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Reflection of the Indigenous world in the 20 th Century Latin American Essay
Núňez Tayupanta, Lucie ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee) ; Riebová, Markéta (referee)
Reflection of the Indigenous World in the 20th Century Latin American Essay PhDr. Lucie Núñez Tayupanta Abstract This dissertation focuses on the study of essayistic works which reflect the presence of indigenous world and its cultural traditions in Latin America. The aim of this work is to answer the question of how Latin-American essayists consider the contribution of the indigenous heritage to the creation of national identity. Furthermore, the work aims to point out the differences in approach of the essayists and to emphasize specific elements of this process in their works. At the beginning, the thesis deals with the theoretical definition of the genre of essay which is primarily based on studies of Spanish and Latin-American critics. The main part is devoted to the analysis of six essayistic works where three different approaches to the relationship between cultures are evident. The harmonic conception is present in the work of the Mexican writer Alfonso Reyes. Reyes finds common features between the original (pre- Columbian) and the contemporary culture and observes a blending of these two units. In the case of Reyes' text, we can see an effort to find a harmony in the fusion of cultures, the European and indigenous tradition. In the second approach, the dramatic, there can be found two views....
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Narrative Structures in Virginia Woolf's Shorter Fiction
Kovačeva, Elizabet ; Wallace, Clare (advisor) ; Nováková, Soňa (referee)
Thesis Abstract One of the basic principles of modernism was to evaluate existing traditions and cultural norms, to innovate them, and to get rid of them if necessary. The need and urge to innovate proved to be immensely productive in the short story genre. The short story is now perceived as independent of other prose forms precisely thanks to the modernists. Virginia Woolf was one of the most enthusiastic innovators of the form, her work in the genre is nevertheless often overlooked in comparison to her novels, or even in comparison to other short story writers, such as Katherine Mansfield or James Joyce. This thesis deals with selected narrative structures in Virginia Woolf's shorter fiction. It works with the basic assumption that when Woolf's short stories are read, her novels have to be taken into account as well due to numerous thematic and other affinities. However, it is also of importance to evaluate Woolf's short fiction without measuring them against her novels as these are two distinct genres. The thesis introduction presents an overview of the literary and cultural context of the times in which Woolf lived and wrote, with emphasis on her familiarity with the Russian writers, primarily Chekhov, and the first Post-Impressionist painters. The thesis then carries out four separate analyses of four...
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A2 - fortnightly cultural magazine and its way for actual topics in the year 2011
Pešek, Adam ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Halada, Jan (referee)
The Bachelor thesis "A2 - a fortnightly cultural magazine and its way towards the actual topics in 2011" is trying to comprehensively describe the seventh year of the A2's existence, especially the key values of its gatekeeping. The quantified textual patterns of the magazine are based on quantitative research of the whole year and imply expectations about the specific journalistic genres. Similarly, the proportionality between the two major sections of the cultural magazine - artistic creations and social issues and development - are described alongside with the most frequent contributors and the prerequisites for their work as cultural publicists. The following qualitative research analyzes the issues focused on cultural criticism or artistic profession (specifically issues 3 - The magazines about literature elsewhere, 12 - Popculture monsters, 18 - Cultural journalism and 23 - Profession: artist). The thesis is trying to reveal the key values for choosing the covered topics and how A2 uses the genre of essay, which is often the key part of particular issues. Apart from that, the thesis seeks common features of the coverage of specific artworks in the magazine compared to other Czech media. The thesis is based on the discoveries of its author and Zuzana Cajtlerová whose Bachelor thesis describes...
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Paola Mastrocola vs. Contemporary Italian Society. Thematic analysis of author's narrative and essay works.
Macháčková, Michaela ; Flemrová, Alice (advisor) ; Čaplyginová, Olga (referee)
The topic of this thesis is a thematic analysis of literary works of contemporary Italian writer Paola Mastrocola. The introduction is a short introduction of the author (her biographical and bibliographical data). After that there is a research of the most important topics that are shown the most in the Mastrocola's works (both prose and essays). The following section focuses on the artist's work with exaggeration, the use of irony or humor and comic elements, the difference between direct and indirect criticism. The conclusion summarizes the thematic analysis and the main common attributes of Paola Mastrocola's production. Finally, there is a sketched picture of contemporary Italian society, which the reader gains from her works. Key words: Italian literature, modern society, family, school system, education, intolerance, individual, prose for adults, prose for kids, essay, technology
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The Topic of Human Identity in Václav Havel's Work
Voralová, Hana ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Bílek, Petr (referee)
In the first part of the text is a short overview of historical events and changes over the society inside of the normalization Czechoslovakia. It means especially establishing of the Charta 77 and VONS as the most important organizations in battle for human rights and freedom during this period. It was also described a psychology of communism whose consequences within national identity have been way too serious because they intervene in the present. Václav Havel was one of the main representatives of Czechoslovakian dissent and his plays were featuring the problem of human identity in this painful period. An objective of this work was to find a connection between problems of human identity loss inside the real normalization society and inside of Václav Havel's works. A considerable part of this text was dedicated to analysis of his special method of writing. His plays, essays and correspondence have been compared. The play Largo desolato (1984) was selected for a detailed interpretation and for the finally comparation with the texts of another Czech dissidents (Kantůrková, Kohout, Vaculík). Keywords dissent, drama, identity, communism, normalization
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A search for the Mexican identity in the essays of Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes
Faltysová, Jitka Anna ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
The work focuses on the specifics of the Mexican culture in the essays of Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes. It considers the need of self-expression and self-delimitation in the national and the Latin-American level. It makes connection to the previous essays on the Mexican culture by Alfonso Reyes and Samuel Ramos and other essayists. It characterizes the approach to the Mexican history and its historical specific moments, to its partial components and an overall view. It observes the style of the essays and the particular elements, which the authors observe in the Mexican culture, and compares the essays from the historical point of view and from the personal view of the authors.
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