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Till Lindemann as a Poet
Leitnerová, Tereza ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Grill, Markus (referee)
(in English) The thesis deals with literary work by Till Lindemann. Besides writing lyrics for the band the frontman of the East German band Rammstein also writes poems, which were published in three volumes. The author attempts to make her interpretation and to show the themes, that Lindemann has chosen and their connection to German literature and real events. These topics are to be analyzed individually in chapters and subchapters as well as the sources of Lindemann's inspiration and reception his work. The thesis works with the volumes of Lindeman's poetry and is completed with the help of secondary literature.
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Hacks/Müller: The drama of the GDR in relation to the literary traditions and socialist presence
Šemberová, Daria Magdalena ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
(anglicky) This dissertation joins a conversation in German literary studies about East German literature's role, identity, and characteristic features. The thesis discusses the phenomenon of autonomy of the dramatic compositions written by Peter Hacks and Heiner Müller in the 1960s and 1970s in the GDR. The theoretic background of the research consists, among other things, of a short introduction to theoretical concepts developed by Kenneth Burke (particularly his New Rhetoric approach presented in The philosophy of literary form), Raymond Williams (including his cultural materialism), as well as Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno (Critical Theory). Furthermore, the dissertation deals with the idea of metatheatre, and it discusses elements of metadrama (Karin Vieweg-Marks) in the selected plays. The symbolic boundaries of research are the Berlin Wall's construction in 1961 and the expulsion of the German poet and songwriter Wolf Biermann in 1976. By analyzing the authors' concrete strategies, the thesis demonstrates that their plays articulate both the European literary tradition and the (East) German socialist project.
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Theatre in the GDR and Czechoslovakia in the 1960s
Povolná, Anna ; Schneider, Thomas (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is an analysis of theatre and its scene in German Democratic Republic and Czechoslovakia in 1960's and its comparation. Best known theatres of the time will be investigated as well as the theatre movements. Particular findings will be exemplified by these two texts: Zahradní slavnost (Václav Havel) and Die Umsiedlerin (Heiner Müller). The main purpose of this thesis is to analyse the political impact on the theatre scene and dramas which arose at this period of ten years.
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Feminity in the Work of Paul Leppin
Czielová, Simona ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Schneider, Thomas (referee)
This thesis deals with female characters, concepts of feminity and gender aspects of the image of society and culture in the work of the leading representative of Prague German bohemians Paul Leppin. The subject of the analysis is both the prose work of the author (novels Daniel Jesus, 1905, Severins Gang in Die Finsternis, 1914 and Hüter der Freude, 1918) and selected essays (Venus auf Abwegen, 1920). On one hand, the analyses offer contextualization of intra-textual images of women and femininity in contemporary discourse; on the other hand, they are subjected to the relevant concepts of gender studies as described in the introduction of the thesis (especially Judith Fetterley).
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Paradise lost. Crisis of Language around 1900 in the Context of Secularization of Language and Critique of Religion
Koval-Zaitceva, Olga ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Schneider, Thomas (referee)
Beginning with the 80-s of the 19th century, literature starts to increasingly take language as a problem. First of all, claims of the language for reflecting the truth are questioned, and, consequently, it is revaluated as an instrument of cognition (mostly, negatively). Very often texts, related to a language conundrum, may contain either anti-religions argumentation, or an active use of imagery, tinged with religion, or Biblical symbology. In this work, the interrelation between religiousness, reflected in the text, and its approach to the problematics of the language are investigated. In the shadow of the crisis of the language of literature modernism, such topics as the process of language secularization, language origin, and the crisis of cognition and of a person have also been touched upon. As exemplified by F. Mauthner, W. Benjamin, H. Hofmannsthal и C. Mierendorff, different concepts of the language and ways out of the crisis, offered by them, are presented. Also, their way to interact with religiousness and and mysticism was taken into account. In the result of the research, a certain tendency has been tapped: in case when a language is approached as an instrument that has no relation to mysticism, it shows its incapacity as an instrument of cognition (Mauthner). If a language is viewed...
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Ernst Jünger's In Stahlgewittern and Erich Maria Remarque's Im Westen nichts Neues - a comparison
Müllerová, Kamila ; Schneider, Thomas (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
This thesis introduces the books Im Westen nichts Neues from Erich Maria Remarque and In Stahlgewittern from Ernst Jünger. Further is the thesis concentrated on the comparison of these two books, that is not only from the point of view of literature, but also from the point of view of history and social-psychology. The goal is a close analysis of the form and content of both writings, just as a comparison of the author's approach to the topic of first world war. The thesis also has the aim of creating a summary of the main differences and similarities of the writings so that it results in a general overview. KEY WORDS Ernst Jünger, Erich Maria Remarque, Erster Weltkrieg, (Anti-)Kriegsliteratur, Textanalyse, Textvergleich, Sozialpsychologie
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E. T. A. Hoffmanns Nachtstücke: Der Sandmann and Das öde Haus - a comparison
Jurkovičová, Taťána ; Schneider, Thomas (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyse two short stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Der Sandmann and Das öde Haus. The goal of this thesis is to compare and contrast both stories and, by doing so, mediate a complex look at social and socio-psychological connections of the then era with regards to the contemporary. Firstly, I am going to present a closer look at the era of German romanticism, which will contribute to the understanding of Hoffmann's work. The next chapter talks about E.T.A. Hoffmann in the romantic context and his biography. The core of the thesis is represented by the practical part, where both stories are contrastively analysed. The analysis emphasises childhood trauma of both protagonists, which follows them throughout their lives.
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Between Critique and Inner Emigration: Ernst Wiechert in the Third Reich
Bolková, Barbora ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee)
Based on a narrative structure and historical context of literary works and other articles of the author, this thesis is supposed to answer a question how Ernst Wiechert's work reflects his personal and authorship development and above all his attitude to the Nazism regime. It shows in which points his early production is similar to ideologeme of German national socialism and how the author distances from them later. The thesis describes the character of his regime critics in political and moral polarity as well as the reason for the author's inside transformation from critics to Inner Emigration.
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The Biblical Job and his reception in the German-speaking literature
Bendová, Adéla ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
This master thesis presents the character of Job and his reception in German-speaking literature on the basis of three works of the twentieth century, written by Joseph Roth, Oskar Kokoschka and Günter Kunert. The starting point for the literary reception is the biblical Old Testament book Job, whose story, form and circumstances of origin are mentioned in the first part of the work. Following are the performances of individual authors and the interpretation of their works. The core of the work is a comparison of literary reception of the figure of Job in the texts with a biblical original. The subject of the study was, in particular, the question of how the selected authors deal with the biblical substance, how they use Job for their works and which meaning have the comic elements in their texts.
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Pragues (night) life in Paul Leppins Hüter der Freude (1918)
Strnadová, Julie ; Hadwiger, Julia Nina Vanessa (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
(English): The aim of this bachelor thesis is a profound insight into the novel Hüter der Freude (1918) by the Prague German writer Paul Leppin (1878-1945). First, the author and his work are concisely introduced. In the main part I concentrate on social and cultural life in Prague shortly before the turn of the century. Emanating from the novel, I compare the results of a textual analysis with the so far released publications which deal with Prague German literature and life in Prague at the beginning of the 20th century. In the end the reader should primarily have an idea of what social life looked like at the time in which the novel takes place. In addition, I want to find out how Leppinʼs description of Prague corresponds to reality and to what extent it differs. Due to the given scope of the work and the large amount of literature published in this field, it is not possible nor the intent of this work to present a historical study of social life in Prague. It is rather the matter of providing an insight into Leppinʼs ways of describing his surroundings because Prague always was an important topic for the author and played a major role in all his publications as well as in his life.
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