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Narrators of Josef Škvorecký
Vrabcová, Eva ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The thesis analyses two short stories of Josef Škvorecký from 1948, Cesta k ateliérům and Divák v únorové noci. Besides the basic inclusion in the author's work are the short stories put to a detailed analyse of compositional and language elements. Main focus is concentrated on the subject of ich-narrator, which merges with the main character, and on his narrative methods and functions in the textual construction. Other aim is to depict components and principes, which are known from the Škvorecký's later works. Key words Josef Škvorecký, short stories, narrator, narrative methods, 1948
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Short stories of Jan Zábrana in the historical context
Zezulák, Ondřej ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with Jan Zábrana's short stories from the 1950s. With the example of the short story V noci u pece, it tries to demonstrate the specifics of Zábrana's prose in the context of literary history. In the first place, it examines the "illusion of reality" which arises during reading of the text. At the same time, it tries to prove that prose is determined by historical circumstances. Therefore, the thesis focuses on the following categories: narrator, language, space and time. In order to analyze these categories, suitable works of literary theory dealing with the individual categories have been consulted and the consequent findings are demonstrated on specific examples from Zábrana's text.
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The construction of Karel Poláček's prose Hedvika a Ludvík
Hrabětová, Kateřina ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to describe the construction of the novel Hedvika and Ludvík (Hedvika a Ludvík) by Karel Poláček. The structural elements analysis is based on the concept developed by František Všetička which allows us to analyse both architectonics and composition of the novel. Individual chapters deal with the external composition of the book, its compositional principle, and categories of space and time; major part of the thesis focuses on description of individual characters, the way they are depicted in the text, their characteristics, their role within the novel's construction, and their proper names. The thesis also contains an analysis of specific types of the comic used in the novel; the whole thesis is concluded with a brief summary of reactions to the unusual construction and grotesqueness of the novel at the time when it was published.
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The Language of Images (The Image of an Author as a Paratextual Phenomenon in Cultural Transfer)
Králíková, Andrea ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Špirit, Michael (referee) ; Kubíček, Tomáš (referee)
This PhD. Thesis "The Language of Images (The Image of an Author as a Paratextual Phenomenon in Cultural Transfer)" deals with the teoretical questions of the notion "The Image of an Author" and the way the term is constituted and its conections to a specific cultural space in the frame of cultural transfer. The Image of the Author is interpreted as a paratextual phenomenon which is on the one hand created through review acceptance and medial discurs in the cultural space, and on the other hand has influence on the way the text is accepted by the reader. The question of the image of an author is approached in the context of other paratextual elements, paratexts are from our point of view read as cultural (semantic) units, which participace on semiotic space of culture. The first three chapters form the teoretical basis of the thesis and focus on the theme of cultural transfer and paratexts. The core of the thesis is in its second part which presents four case studies about four different author's types in contemporary Czech literature (Jáchym Topol, Petra Hůlová, Jaroslav Rudiš, Miloš Urban). Each case study analyses the main points of their reception, the speech of the medial discourse and the way of their presentation and self-presentation. A comparison with distinc attributes of reception in...
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The Revenge in Norbert Frýd's and Viktor Fischl's Works
Gričová, Andrea ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Špirit, Michael (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on two novels - Krabice živých and Dvorní šašci in which both authors describe events of Second World War. It deals with stylistic and composition processes of both writings and also with the theme of revenge and the related guilt and punishment in connection with the World War II and holocaust. The first part of the thesis deals with Norbert Frýd and his writing Krabice živých, it also states his factual life data, because they serve the better understanding of the origin of the work. The second part of thesis deals with Viktor Fischl and his writing Dvorní šašci and also states the factual data from his life. In the conclusion it summarizes the collected findings. Keywords Norbert Frýd, Viktor Fischl, the Revenge, Second World War, Literature
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The Reflection of Writing in Sešity by Jan Hanč
Sudzinová, Tereza ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
This bachelor essay focuses on the analysis of the texts about the author's own writing in the section Sešity from Události by Jan Hanč. It deals with a portrait of the writer and his craft in this literary work. Within the interpretation of the text, the writer pays attention to the identity of writing subject or the relation between writing and physicality. She also gives a stylistic analysis of Sešity with an emphasis on the communication situation.
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The build-up of a plot in Josef Skvorecky's tetralogy about lieutenant Boruvka
Zamora, Juan ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Bílek, Petr (referee)
The scope of the thesis is the description of plot in the open tetralogy of Josef Škvorecký about the lieutenant Josef Borůvka which was published between 1966-1981. We examine the extent to which the rules characteristic for detective stories are complied with in the series and how passages devoted to private life of main characters relate to the investigation of the cases. Theoretically we draw from professional literature about the detective genre (especially Škvorecký, Sýkora, Todorov) and the literature about the author (Kosková, Trenský). We describe contexts of the tetralogy with other proses of Josef Škvorecký as well.
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Psí víno by Anna Blažíčková
Barylová, Hana ; Wiendl, Jan (advisor) ; Špirit, Michael (referee)
This bachelor's thesis presents a literary analysis of Anna Blažíčková's novella Psí víno. In four chapters I focus on the following: textual components (formal structure, textual coherence and basic narrative structure), linguistic components (stylistic, syntactic, lexical and morphological), characterization (types of characters, means of explicit and implicit characterization, realisation of the theme through characters) and the theme itself (themes of family, loss and work). The aim of this thesis is to discover and present basic structural and thematic components of the novella.
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The Composition of Three Novels by Jan Otčenášek
Soukupová, Veronika ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis concerns with the composition of selected novels by Jan Otčenášek. It tries to demonstrate author's homogeneous method of arranging the actions, which lead from exposition, a hero's crisis and a following act to a shift in his opinion and lastly to his final attitude. Besides the common constructing principles, the thesis also reflects features which enrich his later works. The applied interpretative and analytical method is based on a briefly described definition of the term composition.
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