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Festival of Defiance? "Majáles" in 50s and 60s of 20th century in Czechoslovakia.
Šťástka, Jan ; Himl, Pavel (advisor) ; Roubal, Petr (referee)
In this thesis based on research of historical sources I try to reconstruct the Prague festival of majales in 50s and 60s of 20th century and understand if they were truly meant as an act of defiance against the communist "régime" as some historians say. My point of view is base around the theory of Michail Bachtin and carnival as form of culturally creative force which act as form of social order negotiation. Worlds of play and laughter exist as a parallel to the official mundane world with their own different rules and they can be used as a form of social negotiation even in totalitarian or strongly conservative "régimes". Majales is a form of carnival that grants the transition into the world of play. Students in Czechoslovakia could use this possibility to negotiate about many otherwise taboo topics. Even if the worlds of play and mundane seem to be separated they influence each other in many ways and even the rules of mundane world can be changed through play and carnival. Students are also protected by their liminal status between being a child and an adult. Which grants them more rights than children but less duties than adults.
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The critic of the dukes in Don Quixote
Vítková, Tereza ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Škodová, Denisa (referee)
The present thesis deals with an analysis of the direct and especially the indirect critism of the duke and the duchess, the characteres of the second part of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, and it identifies the techniques to achieve that. A literary-scientific framework treating the mentioned issue is used for the analysis. Moreover it is supported by the quotations from the book in most cases.
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The phenomen of madness in Don Quijote de la Mancha and its time
Ludvíková, Anna ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Zatlkajová, Katarína (referee)
(in English) Initially this Bachelor Degree Thesis studies the conception of the phenomenon of madness through different centuries. It analyses the ancient tradition of the medical aspect of this concept and it also elaborates in detail its symbolism in the so-called culture of folk humor. These dimensions, which evolved mostly in the Renaissance period, are explored due to its influence on meaning of madness in the masterpiece of Miguel de Cervantes The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. Some other relevant pieces of art and literary works, which could have potential influence on the Cervantes' book, are also expounded. Finally, the existent interpretations of don Quixote's madness are summarized. Key words madness, melancholy, laugh, culture of folk humor, carnival, don Quixote, Cervantes, Bachtin, Foucault, Erasmus
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The Changes of the Sociocultural Role of Carnival and Charivari in the Historical Perspective
Hillebrandová, Olga ; Horský, Jan (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
The thesis discusses the changes of the sociocultural role of Carnival and Charivari in the Western culture from the Late Middle Agges to the end of the early modern period. The thesis is graunded in the analysis of secondary literature about the carnival and charivari , which is considered to be paradigmatic in history. The analysis follows the thesis of theoretical concepts of N. Elias and M. Foucault. Both of these authors deal with establishing specific individuality of modern man based on the necessary self-control a courtesy codified by social consensus. Carnival and charivari are examples of ritualized collective transgression, which helps create the values and norms of society. Carnival is primarily an expression of popular culture, which includes ritual, play and festivities. It celebrates human nature; the bodily pleasure food, drink, sex and violence, everything that should be civilized by culture. The goal of the thesis is to examine the process of civilizing or disciplining carnival , to determine the initiators and agents of this change. Following the previous then to check whether originally spontaneous carnival festivities, games and rituals in the historical development, which is characterized by a loss of spontaneity, commercialization and professionalization, completely lost their...
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Using Nothing We Want to Change the the World
Lacina, Štěpán ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Heczková, Libuše (referee)
This work focuses on the evolution of Dada and its manifestation in Czech literature, especially in the twenties of the twentieth century, but, of course, it focuses on later manifestations too. It focuses on the main features of dadaism, like abhor technics, mysticism and rituality, destruction, universality, dada language or humour. Application of dada to czech discourse would be unable, without defining these features. This work focuses on real or potential dadaistic manifestations and theoretical reception in the czech discourse, which is represented by Karel Teige on the side of oppositors and the Devetsil group of Brno on the side of propagators. The last chapter is about the relations between dadaism and carnival culture, that wat theoretically formulated by Bachtin. I focuses especially on identical properties. Key words: Dadaism, carnival culture, humour, destruction, manifesto.
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Polysemy of the Courtly Love: Inversion in the Aucassin et Nicolette
Herčíková, Barbora ; Christov, Petr (advisor) ; Sarkissian, Alena (referee)
Purpose of my thesis is create a precise register of inversion in chante-fable from XIIIth century: Aucassin et Nicolette. Main point of view is connected with a converse of woman and man part. This noticeable destabilization brings an inversion of further rules defined by literary discourse of medieval literature, above all by courtly culture. The first part included a basic definitions of misogyny, courtly love, chivarly and carnival principle. Following analysis of Aucassin et Nicolette indicates medieval need to show aberrations from social order and tries to find way to cure that "illness" of age.
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Cultural traditions and customs of choosen czech families in the village Lnáře
MAJEROVÁ, Aneta
This bachelor´s thesis is focused on folk tradition of the village Lnáře. Lnáře are known because they belong to the most important pond areas of our republic. People celebrate here for many years social and kultural events which are organised by local associations and organisations. The main goal of my thesis will be meeting with this activity in the village and also to notice the changes of the traditions in the past and in the present. We will also remind of historical development of czech traditions and their important features.
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The Image of Masopust´s Rituals in Classical Czech Literature and their Reflections in Contemporary Folklore at Trhove Sviny´s region.
KÁPLOVÁ, Hana
The main aim of this bachelor thesis is to report about Czech carnival. First of all the history of Czech carnival is mentioned. Furthermore a wide scale of habits and traditions in Trhové Sviny countryside is surveyed. The second part of this thesis is focused on influence of carnival festivity on older Czech literature above all on Hussites and Humanistic age. In the period of Humanism can be found a lot of works where authors mentioned their opinions on carnivals, for example Vavrinec Leandr Rvacovsky wrote an entire book about carnivals. Allusions to the Czech carnival can be found in treatise written by hussites priests or in other humanistic works.The main aim of this bachelor thesis is to report about Czech carnival. First of all the history of Czech carnival is mentioned. Furthermore a wide scale of habits and traditions in Trhové Sviny countryside is surveyed. The second part of this thesis is focused on influence of carnival festivity on older Czech literature above all on Hussites and Humanistic age. In the period of Humanism can be found a lot of works where authors mentioned their opinions on carnivals, for example Vavrinec Leandr Rvacovsky wrote an entire book about carnivals. Allusions to the Czech carnival can be found in treatise written by hussites priests or in other humanistic works.
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