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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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Inscenation Principles by director K. H. Hilar in National Theatre from 1921 to 1935 (focusing on cooperation with stage designer Vlastislav Hofman)
Jančálková, Petra ; Janoušek, Pavel (advisor) ; Topolová, Barbara (referee)
The thesis Inscenation Principles by director K. H. Hilar in National Theatre from 1921 to 1935 (focusing on cooperation with stage designer Vlastislav Hofman) is about director K. H. Hilar's inscenation principles in position as the boss of National theatre from 1921 to 1935. The aim was to focus on Hilar's work at the National Theatre, as well as its cooperation with the actors, the elements of expressionism and later civilism in his arrangement and last but not least, given his cooperation with the set designer, especially with the architect and artist Hofman. Part of thesis involves a lot of images from Hilar inscenations . Most sources are available in the archives of the National Museum in Terezin, and archives of the National Theatre in Prague. The professional literature is available at the Theatre Institute, also in Prague.
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The Work of Josef Váchal in the Context of Czech Literature and Culture of 1st half of 20th Century.
KŮS, Václav
Bachelor thesis deals with monitoring developments Váchal reflection of contemporary social and cultural contexts of early twentieth century, especially the twenties and thirties. Based on the analysis Váchal´s diary entries and relevant professional sources to try to reconstruct Váchal perception of contemporary artistic currents and historical contexts. Concentrates on monitoring reference to the artistic avant-garde in the twenties and thirties in Bohemia. Bachelor thesis tries to find signs, interpretation and resonance, referring to the description Váchal´s works of any common features and similarities with the Czech avant-garde.
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The Poetry of Literary Group
BROUČKOVÁ, Veronika
The submitted thesis concentrates on poetry of the Czech art group "Literární skupina", which was established in 1921. This thesis is divided into several chapters, in which the author interprets the poetry of single authors on the basis of several flag features. There are terms and motives of death and life as two inseparable parts of human being, religiousness and religion and shifting of the original meanings, further conception of an individual in terms of community. Another chapter deals with the motive of heart and reflections of sensibility and emotive involvement in interest of creation of "the new world". The last chapter displays reflections of "Literární skupina" by temporal critics and discussions between this art group and Prague avantgarde group "Devětsil". The author is interpreting the poetry in the context with expressionism, which meaning she feels in the wide word sense, not just as an artistic movement, but as a "stream", which goes through all spheres of human activity. From this point of view the group "Literární skupina" can be also seen - as an art group which was not distanced from expressionism, but on contrary in the beginning joined it via its speaker František Götz. The autor of this study analyzes the theoretical thoughts of "Literární skupina" which obviously in strong contrast to practical artistic gesture in poetry can be found.
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