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Metaphor in work of Vladimír Holan
DVOŘÁK, Martin
This doctoral thesis focuses on metaphors and their usage in literature. On basis of different theoretical approaches, the thesis describes the substitution theory of metaphor, specifically Aristotle's concept presented in his treatises Poetics and Rhetoric, then interaction theory of metaphor, initiated by Ivor Armstrong Richards and developed by Max Black. The concept of cognitive content of metaphors will be particularly analysed. The methodology section of this thesis will then focus on Donald Davidson's essay "What Metaphors Mean", John Searle's theory of speech acts and Richard Rorty's model of contingency of language. The thesis is complemented by three case studies theoretically based on methodology described in previous chapters. The studies analyse the metaphors in poetry of czech poet Vladimír Holan. They are surveying Holan's figurative language in his books from late 20s to late 40s of the 20th century, one of the studies focuses on speech initiations produced by Holan's lyric poetry, which he wrote in 30s, those initiations are tracked in contemporary reviews.
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His Majesty,honourable publisher and the book-seller Ignác Leopold Kober (Publishing house I.L. Kober 1846 {--} 1866)
JUKL, Jan
The supposed dissertation entertaines about the publisher and book-seller Ignác Leopold Kober and the development of his enterprise during the period of the years 1846-1866 in the connection of the czech society of the second half of 19th century. The basic accent is focused on the I. L. Kober´s life and his influence over the contemporary czech culture and intelligence,it deals in the characteristic of his released production and significant attention is attended to the understanding to the story of the Kober´s greatest masterpiece The Slovník naučný and its importance for the czech intelligence.The story of Ignác Leopold Kober,the first czech modern publisher, hasn´t been done yet and almost forgotten and this fact shold be reformed by this dissertation. The target of this is to introduced mr. Kober´s personality as a man,who was able to consummate the piece of the old period to lay the foundation of the new age.
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Reflection of Napoleon in Czech literature at the beginning of the 20th century
Chadraba, David ; Vlnas, Vít (advisor) ; Pokorný, Jiří (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to acquaint the reader with Czech literature dealing with the person of Napoleon Bonaparte from the beginning of the 19th century to the first third of the 20th century. Furthermore, to objectively capture and try to explain the main views of the authors, which were reflected in their literary works. The thesis deals with the reflection of the person of Napoleon Bonaparte in Czech literature and is shaped to outline the development of the reflection of the French emperor from the beginning of the 19th century to the first third of the 20th century. The gradual chronological synthesis emphasizes key authors and their breakthrough literary works. Selected authors active at the beginning of the last century, namely Jan Miloslav Kryštůfek, Josef Svatopluk Machar and František Josef Čečetka, are subjected to key reflection. The analysis of the works with Napoleonic themes by the selected authors is complemented by the historical context of the time and the introduction of other authors who dealt with the same topic. At the beginning of the thesis, the possibilities of approaching a literary work as a source are presented. This chapter is expanded by an analysis of an essay by Lion Feuchtwanger dealing with the relationship between historical fiction and history. This...
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Melancholic souls. Social dysfunction and social phobias in Czech literature at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
Řezníková, Lenka
This study deals with the presentation of social dysfunction in 1890s Czech Decadent literature. At a time when other literary movements were highlighting mass society and crowd behaviour as a topos, neo-Romantic, Decadent and Symbolist literature was reflecting extreme forms of individualism. The staging of pathological anxieties here became part of a broad contemporary debate over the relationship between individualism and a modernising, consumerist, conformist and manipulable society, which was also subject of contemporary psychology under various headings during and especially at the end of the 19th century. Pathological individualism was not presented in neo-Romantic, Decadent and Symbolist literature either as something people are obliged to choose, or as a goal of emancipatory endeavours, but as a condition to which some individuals are “condemned” as a result of uncontrollable, e.g. genetic, factors.
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Traditions and customs in Czech and Ukrainian literature of the 19th century
Golovan, Nelli ; Dolenská, Jana (advisor) ; Hasil, Jiří (referee)
(in English): The bachelor thesis deals with traditions and customs of the Czech and Ukrainian literature of the 19th century. Work contains the theoretical part with a brief description of the development of Czech and Ukrainian literature of the 19th century, those mentioned personalities had great influence on shaping of the literature of this period. The practical part of the text is dedicated to important Czech and Ukrainian authors, such as Bozena Nemcova, Karolina Svetla, Karel Jaromír Erben, Taras Shevchenko, Hryhoriy Kvitka- Osnovjanenko, Ivan Kotliarevsky, Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky, and Mykhailo Kocjubynskyj. The works of these authors are used as the primary literature of the thesis. Based on the study of selected literature, examples of traditions, customs and superstitions that are associated with such events of human life such as birth, engagement, wedding, funeral, and celebration of some holidays were analyzed in this part of the text. These events are categorized and compared. The practical part also contains research whether and to what extent mentioned traditions, customs and superstitions in both cultures are still kept alive. Klíčová slova (anglicky) Traditions superstitions Czech literature Ukrainian literature 19th century Ukraine Czech Republic wedding funeral Christmas
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Literary texts and their adaptations in teaching of Czech as a foreign language
Nedbalová, Monika ; Klumparová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Nerlich, Lenka (referee)
The thesis deals with possible applications of literary texts in teaching of czech as a foreign language. The first part summarizes the position of literature within the framework of respective methodical directions both in the past and today and also what status is attributed to literature in teaching of foreign languages by contemporary education legislation (especially the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). The work also includes an analysis of czech language textbooks for foreigners and of other publications based on the inclusion frequency of literary excerpts, on their type and potential didactic utilization. The theoretical part of the thesis contains chapters, which deal with the significance of literature in the teaching of foreign languages, in particular with literary texts and the definition of reader's competence, which are an important basis for the practical part of the work. The practical part contains four lesson proposals built upon working with specific literary texts (one prosaic and three poetic texts). The proposed lessons are suitable for level B1 and B1+ and combine reading of czech literature with education of intercultural competence (particularly important is the historical and cultural context of the period between years 1948 and 1989, in which the...
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The Employ of the Gothic Novel in Czech Prose of the First Half of the 20th Century: analogies and variations of the genre.
Petrová, Zuzana ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Mravcová, Marie (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to define the genre of the English gothic novel, a historically-conditioned phenomenon, which is revived whenever a specific cultural and social situation occurs. The presence of the genre in the Czech prose of the first half of the twentieth century is traced and discovered in the works of Vítězslav Nezval and Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic. Along with the inspiration drawn from the gothic novel goes the literary background particular for each author - surrealism (Nezval) and decadence (Karásek). Despite the gothic novel balancing on the edge of the trivial, its position in the literary tradition has been stable for several hundreds of years. It has affected many other genres which have carried on its tradition until today.
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Czech sonnet in the first half of the 20th century
Hanus, Ondřej ; Wiendl, Jan (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
Ondrej Hanus Czech Sonnet in the 1st Half of the 20th Century Abstract This thesis examines the history of Czech sonnets in 1885-1948. Based on a carefully selected material, it analyses the position of particular texts both in the work of individual writers (from Jaroslav Vrchlicky to Jan Zabrana) and in the defined period of Czech literary history. This period is divided into three phases (1885-1900, 1900-1930 a 1931-1948). Both formal aspects (metre, rhyme, strophic structure) and functional aspects (the various roles of the sonnet in the individual phases of Czech literary history) are taken into account. An important part of the thesis is the revision of the standard narrow formalistic definition of the sonnet. This is substituted with a much broader definition, allowing us to regard various formal experiments as fully-fledged sonnets.
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