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Polarities in the Works of Oscar Wilde
Burianová, Petra ; Wallace, Clare (advisor) ; Beran, Zdeněk (referee)
Reading through the works of Oscar Wilde, one soon notices the many instances of polarity: the recurring themes of the body versus soul, good versus evil, city versus nature, artificial versus natural and many more. It is to be found in his plays as well as in his prose and fairy- tales. Yet these polarities do not necessarily have to oppose each other: the Wildean dialectic allows contraries to coexist, and thus we have the Star-Child who, through repentance, turns from evil to good; however this turn of character does not ensure a happy-ending, and makes us question whether "good really is good". A great number of Wilde's characters either live a double-life, have two distinct sides to their personality, or even several personalities, and in the case of Dorian Gray the split is literal. What led the author to constantly toy with this motif is a question worth examining. In Wilde's case, the artist's life cannot be entirely separated from his works since so much of what he was and what formed him is reflected in the texts he wrote. His statement that "what people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities" (Ransome, 162) shows that for Wilde, truth was not the opposite of "lie", but there may have been several different versions of truth. His aesthetic views,...
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Questioning Gender Through the Test of History: the Fiction of Jeanette Winterson and Ali Smith
Burianová, Petra ; Nováková, Soňa (advisor) ; Beran, Zdeněk (referee)
This thesis focuses on the work of two contemporary authors, Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson, and their treatment of the concepts of history and gender in their fiction. I argue that, by openly speculating about the nature of time and history, and by making their readers think about the origin of these notions, Smith and Winterson uncover the seemingly stable but, in actuality, very fragile roots of the 'truths' we take for granted. They explore the potentiality of the past, which, in turn opens up the present and the future. To support my argument, I turned to Hayden White and his theory of historiography and Paul Ricoeur's philosophy of time and history. The latter part of the thesis deals with gender, as well as biological sex and sexual orientation, and the way in which Smith and Winterson's texts put into practice Judith Butler's theory of gender performativity, and work towards the subversion of gender norms as well as the destabilisation of heteronormativity. Both parts of the thesis are closely connected; history serves to keep the laws that define gender, sex and sexuality intact, and, in turn, these laws are often adhered to solely by the virtue of their historicity. What is more, myth and language are equally exposed to be supporting these norms. The aim of this thesis is to...
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Polarities in the Works of Oscar Wilde
Burianová, Petra ; Wallace, Clare (advisor) ; Beran, Zdeněk (referee)
Reading through the works of Oscar Wilde, one soon notices the many instances of polarity: the recurring themes of the body versus soul, good versus evil, city versus nature, artificial versus natural and many more. It is to be found in his plays as well as in his prose and fairy- tales. Yet these polarities do not necessarily have to oppose each other: the Wildean dialectic allows contraries to coexist, and thus we have the Star-Child who, through repentance, turns from evil to good; however this turn of character does not ensure a happy-ending, and makes us question whether "good really is good". A great number of Wilde's characters either live a double-life, have two distinct sides to their personality, or even several personalities, and in the case of Dorian Gray the split is literal. What led the author to constantly toy with this motif is a question worth examining. In Wilde's case, the artist's life cannot be entirely separated from his works since so much of what he was and what formed him is reflected in the texts he wrote. His statement that "what people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities" (Ransome, 162) shows that for Wilde, truth was not the opposite of "lie", but there may have been several different versions of truth. His aesthetic views,...
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Destination of the Tábor Region on the Tourism Market
BURIANOVÁ, Petra
The main target of this thesis was to evaluate the primary and secondary destination offers of Táborsko based on situation analysis, identification of competitive destinations and determine the position of the tourism market. Then identify competitive advantage and propose methods of enforcement.
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Analysis of the Offer of Credit for Entrepreneurs
Burianová, Petra ; Hašková, Simona (advisor) ; Kolář, Pavel (referee)
This thesis deals with business credits (credits for enterpreneurs). In theoretical part there are described the basic concepts, legal foundation of credit relation (credit application and credit contract), the different types of interest rates, the various credit repayment and the most importat (basest)types of credit products. Other chapters are devoted to credit risk and the variou types of collateral. In practical part there is recommended specific product to concrete model situation.
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Mythology of the J. R. R. Tolkien's Novels
BURIÁNOVÁ, Petra
The aim of the diploma thesis is the literary and practical analysis of two chosen works The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (1937) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (1949). This study is mainly concerned with the typology interpretation of concrete characters and motifs in the works. It also comments on the concrete examples of the diffusion of inspiratory mythological sources. The brief survey of the mythology and fantasy literature precedes the analysis of the hidden mythology.
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