Fořt, Bohumil (referee)
IVETA PASTYŘÍKOVÁ: ORDER, PROGRESS, AND IDEAL GOVERNMENT IN CLAUDIAN'S EPIC DE RAPTU PROSERPINAE ABSTRACT The aim of the diploma thesis is to show how late Ancient poet Claudius Claudianus deals with the problem of ideal government in the mythological epic De Raptu Proserpinae, by which strategies he exhorts his reader to evaluate Jupiter's rule in the world of the poem and to compare it with the situation in the real world. The chosen method is the theory of fictional worlds. Firstly, the thesis outlines the relation between the fictional world of the epic and the real world, then, the attention is paid to the essential question of this fictional world, ideal government. The thesis presents the prefaces of the epic as entrances into the fictional world foreshadowing topics elaborated in the world of the poem, where the ruler Jupiter has a difficult task ahead of him: to harmonize progress with protection against chaos. The last chapter summarizes the author's strategies and compares the epic with Claudian's other poems.
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Staius' Descriptive Poems and Artistic Style of his Period
Kocurková, Magda ; Kuťáková, Eva (advisor) ; Bažil, Martin (referee)
The author of this thesis examines the style of P. Papinius Statius'poetics in two of his descriptive poems from the Silvae. In the Introduction she puts forth basic data of his life and works. Then she describes Flavian building program and activities of Roman élite in relation with Statius' other descriptive poems. The author consequently puts separately both poems in question, that is Silvae 1.1. and 4.6, in historical and artistic context, then she summarizes existing research on the poems, then she defines genre, style and literary background of each poem and examines their structure. At the end of each chapter the author presents latin text and czech translation, commentary and analysis of typical elements of Statius's poetics in particular sections of the poems according to their structure. In the Conclusion the author summarizes what she has learned about the style of Statius' descriptive poems in relation to the people and objects described.
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Athletae Christi. Early Christian Hagiography between Imitation and Rewriting
Kitzler, Petr ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Pokorný, Petr (referee) ; Šubrt, Jiří (referee)
ANGLICKÁ ANOTACE (= předběžná náplň práce) Passio Perpetuae and Its Reflection in the Literature of Ancient Church The "Passion of Perpetua and Felicity" (Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis) is one of the most renowned texts of early Christian hagiography. Accordingly, it has been enjoying a renewal of scholarly interest in the last decades. However, surprisingly little attention was paid to its literary "Nachleben", and there exist virtually no studies focusing on its reception in the subsequent literature of the early Church. Seemingly simple narrative, describing the martyrdom of a group of North African Christians, has been held in high esteem since its composition. It acquired almost "canonical" status and was considered authoritative not only by the mass of simple believers but by the Christian intellectuals, too. Though highly venerated in the early Church, it contained a number of innovative and - in the context of Antique and early Christian society - potentially subversive features. These novel features were felt to undermine the existing social order and hierarchy, and it was necessary to "explain them away" in order to make the text more compliant with traditional and generally accepted social values. This was then often taken into account, when later authors and interpreters refer to the text. The...
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The Oresteia of Aeschylos and Satre's The Flies
Jakimiv, Vít ; Fischerová, Sylva (advisor) ; Bažil, Martin (referee)
The thesis aims at comparison of the poetics of Aeschylus' trilogy The Oresteia and Sartre's drama The Flies. In the first part we effectuate evaluation of the state of research as well as division and criticism of some prominent approaches. We observe in particular the limitations imposed on the comparative analysis taking its point of departure from such broad concepts as 'fate', 'freedom' and 'tragedy'. Our considerations are guided primarily by Sartre's theoretic writings on theatre and tragedy. In the second part we accomplish analysis of poetic structures discovering resemblances in the function carried out by single poetic factors in the overall structure of the drama. Notable links appear in the way of utilization of associative networks operating at the level of imagery and metaphor, which in both cases are inseparable from the particular manner of developing the action.
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