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Bernard Horst - The connections between life and work
Panchártková, Iva ; Wiendl, Jan (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
This thesis focuses on Bernard Horst, who is introduced, based on the historical background of the period in which he lived as well as literary reviews and the interpretation of his selected novels. The thesis aims to provide a complex overview of findings about this writer and should also - using overviews of the history of the Czech literature and literary dictionaries - partially answer the following question: In what light can the personality of a marginal author address a contemporary reader, through which perspective can this author be seen and, most importantly, how this author can be discussed using the wider literary context?
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Problem of human identity in the work of Federico García Lorca in the context of crisis of Europian thinking
Byronová, Lucie ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Housková, Anna (referee)
The thesis focuses on two plays and one poetry collection by Federico García Lorca; El público, Así que pasen cinco an͂ os and Poeta en Nueva York, which together form the New York cycle and represent a new and unique phase in his compositions both from the point of view of content and form. The thesis concentrates on several distinctive motifs and themes related to the problem of human identity; ie the motifs and themes which discuss how to understand the individual or the human existence. This topic is reflected in the cultural context of Lorca's age, demonstrating that the atmosphere of the era corresponded with the author's personal perspective. The interpretation of human existence is strongly determined by the moment of death, therefore, the representation of death in the works and the related motifs are discussed in the thesis. At the same time, the similarity of Lorca's perspective with the philosophical ideas of the era is taken into consideration, with the emphasis on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger. In this context, we also focus on the author's relation to Christianity and the use of the Christian motifs in his plays and poems. In the following chapters, the motifs of mask and form are analysed. The thesis concentrates on the problem of the social mask, but also on the question of...
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The Hidden Avant-Garde. Czech Avant-Garde Fiction between Individualism and Collectivism
Malá, Zuzana ; Janoušek, Pavel (advisor) ; Hrbata, Zdeněk (referee) ; Flaišman, Jiří (referee)
in English This work focuses on the Czech afterwar avant-garde and its fiction in the wider European context. The main goal of our writing was diversifying literary historical field by integrating genre of short story and its authors into the interpretive frame of the prepoetistic avant-garde. We could intrude a canonic picture of the Czech avant-garde by enriching the interpretive frame of the new genre (short story) and new, often hardly known or forgotten, writers. Last but not least by doing so we were able to questioned and problematized basic oppositions such as expressionism × avant-garde, and mainly individualism × collectivism. We introduce the principal opposition individualism × collectivism, which in our opinion, organizes afterwar literary discourse, as a main connecting line between Czech avant-garde art and European art (collective and one of its manifestation - crowd, as one of the main themes of modernism and avant-garde). We interpretate beyond this scope the fictions of French unanimism as the main inspiration of the Czech afterwar avan-garde and its (collective) fiction as well.
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Josef Čapek's Early Literary Work in the Context of Modern Art
Kováčová, Eva ; Vojtěch, Daniel (advisor) ; Wiendl, Jan (referee)
Josef Čapek belonged among those Czech artists who dealt with problems of form and function of a modern art work in the beginning of 20th century. Both theoretical reflections on art and his early fiction represent Čapek's specific approach to the debate about modern and avant-garde currents in the times of stylistically inconsistent situation. This thesis analyses the confrontation of aesthetic principles of these art movements. Its focus is to show to what extent was Josef Čapek influenced by the principles of the individual movements and to describe the way in which he acquired and modified them. The goal is to outline Čapek's path from a survey of modern forms to his own independent viewpoint. Key words Josef Čapek, Modern Art, Manifest Česká moderna, Neoclassicism, Cubism, Expressionism
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Themes and Techniques in Denis Johnston's Early Plays
Světlík, Martin ; Pilný, Ondřej (advisor) ; Wallace, Clare (referee)
in English The thesis is concerned with the analysis and comparison of the first two plays of the Irish playwright Denis Johnston, The Old Lady Says "No!" and The Moon in the Yellow River, in terms of their thematic and formal aspects. While in the case of themes both plays deal with topical issues of Irish history and politics of the 1920s, at times touching upon more universal problems (such as the question of idealism, progress or violence), the dramatic treatment of these topics is markedly different in each of the two dramas. Whereas The Old Lady Says "No!" is essentially an experimental comedy that draws inspiration from international avant- garde movements, The Moon in the Yellow River works in a much more traditional, realistic mode. The thesis is divided in two parts, dealing with the themes and the use of dramatic techniques respectively. The first chapter summarises the main thematic concerns of both plays and focuses on the way in which they react to a specific political and cultural climate of Ireland in the 1920s. The chapter examines the plays mainly as Johnston's critical reflection on Ireland after the Civil War, but also tries to distinguish the instances when Johnston transcends the topical nature of his drama and uses Irish issues to move into a more universal territory. The two...
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Dramatic production of Prague german authors in years 1910-1938
Kverková, Pavlína ; Augustová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Just, Vladimír (referee)
SYNOPSIS This thesis is devoted to German-speaking dramatists in Prague in the years between 1910 and 1938. The author of this thesis tries to research and emphasize the themes that were the most frequent in their production. The largest space is devoted to expressionist and by expressionism influenced drama. Another objective of this thesis is to integrate the work of these playwrights in the wider socio-cultural context, taking into account the specific atmosphere of Prague as a multicultural and multiethnic city, influenced by the mutual relationship between the three most widespread national minorities. KEYWORDS Prague German literature, expressionism, drama, theatre.
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Vincenc Beneš. Paintings.
Ropková, Barbora ; Wittlich, Petr (advisor) ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (referee)
Author's name: Barbora Ropková School: Charles University, Prague Faculty of Arts Institut of Art History Celetná 20, 116 42 Prague 1 Program: Art History Title: Vincenc Beneš. Paintings. Supervisor: Prof. PhDr. Petr Wittlich, CSc. Number of pages: 140 + attachment Number of attachments: 158 pages Year: 2011 Key words: monograph, expressionism, cubism, Osma, Skupina výtvarných umělců, Antonín Slavíček's painting heritage, traditon of modern french painting in group Mánes, sensual realism and landscape This thesis intention is to work into monography Vincenc Beneš's work (1883-197). Beneš belongs to important artist of the 1.th generation in the 20.th century. In his initial period, he was concentrated, together with his artist partners, on solution of actual art questions. In the period of group Osma he cooperates especially with Bohumil Kubišta. His significant cuboexpresionistic paintings rise from 1910. Beneš stands in the czech cubist movement by Emil Filla. Beneš's cubist paintings have success in prewar Germany. After World War I. Beneš turns away from cubism and works with Antonín Slavíček's painting reference. Subsequently he detects other fuels, he mainly finds guidance in tradition of modern french painting. As a member of group Mánes he creates especially landscapes, still lifes and big...
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Martin Šárovec's Private Metamorphosis
Patlejchová, Petra ; Pech, Milan (advisor) ; Vaňous, Petr (referee)
The thesis focus on the Czech contemporary painter Martin Šárovec (*1977). His art expression oscillates between expressionism and realism. He is interested in painting the human face, which under an influence of postmodern media culture mutates into different and sometimes scary portraits of today's society. He paints grotesque, psychedelic and labile snapshots with emptied icons of contemporary pop-culture. The thesis tries to find out the artist's life and art sources that reflects in his paintings. It also puts his work into the context of the Czech contemporary art.
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West European Impulses of Bulgarian Diabolism (A Look at the Bulgarian Literature of the 1920s)
Jeřábková, Zlatina ; Černá, Milada (advisor) ; Jensterle Doležal, Alenka (referee) ; Sýkora, Michal (referee)
West European Impulses of Bulgarian Diabolism (A Look at the Bulgarian Literature of the 1920s) Abstract Keywords: Bulgarian literature, expressionism, avant-garde, diabolism, horror fiction, marvelous, uncanny, Menippean carnival discourse, romanticism, naturalism, individualism Svetoslav Minkov (1902-1966), Vladimir Poljanov (1899-1988), Georgi Rajčev (1882 - 1947), Čavdar Mutafov (1889-1954) Contrary to its generally innovative potential for Bulgarian literature, the phenomenon called Bulgarian diabolism has been a marginal one from the point of view of literary discourse. The interest of postmodern writers and reviewers has given rise to accentuating some of the partial aspects of the works of Svetoslav Minkov, Vladimir Polyanov, Georgi Raychev and Chavdar Mutafov. However, with the exception of Thomas Martin's monograph Der bulgarische Diabolismus. Eine Studie zur bulgarischen Phantastik zwischen 1920 und 1934, published in 1993, works explicating the nature of the phenomenon in Bulgarian literature have been missing. Due to their novelty and impurity, the syncretic writings of Bulgarian diabolists, blending fading individualistic modernist tendencies together with elements of romantic fiction of horror in the generally expressionist roots of their works, were a phenomenon difficult to rank for their...
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The end of The Carnival - Poetism on the verge of the 1930s
Bílková, Petra ; Wiendl, Jan (advisor) ; Vojvodík, Josef (referee)
Univerzita Karlova v Praze Filozofická fakulta Ústav české literatury a literární vědy Diplomová práce Petra Bílková KONEC KARNEVALU poetismus na přelomu 20. a 30. let THE END OF THE CARNIVAL Poetism on the verge of the 1930s Praha 2012 Vedoucí práce: doc. PhDr. Jan Wiendl, Ph.D. Abstract In the first half of the 1920's, in the Czech avant-garde, a new art began to form - Poetism. On the basis of individual manifests and programmatic articles it was defined as modus vivendi. In the 1920's many principles and ideas were shaping the future, not only for the society, but also for the artistic movements. Poetism featured mainly an original concept of art and life; the authors of theoretical articles were mainly Karel Teige and Vítězslav Nezval. Within a few years the concept of life as a careless game and a source of joy faded and bitter- sweet topics began to penetrate Poetism. At this time, the poetics of Poetism changed from the original cheerfulness and everyday beauty to serious existential topics - the evidence is provided by many works of art. This transformation affected poetry the most. In poems made by authors, who came out of Poetism, inspiration thereby gathered is still evident; however, more serious issues are coming to the fore. Each of those poems expresses a distinct reconciliation with the...
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