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The ship as a point of encounter between life and death: nautical metaphor in modern literature
Ondroušková, Světlana ; Málek, Petr (advisor) ; Heczková, Libuše (referee)
6 Abstract The diploma thesis concerns the topic of nautical metaphorics in modern literature in a broad sense of the term as defined by Silvio Vietta. Thus besides the topic itself and its main focus on the work of Franz Kafka it also covers the process of evolution of its attributes, which led to the specific imagery of modernism on the brink of the 20th century. The work as a whole derives from the conception of the nautical space as a smooth space of nomadism as proposed by Deleuze and Guattari. The first part is based on the propositions of Bachelard's theory of material imagination. It deals with the characteristics of the literary space shaped by the sea element and the possibility of alogorical reading of such images. The hydraulics of the sea provides the nautical space with its unique qualities: shapelessness, flexibility and ambivalence. These enable to percieve the nautical space not only as the space of happenings, but also as the happenings of the space. Thus it puts emphasis on the activity and dynamic plasticity of the substance. The second part reveals the ancient and Christian roots of nautical imagery and its tradition in the European literature. The work of Comenius exemplifies the change in the symbolism of the ship with the arrival of the Age of Exploration which rendered the ship a...
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Solar Radiation Measurements
Mazoch, Jan ; Málek, Petr (referee) ; Beneš, Petr (advisor)
This Bachelor's thesis discusses design and verification of an inexpensive method for indicative measurement of direct and diffused solar radiation, in order to estimate the heat gain of buildings. Theoretical part focuses on the analysis of solar energy and types of measuring devices. Practical part presents results of patent research and market research. The design of an ideal solution of a measurement circuit is also presented here. The last chapter concentrates on the practical verification of selected inexpensive sensors. It includes the design of a suitable datalogger and measurement circuit, plus the comparison of measured data with reference sensor. The conclusion is devoted to describing possible solution for the sensor which should be applicable in operating conditions.
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The Motives of Reading, Writing and Interpretation in the stories of Karel Čapek
Bartošová, Jiřina ; Málek, Petr (advisor) ; Mravcová, Marie (referee)
The work "The Motives of Reading, Writing and Interpretation in the stories of Karel Čapek" is focused on interpretation of "Povídky z jedné kapsy" and "Povídky z druhé kapsy" where we can find such motifs. This analysis is preceded by chapters devoted to Karel Čapek's relation to trivial literature, especially detective story. The main part dealing with interpretation of concrete short novels is divided into chapters: Interpretation and motives of reading, Motive of interpretation, The power of newspapers and secret of letters, The accident and interpretation, Philosophy and pragmatism. Karel Čapek is also presented as original author of original Czech detective story with atypical signs; thanks to the principle of simplicity he attains a great success by the audiences. We learn how strong is the power of literature and that writing for everybody doesn't implicate a lower quality, but he is led by the interest for people and by the effort to connect a reader with a narrator. Key words: Interpretation, Motives, Reading, Writing, Reader, Author, Story
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Surrealist "game" and its use in the work of Richard Weiner Hra doopravdy
Vitouš, Ladislav ; Heczková, Libuše (advisor) ; Málek, Petr (referee)
The presented thesis seeks to clarify Weiner's concept of the game as a specific experience of the world. The concept of the game is correlated to several related concepts, primarily to the artistic conception of the Le Grand Jeu and wider philosophical context, especially the Surrealist project. The aim of the work is not to assign Weiner's works to existing literary creations, orientations and tendencies (even its fragmented parts), but rather to define its uniqueness in contrast to them. It is not limited to one plane in the text, but takes into account all the poetic devices to reveal the author's concept of the game and the world in general. The subject of investigation is the author's last work Hra doopravdy. Keywords Richard Weiner Hra doopravdy Le Grand Jeu surrealism surrealist game
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Concepts of a Fictional Character in Contemporary Narratology
Dvořák, Jan ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Málek, Petr (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to present essential concepts of literary character in fiction as they were produced by literary theory and criticism mainly in the second half of the twentieth century. The thesis offers comprehensible comparation and reflections of individual concepts and then attempts to offer some relevant implications for conceptualization of literary character. The implications are considered in practical interpretation of a particular narrative: the short story The Death of Mr. Baltisberger by Bohumil Hrabal.
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The semiotic specifics of the postmodern works of art
Fronková, Markéta ; Šmahelová, Hana (advisor) ; Vojvodík, Josef (referee) ; Málek, Petr (referee)
The concept of "postmodernity" has become widespread at various contemporary fields of science. It seems to be linked to the philosophical area of thinking in the first place, but the transdisciplinal aspect of this notion is more than obvious. The beginning of the postmodern period is, not surprisingly, a topic for numerous discussions. As to the determination of the beginning of postmodernism, this project inclines to a hypothesis of J.-F. Lyotard, who puts an approximate initiation of postmodernism to the end of 1950s. Though, the fact that the situation is not typical for the Czech literature must be taken into an account. The main focus of this project (although it is concerned with approaches of other areas, for example fine arts) is on the field of literary studies, especially on semiotics. It would be quite misleading and restricting to try to make an exact definition of postmodernism in literature. This is the reason, why the project is conceived as an open consideration and a reflection on postmodernism, with a stress on the semiotic point of view. The chief aim of the project is to analyse concrete texts (in some cases also visual works) often "labeled" by critics as "postmodern" and to seek for the specifics they have in common, especially on the level of semiotic structure. The analysis should...
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Gender in Surrealism. Surreal periods in the literary production of Jindrich Styrsky and Vitezslav Nezval - comparative approach
Plívová, Alžběta ; Heczková, Libuše (advisor) ; Málek, Petr (referee)
The subject of our thesis is an examination of the nature of female gender in the artistic production of Jindrich Styrsky. We focus on the period of surrealism in which, due to the theories of psychoanalysis, the phenomenon of sexuality was accented and which also brought about an exaggerated emphasis on human body as a result of the experience of the World War I. As there occurs a battle of wills between those literary theorists who denote this period as misogynist (e. g. Simone de Beauvoir, Xaviere Gauthier) and those who consider it the first step in the pro-feminist discourse (e. g. Rosalinde Krauss, Maryse Lafitte, Katharine Conley) we approach to set the work of Styrsky into this context. We also try to map his strategies of displaying the female motif and to disclose his relation towards the theoretical principles found by the French avant-garde. For a comprehensive image of these questions we chose two different methods. While the first one is an analysis of duplicity, fragmentariness and pornography in Styrsky's production apart, the second method is contrastive and confronts Styrsky with an other significant Czech surrealist to whom the female topic also was important, Vitezslav Nezval. Nevertheless, we imbed both of those areas into a broader context of the socio-cultural circumstances of the...
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Improving Investment Timing
Málek, Petr ; Novák, Jiří (advisor) ; Cingl, Lubomír (referee)
This masters thesis is based on study of technical analysis of financial markets, i.e. analysis of dependencies between past and present price data, especially when it comes to "supports" and "resistances" or historical price levels where price recently tended to stop and reverse. First of all, summary of the most relevant literature on technical analysis is presented, together with literature on psychology of investing, behavioral finance and market efficiency. Following that, theoretical arguments in favor of possible edge in trading of technical levels are introduced and possible objections are addressed. This theory - in the form of several thousands of unique but similar trading strategies - is then tested on historical data of the most important financial assets. Results are compared to those of conservative buy-and-hold strategy and random trading. We reached the conclusion that trading based on technical price levels brings positive capital gains which are better than those achieved by random trading and buy-and-hold strategy. Parameters of our strategies influence the results in expectable manner more often than not.
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