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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.
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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.
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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.
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