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Roaming into the beyond: the theme of immortality in early medieval Chinese verse
Kirkova, Zornica ; Lomová, Olga (advisor) ; Hrdličková, Věnceslava (referee) ; Mittag, Achim (referee)
During the Six Dynasties (220 - 589) there evolved a distinct poetic current of "roaming into immortality" (youxian shi), which is distinguished as a sub-genre of lyrical poetry shi in the 6th century anthology Wenxuan. The youxian shi concern higher realms of nature, inhabited by divine immortal beings, replete with paradisial marvels and ecstatic cosmic flights. Although poetry on immortality was written by the leading poets of the age, it remains even today much neglected in the literary history of the Six Dynasties, having been consciously marginalised by generations of later critics and commentators. And yet, considerations of this "otherworldly" poetic current not only reveal the other, more imaginative and mystic side of Chinese poetic vision, but also allow us to make significant additions to and re-evaluate traditional notions of poetic developments and the meaning of poetry in early medieval China. A major problem in the study of the poems on "roaming into immortality" is the narrow definition of genres on the basis of concrete verse form, whereby the connections between the various forms are largely neglected. This approach, deeply rooted in traditional Chinese literary history, does not allow us to perceive the concrete literary works in the wider context of poetry, or even of literature as...
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Success and Failure of Vilém Mrštík (Maryša and Anežka)
Smolíková, Miroslava ; Mocná, Dagmar (advisor) ; Brožová, Věra (referee)
The thesis called "Marysa and Anezka. Success and failure of Vilem Mrstik" deals with Marysa, a drama co-written by V. Mrstik and his brother A. Mrstik in 1894, and Anezka, a play finished by V. Mrstik in collaboration with his wife B. Mrstikova in 1912. Both dramatic works are introduced within the literary-historical context and within the personal history of the author. Introduction provides insight into source-books, the most important previous studies of the field and basic propositions around which the thesis revolves. The Marysa part expands the research of M. Ljubkova with information from correspondence between V. Mrstik and L. Stroupeznicky. It also questions the importance of V. Mrstik's inputs to the collective work and analyses premiere and critical reception of the drama, using contemporary reviews. The Anezka part follows genesis of the play with use of correspondence and manuscripts from literary archive of The Museum of Czech Literature (PNP). The genesis includes quotes of V. Mrstik defending the drama. The thesis also describes circumstances of Anezka's premiere and its disappearance from the stage and mentions the probability of guilty conscience that dramaturgist J. Kvapil might have had about V. Mrstik's suicide. Reception of Anezka is depicted with the help of contemporary...
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Fictional Worlds of Fantasy Literature
LIŠKA, Jan
This bachelor thesis focuses on issues of fictional worlds in fantasy literature. Basic terms important for creation of the fictional worlds and also creation of stories from fantasy genre will be explained in this thesis. The use of these theoretical basis will be shown on several examples from books within the fantasy genre. This thesis is also focusing on comparison of two fantasy stories Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. On those examples will be also shown how both significant authors of fantasy genre approached the theme of transition from the natural world into supernatural world. This thesis also show the different approaches to animal characters from both authors.
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Archetypes in Children's and Fantastic Literature
ČMEJRKOVÁ, Tereza
The objective of this Bachelor thesis is a brief analysis of the hero archetype development from the oldest known Mesopotamian heroic epics to the modern thriller action heroes. The other objective of the thesis is a description of basic archetypes occurring in fairy tales and children's and fantasy literature. An integral part of this thesis is also an attempt to apply Joseph Campbell's Monomyth scheme called The Hero's Journey to a particular works of fantasy literature. The thesis applies the Monomyth scheme to the Inheritance Cycle tetralogy written by Christopher Paolini.
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Grimms´Fairy Tales. A Psychological Analysis.
STRUČOVSKÁ, Jana
The brothers Grimm's fairy tales belong to the most famous and popular texts of the German literature. Originally, they were read and used only for didactic and educational purposes. Subsequently, Bruno Bettelheim comes with his new conception of the fairy tales which makes them accessible for a psychological analysis. This bachelor thesis presents on a few selected fairy tales which aspects from the area of psychology are decisive in the relationship to the children and adults. The aspects as fear, sexuality and childhood in fairy tales will be investigated on the basis of the Bruno Bettelheim's theory. This research will clarify two levels of perception the moral one for the ordinary life and the level of depth psychology. The bachelor thesis will be written in German language.
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Forms of Old Testament´s story about Josef
PĚCHOVÁ, Kateřina
The dissertation is focused on comparison of Josef´s stories. The starting-point of the dissertation will be the chapters from the Old Testament Book of Genesis dealing with Josef´s fate. As the background of this text will be interpreted the medieval apocryphal short stories Josef´s Life and Aseneth whose analysis will be the heart of the matter of the dissertation. It might be taken into consideration of the Josef´s story in Koran and the Josef and his Brothers novel written by Thomas Mann. Selected texts will be interpreted according to the time of its origin and the cultural background of the era.The emphasis will be put on the place of apocrypha in the Old Testament literature and the literature of Karel´s era. The relations of the Old Testament and Koran will also be discussed.
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Function of Fanciful Motives in Present Czech Literature for Children
Havlová, Jana ; Brožová, Věra (advisor) ; Klumparová, Štěpánka (referee)
In my thesis paper entitled "The Function of Fanciful Motives in Present Czech Literature for Children" I begin by theoretically exploring the problems of fantasy literature and fantasy motifs. I then discuss the lives and work of various authors and focus on an analysis of their literary works with child heroes and fantasy motifs. I have selected texts for interpretation on the basis of the following conditions: the books are specifically intended for children and adolescents; the stories have a realistic level and the fantasy area is somehow part of this; the fantasy world is logically incorporated into the fictional world corresponding to our everyday experiences and this imaginary world therefore applies to real life; the fantasy motifs serve a specific function; and the fantasy motifs appear as an equal element to the realistic ones. The following works in particular are examined in this thesis paper: Emma and the Magic Book by Petra Braunová, Gabriela's Magic World by Pavel Brycz, The Enchanted Classroom by Ivona Březinová, Lenka and Nelka or AHA by Daniela Fischerová, The Magic Saturdays by Miloš Kratochvíl, Ghosts from Nerudova Street by Ivana Vostřáková and the books Wednesday Tastes Good, The Main Victory, The Owl's Song, Jožin goes to Africa, Eliáš and the Grandma from the Egg, Where has...
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The Cognitive and Didactic Potential of Fantasy Literature
Čermák, Martin ; Mocná, Dagmar (advisor) ; Hausenblas, Ondřej (referee)
Práce se pokusila dokázat kognitivní a didaktický potenciál fantasy literatury. Nejprve na podkladu vývojové psychologie ukázala význam fantazie v lidském životě. Poté se zaměřila na spojitost fantazie a vyprávění - na zdůraznění role příběhů v lidském životě a v poznání člověka. Za kořeny fantasy označila mj. pohádku a mýtus - jednou z hlavních intencí těchto žánrů je formace a informace čtenáře či posluchače. Fantasy do jisté míry dědí dávnou strukturu těchto příběhů a dále ji rozvíjí pro potřeby moderního člověka. Zároveň ovšem díky důrazu na emoce, nadpřirozeno a nepoznanou (nepoznatelnou) součást světa vytváří protiklad vůči rozumově orientované vědecké fantastice. Fantasy naplňuje archetypální potřeby čtenáře - j e h o touhu po spravedlnosti, naději a tradičních hodnotách. Druhá kapitola ukázala nesnadnost vymezení a definice žánru fantasy. Práce se pokusila shrnout dosavadní definice, ukázat jejich výhody i slabiny. Zároveň s tím bylo poukázáno na otevřené hranice žánru a ne vždy jednoznačné vymezení vzhledem k jiným žánrům. Práce vedle sebe položila společné i distinktivní prvky fantasy a dalších fantastických žánrů (sci-fi, horor, kyberpunk). Jako nosnou a pro přesnější koncepci fantasy velmi užitečnou teorii práce představila štrukturalistické pojetí fantasy příběhu podle Johna Cluta. Powered by...
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Fantastic Narrative of Dino Buzzati
MACHOVÁ, Taťána
The aim of the bachelor thesis is to introduce fantasy works by Dino Buzzati, The Tartar Steppe and Sessanta racconti. The thesis is starts with an introduction to fantastic literature, than follows a practical part devoted to a description of three short stories from Sessanta racconti collection. The practical part depicts the narrative structure with its fantasy motifs and their particular processing. The last part interprets a motif analysis of The Tartar Steppe emphasizing the motif of a pact with the devil.
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