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Alienation and Changes in Intimacy in Contemporary Czech Literature and its Critical Response
Motyčková, Kateřina ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
This thesis focuses on four prose works of contemporary Czech literature. These are the novel Možnosti milostného románu (Ways of Writing about Love) and the short story collection Hra pro čtyři ruce (The Game for Four Hands) by the writer Jan Němec, the novel Smrtholka (Deathmaiden) by the writer Lucie Faulerová and the novella Přípravy na všechno (Preparations for Everything) by the poet publishing under the pseudonym Elsa Aids. The thesis focuses in particular on how the themes of alienation and the transformation of intimacy are manifested in the selected works. The thesis first defines these concepts theoretically. Then focuses on contemporary Czech literature and the ways in which it relates to the present and its problems. It will then also theoretically define the concepts of literary criticism and interpretation. In the practical part, the interpretation of individual literary works will be carried out. It will also include an analysis of critical responses that have appeared in the Czech media, most of which are culturally or literary oriented. The aim of the thesis will be to map how the selected works reflect feelings of alienation and modern transformations of intimacy and how these themes are addressed by literary critics and reviewers. The thesis also includes the interview with the...
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Transforming of Revolver Revue (1990-2000) and its Critical Analysis
Korábková, Kateřina ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Köpplová, Barbara (referee)
The aim of this thesis named Transforming of the Revolver Revue (1990-2000) and its Critical Analysis is to describe the image and development of the cultural magazine Revolver Revue, including its supplement Kritická Příloha Revolver Revue during the first decade after the 1989 "Velvet revolution". Special attention is given to its literature reviews that largely determined the reception of of the magazine. Because the magazine was strongly influenced by its underground roots and the examined period of 1990s was full of remarkable socio- political changes the historical context, especially the developments of media and literature of that period, is discussed. To get an image of the magazine's role and its transformations as seen from the outside we describe how it was received by the contemporary press. The theoretical part focuses on issues of the conception of the literary criticism, which relates to the search for the role of criticism in the 1990s and it outlines the diversity of different perspectives, concepts and attitudes. The section dedicated to Kritická Příloha includes analysis of a few chosen reviews and aims to explore the form of criticism published in this magazine. The thesis also includes interviews with the chief editor of Revolver Revue Terezie Pokorná, and with Jáchym Topol,...
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Czech Literary criticism on internet
Kučera, Štěpán ; Kraus, Jiří (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
This rigorous thesis surveys Czech literary criticism on internet and its relationship towards printed literary criticism, or generally, relationship between new and traditional media. I define what "Czech literary criticism on the internet" can mean, and describe its situation in 2009 and 2012. I created an imaginary central line going from the pole of traditional media to the pole of new media and aligned the groups of websites on this scale. I found important projects there that exist in the periphery of Czech literary life (as reflected by the traditional media). Then I asked members of the web projects to fill in a short questionnaire focused on literary criticism on internet and its relationship to the culture of traditional media. Also, I posed the same questions to Czech book publishers as representatives of the traditional culture. In comparison of 2009 and 2012 I found out that the websites connected to the traditional printed culture tend to parish, or on the contrary, transform into professional projects (usually with state financial support). The closer to the pole of new media, the more viable the websites tend to be. I also notices increasing role of social networks, such as Facebook. For some websites these networks have become a welcome platform to address wider audience, while for others...
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Literar-critical work of Jan Lopatka in the context of his personal library
Špinková, Tereza ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The thesis highlights the literary-critical work of Jan Lopatka in the context of his personal library. It is a literary-historical and critical description of his work by characterizing and defining thematic blocks, which Lopatka systematically pursued in his personal library. It centers on a comparison of the significance of his work and pinpoints defined blocks in Lopatka's library fund and their significance in his literary criticism. Based on a complete inventory of his personal library (prepared by the author of this thesis) and its knowledge, research characterizes his work mainly from this perspective. Attention will also be paid to manuscripts, typescripts and notes in his books.
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The Eternal Boyhood of Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic
Kolařík, Karel ; Vojtěch, Daniel (advisor) ; Lishaugen, Roar (referee) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The thesis attempts to describe the life and work of Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic through an analysis of his lifestyle, i.e. the way in which he organized, embellished and individualized his life. Karásek sought to shape his existence as an artwork, in accordance with the inspirational concepts of the contemporary and antecedent thinkers and artists (e.g. Oscar Wilde, Walter Pater and Maurice Maeterlinck). He accented its integrity and orientation towards beauty. In accord with his aesthetic vision (and his literary work) Karásek conditioned beauty with sadness and pain and attempted to emphasize melancholic beauty, unity in disunion. For that purpose he would accentuate particularly the disintegrative, critical elements, evoking the impression of unsuccessful, self-destructive endeavor to reach life's high ideal. This corresponded with his tragic concept of the artist immolating himself for his Art. I approach Karásek's lifestyle through the use of the terms youth and (eternal) boyhood, which Karásek himself employed as symbols of mournfully beautiful existence in his literary work. I define a youth - in accordance with the romantic and symbolist interpretation - as a person at odds with reality (contemporary truths, customs and rules), a solitary, unique being, trying to construct a new world - only...
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Cultural events in exile magazine Svedectvi in 70 ś and 80's of the 20th century
Karlíčková, Iva ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Halada, Jan (referee)
This paper charts the events in the field of literary criticism in the magazine Svědectví. This magazine was important exile journal where exile, dissidents, writers, politicians, scientists, publicists have contributed to, and that is why it maintained its high quality for decades. It was founded on the 26th of October 1956 in New York, but has been published in Paris since 1961. Pavel Tigrid was a leading figure in the magazine for the entirety of its publication, and piece of this paper focuses on him. Close insight can be found about the structure, sections and the content of the magazine including the contributors. A comparative analysis is used to research the approach and the standard of literary criticism in magazine Svěděctví, and in other journals. Reviews examined in this paper are about these literary reces. (Milan Kundera's 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', Vaclav Havel's 'Redevelopment' and Jan Pelc's '… a bude hůř). These journals were used compare other reviews - Tvar, Tvorba, Host, Lidové noviny a Obrys. The goal of this paper is to compare of reviews in in the magazine Svědectví and in other journals.
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Media responses of literary works with the prison theme of Jiri Stransky
Rozšafná, Michaela ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Novotný, David Jan (referee)
The bachelor diploma thesis "Media responses of literary works with the prison theme by Jiri Stransky" deals with literary works of Jiri Stransky which are influenced by his staying in Communist prison. The work deals with critical reviews of these literary works and with critical reviews on movies which are based on those literary works. It is based on contemporary reviews published in literary and other periodicals. A part of the bachelor diploma thesis is an interview with Jiri Stransky about literary criticism, circumstance and conditions of the origins of his works and about his other activities connected with his staying in Communist prison in the fifties. The interview is included in the annex. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of reviews is included in a practical part of the bachelor diploma. It is preceded by a theoretical part. In the theoretical part we shortly think about the importance of literary criticism but mostly important we explain the conditions that led to the creation of Stransky's work. Thanks documents from The National Archive and from The Archive of Security Forces we can now read about Stransky's arrest and the circimstances surrounding it as well as his 8 years long imprisonment.in Communist prisons of fifties in the bachelor diploma thesis. We focus especially on...
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What is criticism, what is not and what use is in the world. Typology of Czech literary criticism in the years 1995-2008
Proroková, Marie ; Kubíček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Peterka, Josef (referee)
This bachelor's thesis describes the development of literary criticism conception and it's earlier typology. The thesis deals with the difference between literary criticism and reviews - how these dissimilarities appear in theory and in practice. The applicable typology for present Czech literary criticism has been suggested in this thesis. The typology mentioned divides literary criticism into two main types: text-oriented criticism and context-oriented criticism. It discusses the development of value conception and what is a value even nowadays. For contemporary literary critics it is originality, credibility of the work and composition. It provides information on how criticism is presented by individual Czech periodicals including Host, A2, Revolver Revue, Tvar, Souvislosti and Literární noviny.
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Critical acclaim of Czech female writers'21st century topical word on Second World War
Musilová, Anna ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
The diploma thesis Critical acclaim of Czech female writers' topical work on the Second World War analyses book reviews of three chosen novels devoted to the theme of the Second World War, by Kateřina Tučková, Alena Mornštajnová and Květa Legátová. The aim of the thesis is to document how the works have been received by Czech literary critics and reviewers. The analysis examines texts from literary magazines (Tvar, Host, A2, Literární noviny, iLiteratura.cz), general press (Lidové noviny, Mladá fronta DNES, Novinky.cz, Týden) and Czech Radio. The theoretical part defines literary criticism, and summarizes the biographies of chosen writers and the history of some of the important literary magazines that are analyzed in the thesis. In the theoretical part, I also put the role of female contemporary writers into perspective of their cultural and historical context. The following practical part is focused on interpreting novels and analyzing and evaluating critical response. The analysis not only examines the opinions and conclusions of reviewers, but also the quality of the authors' reflections, and the professionalism and complexity of their approach to the novels. The thesis also includes interviews with Kateřina Tučková and Alena Mornštajnová, in which the writers are questioned about their...
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