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Die verlorene Heimat Böhmen. Zum Heimatbild im Prosawerk Gertrud Fusseneggers.
Hanišová, Viktorie ; Tvrdík, Milan (advisor) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee) ; Krappmann, Jorg (referee)
The presented dissertation deals with the portrayal of the Bohemian homeland ("Heimat") in the prosaic work by the Austrian writer Gertrud Fussenegger (1912-2009), born in Pilsen. The picture of homeland is analysed using Homi K. Bhabha's theoretical notions "hybridity" and "third space" (without their postcolonial background). The goal of the dissertation is to find out how the cultural heterogenity of Bohemia is reflected in Fussenegger's works. Another goal is to position Gertrud Fussenegger within the German literature in the Bohemian lands. The results of the analysed works show that in some aspects the texts go beyond binary, nationality-based models towards a more complex and heterogenic form of depicting the coexistence of Czechs and Germans (mainly at the level of depicting space and personal constellations). In other cases (especially when the texts present historical events or at the level of narrative space) there are noticeable antithetic schemes in the texts which portray the Czech and German culture as separate, opposing entities.
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Image of women in the 19th and 20th centuries of the example of selected prose
Novotná, Markéta ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
This thesis deals with the social status of women and their role during the late 19th century to the seventies of the 20th century. In the first part, there is sketched out the development of women's image inclusive the Women's Movement in historical and social context. This description is followed by an analysis of female characters and roles on the basis of selected prose works Effi Briest of Theodor Fontane, The Murder of Captain Hanik of Hermann Ungar and Group Portrait with Lady of Heinrich Böll. Keywords women, 19th century, 20th century, women's emancipation, Women's Movement, women's rights, social roles, social history, gender inequality
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What does Impressionism mean in Poetry?
Valčuhová, Jaroslava ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
At first, impressionism will be presented in painting. Based on this, will be discussed what impressionistic features the literature (especially poetry) can have, whose precursor was the painting. On the example of a poem the main impressionistic features in the poetry will be shown, hereinafter how these features can be indentified in German poetry with individual authors. At the end, will be explained why the German impressionism in poetry cannot be viewed as an independent period (as in painting) and why it was subsumed to the symbolism. Key words impressionism - painting - Monet - poetry - Detlev von Liliencron - Hugo von Hofmannsthal - Stefan George - Rainer Maria Rilke
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Concentration Camp as a Topic in German Literature
Vozárová, Jana ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Knoll, Ursula (referee)
This thesis deals with the topic of the Nazi concentration camps in German literature. At the beginning of the work the historical background and the most important dates and events from the history of the concentration camps will be described. It will be continued by the general description of the topic in German literature and the attitude of society in the postwar period. In the last chapter three works with the theme of concentration camps from every literary genre will be analysed in detail. From drama it will be The trial by Peter Weiss, then the poem Death Fugue by Paul Celan and finally the novel Naked among Wolves by Bruno Apitz. Apart of the interpretations of works the emphasis will be put on the lives of the authors, for better understanding. The main subject of this thesis will be to approach the topic of concentration camps in German literature, historical background and attitude to this topic in the postwar period. Keywords: concentration camp, postwar period, drama, epic, lyric, own experience of the authors
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Berlin, the Cultural Metropolis in the 21st Century: From the Perspective of a German Studies Student.
Tvrzová, Jana ; Tvrdík, Milan (advisor) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on culturally-orientated activities in Berlin in the past 20 years. That means from the reunification of Germany when Berlin, as the newly instituted capital city, became the political and cultural centre of the country. On the basis of sociological research conducted among German and international students of German Studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin, the author offers the youngest student generation's perspective on Berlin's culture of the past years including Berlin's theaters, festivals, multicultural Berlin, exhibitions and music production. The thesis aims to portray Berlin's cultural evolution all the way to its contemporary state. Keywords Berlin, Culture, Literature, Cultural events and a sociological survey.
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Female characters and roles in the German-Turkisch literature
Prášilová, Dana ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
Subject of the present thesis is an analysis of the role of women in German-Turkish literature at the example of two novels of Emine Sevgi Özdamar and Selim Özdoğan. At first, the thesis gives an overview of the history of the Turkish immigrants in Germany. Subsequently, the term of migrant literature is explained. These explanations are followed by a portrait of the authors and an analysis of their specific way of writing. Then the role of women in islamic culture is explained. Afterwards, the role of women in the novels "Life Is a Caravanserai: Has Two Doors I Came in One I Went Out the Other" and "The Blacksmith's Daughter" is analyzed. The thesis concludes with a comparison of the novels and a summary of the results of the analysis.
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Honour and virtue in signo temporis. On examples of female figures in G. E. Lessings's, F. Hebbel's and A. Schnitzler's works.
Poláčková, Zuzana ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee)
The subject of this thesis was virtue and honour in signo temporis. It means that I've tried to focus on the concept of virtue and honour in a certain time period. I have chosen three different literary periods and three works as their representatives. It was the bourgeois tragedy "Emilia Galotti" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, as the representative of the Enlightenment. For the first half of the 19th century I've chosen also a bourgeois tragedy "Maria Magdalena" by Friedrich Hebbel. And as the third example I analysed the novella "Fräulein Else" by Arthur Schnitzler. All of the three heroines are daugthers, who are strongly influenced by this fact. All of them find a tragic end. Two of them commit suicide and one persuades her own father to kill her. The fathers are also an important part of the plot, because their largely contribute to death of their daughters. Emilia in "Emilia Galotti" is stabbed by her own father, after she persuades him to kill her, because she is afraid of losing her virtue, which is at that times related with religion and identified with chastity. In the first half of the 19th century the religious aspect was still a part of the concept of virtue and honour. But the honour was now perceived more in the way of reputation. Klara in "Maria Magdalena", who lost her virtue by...
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Homoeroticism and Autoeroticism in modern prose
Dlasková, Kateřina ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee)
In the first part the thesis deals with the definition and characteristics of the time period of the turn of the 19th and 20th century and intends to show the change in the perception of world and man and their psyche in the context of the new sexuality concept. The second part focuses on homoeroticism in the sexology of that time and its position in contemporary literary science, particularly in the work of Thomas Mann. In the last part the analysis of the three literary texts - "Death in Venice" by Thomas Mann, " The Confusions of Young Torless" by Robert Musil and Arthur Schnitzler's "Fräulein Else"- appears in order to explain the function of abnormal sexuality, specifically homoeroticism and autoeroticism, in German prose of the 19th and 20th century.
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Bourgeois and Artist in Robert Walser's Novels
Kopřivová, Simona ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee)
This thesis examines the urban and artistic themes found in the Berlin novels of Robert Walser. It is based on an exploration of the novels The Tanners, The Assistant and Jakob von Gunten. The introductory chapter defines the subject of research and sets out the aims of the thesis. The second chapter places the subject of the title in the historical and social context of the German-speaking world at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, while also taking in developments in Walser's native Switzerland. The third chapter examines the literature of the turn of the century, identifying the era's most important literary currents, and also looks at literary trends in Switzerland. As urban and artistic themes appear in such abundance in the literature of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the fourth chapter is devoted to Walser's contemporaries, who also reflected on them in their work. Chapter five examines Walser's personality and, in connection with the subject of the title, briefly refers to the short prose of his Berlin period. Individual novels by the author are analysed in chapters six through eight, and compared in chapter nine. The concluding chapter then summarises the thesis's observations and findings. Key words: Robert Walser, artist, society, turn of the century literature, Bildungsroman
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Dichotomy of fair and dark as representation of the discourses of power in the works of Libuše Moníková "for black chickens!"
Koutková, Lucie ; Petříček, Miroslav (advisor) ; Pfeiferová, Dana (referee) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee)
Dichotomy of fair and dark as representation of the discourses of power in the works of Libuše Moníková. "For black chickens!" The focus of this work, the figure of fair and dark (Hell- Dunkel-Figur), stands in the novels of Libuše Moníková as a representative example of the use of dichotomies as a repres- entation principle in the fictional literature. The figure is also seen as the means of critical fictional response to Mod- ernism. The figure of fair and dark which occurs in Pavane für eine verstorbene Infantin, in Treibeis, Der Taumel and Die Fassade is derived from the search for female identity in the context of two major areas - the control of the individual body and the body politic through the biopolitics and the sub- versive undermining of social constraint mechanisms. The study uses the "figurative method" (Auerbach) to describe the nature and functions of the fair and dark dichotomy and interprets the figure in relation to the female protagonists in two steps: The performance of the identity determination, with the consequence that biopolitical stereotypes and constraints as- signed by society are discarded in favor of identity as an artist/writer (Pavane für eine verstorbene Infantin, Treibeis), and as the personification of art in the form of Muses occupying the place of the mother...
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