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Iconography of Rudolf II.
Zlatohlávková, Eliška ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Fučíková, Eliška (referee) ; Seifertová, Hana (referee)
Many portraits of Rudolf II were painted and created during his lifetime, forming a significant component of Rudolfine art, however, they have not received a sufficient art historical attention. They document, at times at stylyzed manner, the transformation of Rudolf's appearance. However, their most important task was to demonstrate and make tangeable Rudolf's authentic appearance to the world and to celebrate his magnanimity and personality. Thus, there are many portraits that represent Rudolf as a good emperor or a brilliant commander, although, as we know, they did not correspond to reality. A special chapter of the portrait iconography also create complicated allegories about Rudolf's reign relying on representations of personifications, mythological and animal symbols using Rudolf's personal impresa. Most of the portraits follow former portrait types typical for the 16th century, as bust, standing figure or equestrian monument. However, the peculiarity for Rudolfine portraiture is the allegorical portrait Rudolf as Vertumnus painted by Giuseppe Arcimboldo that combines classical portrait with allegory.
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Im Che's Wonsäng mongjurok and Korean Dream tales
Francán, Michal ; Glomb, Vladimír (advisor) ; Löwensteinová, Miriam (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to introduce and analyze not well known literary genre of mongyurok. Literary genre of mongyurok firs appeared in late 15. century on Korean peninsula. This diploma thesis is also focused on analysis of korean scholar Im Che's work called Wǒnsaeng mongyurok. For the purpose of this thesis, there is a typology of the genre mentioned above, created on the basis of seven different works of the genre, described in the first chapter. This typology was used for better analysis of the Wǒnsaeng mongyurok and for comparison of genres of mongyurok and mongjaryu sosǒl.
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Once upon a time, there was a stranger on the road
Vondráčková, Kristýna ; Listíková, Renáta (advisor) ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (referee)
v anglickém jazyce: This thesis mainly analyzes the five-part novel Gargantua and Pantagruel written by the French author Francois Rabelais. Emphasis is based particularly on an inclusion of Rabelais's work in historical and literary context of the period of transformation between medieval and Renaissance society. More specifically, it deals with the author's humanist opinion and his critique of contemporary society, which is the main line of the work itself. The aim of our thesis is especially an attempt to outline the various possible meanings of the terms « road or path » and « stranger » in Rabelais's work and explain the role of these thematic concepts in the author's concept of criticism of society.
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Ethics by Philo of Alexandria
FUKOVÁ, Barbora
The bachelor thesis deals with doctrine by Philo of Alexandria. The first part describes about life of Philo and city Alexandria during his life. Also there is a mention about the authors who he admires most. Next it explains character of his writings, what other authors said about it and its importance for future generations. In the second part there is a description of virtue in general and one of the cardinal virtue - wisdom. It mentions extracts of Philo's writings, which are related to wisdom and how Philo comprehend it. All his writings coincide that wisdom is very important virtue and it is gift from God, which we should appreciate. In the last part there is a chapter about sins against wisdom, which we could have committed. In conclusion, there is a statement about that important thing is to find in all the golden mean.
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The Elements of Medieval Romance in C.S.Lewis´s Chronicles of Narnia
JÁNA, Martin
This thesis deals with the interpretation of Lewis' fantasy stories for children. The main attention is dedicated to the influence of the medieval romance and its crucial theme: the hero´s journey and adventure associated with the search for the source of life. The first chapters concentrate on the life experience of the author (the importance of literature and religion) and the general characteristics of romance as a genre. The main part of this thesis concentrates on the literary analysis, which includes the links between the traditional elements of romance and the elements of religious allegory (the themes of death and rebirth, emptiness and imagination, good and evil, man and God).
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The Theme of the Other World in Douglas Adams´ series The Hitchhiker´s Guide to the Galaxy
HORÁKOVÁ, Zuzana
This thesis deals with the interpretation and analysis of Adams' series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) with regard to crucial themes of journey and space as "the other" world. The theoretical introduction will be dedicated to reflection on the meaning of these themes within the science fiction genre. The analysis itself will focus on the particular motifs in Adams' work, the use of irony, the characteristics of the main characters and the function of the environment.
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