|
|
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.
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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).
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
Allegory of characters in The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart by Jan Amos Comenius
TRUHLÁŘOVÁ, Veronika
The topic of my thesis is the allegory of the characters in the Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart by Jan Amos Komensky. The best known of Comenius text has been subject to several interpretations conducted on various methodological positions (Philological - Critical, structuralist, thematic etc.) The basis of my work is thus to show existing interpretive trials relating to the composition of the work (treatise by Antonín Škarka and Lubomir Doležel) and allegorical depiction (study by J. B. Čapek and Hana Šmahelová) and their comparison. The focus of the work will be the analysis of key literary figures of the Labyrinth (The Pilgrim, Delusion and Ubiquitous) and their development. J. B. Čapek, Jan Lehár and Věra Vařejková were my main interpretation stimuli.
|
|
|
Allegory in Bunyan´s Pilgrim´s Progress: Spiritual and Psychological Journey to the Self
PECHOVÁ, Hana
This thesis deals with the allegorical features of the novel The Pilgrim?s Progress (1678) by John Bunyan. Based on the comparison with the medieval form of allegory, the morality play, and with regard to the areas of narrative techniques, relationship between verse and prose, and the role of characters in both works, it tries to examine the transition from pure allegory to the modern novel. The connection with the edifying principle typical of Puritan literature is discussed and the aspects of psychological introspection and resulting modernity of the work are stated.
|
|
|
The Elements
GRANČAYOVÁ, Marie
The aim of this theoretical and practical thesis is to clarify the idea of the existence of four basic elements with the focus on those of their features that can be straitforwardly used for the characterictic and temperamental traits of an individual. It also deals with the topic of symbol and allegory in art, explains some terms and, to some extent, characterizes their development, including their clarification based on particular works of art. The thesis con-centrates also on the use of the themes of elements, symbols and allegory as a source of in-spiration in Art lessons at basic schools. The practical part contains a colours drawing with the motif of figural composition of four allegoric figures representing the basic elements.
|
guest ::
