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Václav a Boleslav in The Literature of the National Revival
DUŠKOVÁ, Lenka
Annotation: The bachaler thesis deals with an old literary theme used mainly by legendists of fratricide of the prince Václav by his brother prince Boleslav. In this thesis we focus on two publications from the period between 1800 and 1850. Josef Linda has presented the prosaic version under the title {\clqq}The Shine over the Pagandom`` and Josef Kajetán Tyl has written a drama on this theme entitled {\clqq}Bloody Christening``. The aim of this thesis is to try to clarify the reasons and the ground for the homicide of prince Václav and to assess how this topic has been adapted by the above mentioned authors with regards to their contemporary social and cultural background. We enter into the world of paganism and christianity which are portrayed in a story of a religious conflict. In individual chapters and sections we get acquianted with the various traditions, rituals and customs and through these we are able to reach the given aim.
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Matrimony strategies of the Czech aristocracy in the pre-White Mountain period
TARANTOVÁ, Kateřina
The goal of this diploma thesis, Marriage Strategies of the Czech Aristocracy in the Pre-White Mountain Period, is to introduce strategies, which the members of aristocracy, especially the high nobility, exploited in the period before the battle of White Mountain. The choice of partner is understood in this context as a means of self-presentation of an individual and his or her family, and as symbol of the aristocracy's identity in the early modern period. This diploma thesis is based on a database of marriages of Czech aristocrats between 1500 and 1650, utilising available literature and published sources. The thesis analyses these known facts and observes how the above mentioned strategies differed in dependence on the social and property status of the family. Firstly, the requirements when choosing a partner related to social aspects: for example the social group of the bridesroom and bride; whether their marriage was within their social group, or if marriages between a man from knighthood and woman from nobility and vice versa were common; whether brothers and sisters married partners from the same social group or first-borns married partners from higher social groups than their younger siblings, or vice versa. Secondly, there are geographical aspects: for example the region from which men chose their brides; and whether they preferred women of Czech or foreign origin. Finally, the role of religion will be discussed, to determine whether it was a crucial factor when choosing a partner, and whether marriages of people of different beliefs were possible.
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Pastoral Image of Koinonia in the Ecumenical Community of Brothers from Taizé
Mataj, Jiří ; Jandejsek, Petr (advisor) ; Filipi, Pavel (referee)
Author's aim is to clarify the content and meaning of the term koinónia for contemporary pastoral practice. After defining the term and its basic characteristics, he scrutinises it by the means of capturing the relationship between koinónia and Kingdom of God. He further observes the importance of koinónia for ecumenism. In order to find out the concrete implications of koinónia for contemporary practice of churches, he identifies its forms in youth pastoral work which is being realized in the Ecumenical Community of Brothers from Taizé. He is then able to extract pastoral inspirations from this practice for today's churches, especially their youth work. Author is using sources from linguistics, ecumenical theology, exegetics, bible studies and social philosophy. In the part considering the Taizé community, he draws from literature about Taizé, former studies, personal experience and questionnaire inquiry realized among the visitors of Taizé community from Czech and Slovak Republic. Keywords koinónia, kingdom of God, fellowship, community, Christian fellowship, Taizé, ecumenism, ecumenical community, unity of churches, unity of Christians, youth work
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Symbol,Experiment and the Fantastic in the Dramas of Astrid Saalbach
Halounová, Lada ; Norup, Lis (advisor) ; Březinová, Helena (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to analyse the experimental construction of dramas by contemporary Danish playwright Astrid Saalbach as well as the fantastic and symbols in her plays. The theoretical-methodological introduction defines the literary term of symbol, allegory and sign with a brief introduction of the psychoanalytic reading of symbols. The second part of the theoretical opening introduces the term of the fantastic and also Tvzvetan Todorov's structural approach to this literary genre. The distinctions between different readings such as the poetry and the allegory, which both abolish the fantastic, are also pointed out in the introduction. The following definitions of literary genres of the uncanny and the marvellous focus on the narrow boundaries between these two genres and the fantastic, which is placed in between the marvellous and the uncanny. Furthermore, the introduction part also focuses on the genres of fantasy and science fiction, as they often mix or coincide with the fantastic in the literature of the 20th century. A shorter chapter also describes the term of Sigmund Freud's the uncanny (das Unheimliche), because it might be closer to the pure fantastic than to Thodorov's concept of the uncanny. The analysis of dramas focuses primarily on the construction, the fantastic and the...
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Critical Discourse in the Period 1918 - 1922 (Reception of Early Work of Čapek´s Brothers).
BRYNYCH, Ondřej
This bachelor thesis analyzes the critical discourse in the Czech literary environment from 1918 to 1922 in the relation to the early modernist work of Čapek's brothers. The theoretical aspect deals with various approaches to literary history and the potential benefits of the analysis of contemporary critical reception of literature, and of critical discourse in general. The custom practical section is devoted to an analysis of the accumulated material from the contemporary press. It analyzes the speech of major critics who have written about the works of Čapek's brothers from different aesthetic and ideological perspectives, and seeks to outline the essential elements of representative variants of contemporary critical discourse, which is characterized in terms of aesthetic concepts and contemporary ideas. In the conclusion the results are considered as absorption and subversive forces in contemporary speech.
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The Language of Minimalism in Script of the Film and Film "The Son" by Brothers Dardenne
Poláček, Vít ; Mravcová, Marie (advisor) ; Vajchr, Marek (referee)
Summary of bachelor thesis
In the year 2002 new film called Le Fils (The Son) realized by brother duo Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne was presented in competition of Cannes Film Festival. The aim of this thesis is description of dramaturgical conception of this film, its interpretation and comparison of original script with the final form of the film. Additional scope is how this script was written, what it was influenced by, and why it is built the way it is. Moreover, subject of this contribution is the style of Dardenne brothers as film minimalism and the question what kind of minimalism can be found in history of music, in fine art, and in literature. And is it correct at all to call the style of these filmmakers from Belgium as minimalism?
The bachelor thesis is supported by translation of original script which is in supplement.
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Fantastic Features in Children's Literature by Roald Dahl
Kapitánová, Martina ; Brožová, Věra (referee) ; Provazník, Jaroslav (advisor)
The thesis deals with fantastic features in children's literature by Roald Dahl, concretely it deals with the combination o f realistic and fantastic features. It concentrates on thematic elements, which build up or are concerned in making fantastic magical characters, places, things and plots in Dahl's works (e. g. The Witches, James and Giant Peach, The BFG, The Twits, Charlie and Chocolate Factory). It compares mentioned thematic elements with folklore fantastic fairy-tale and it searches their common aspects as well. Especially, it deals with the function o f thematic elements in the texts, their impact on recipients and author's intention. It also includes a brief summary o f Dahl's biography and a short list o f his works, especially focused on the works which were primarily written for children. Moreover, in this thesis there is also a chapter describing the term fantastic fiction from different points o f view in order to specify the term fantastic feature. The aim o f this thesis is to define Roald Dahl's poetics on the basis o f the combination o f realistic and fantastic features.
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The development of fantastic literature, its latest trends and its role in the Czech libraries and in the Czech market
Vašíčková, Zuzana ; Buřilová, Marcela (advisor) ; Hubrtová, Jitka (referee)
The bachelor's thesis focuses on the historical development of fiction as a literary genre, from the early modern period to the present. This trend is observed in the Czech Republic and abroad. Besides the development we can find here as well the definitions of particular genres. The thesis then examines how public libraries are facing to the current trend of popularity of the fiction. The problems associated with the description of documents, construction of the fund, and acquisition are mentioned as well as benefits from the popularity of the genre - when libraries use fiction to their promotion. The conclusion briefly surveys current state of the book market and its share which is occupied by the fiction. In the supplement a brief list of fiction subgenres can be found.
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Aspects of perception: science fiction in film and literature
Žilová, Jana ; Dadejík, Ondřej (referee) ; Zuska, Vlastimil (advisor)
The thesis focuses on distinct aspects of the aesthetic perception of the sci-fi genre in film and literature. The paper examines both literary (Hirsch, Iser) and film (Altman, Chatman) theories of the genre. The literary genre is treated from the perspective of E. D. Hirsch and his concept of the author's intention (mens auctoris), in contrast to which, however, the concept of the implied reader seems more workable. Thus, from a pragmatic point of view, we arrive at a labelling without the ground of biographism. This argumentative approach is reconfirmed in the case of film genres, which are shaped as processes of systemization (dynamic vs. fixed forms), on three levels (the level of expectation, the genre corpus, and rules/norms). Proceeding from an examination of these, mutual interactions, potential overlappings and fusions of genres are then demonstrated. The central aim of the paper was to identify and explore the specificity of the aesthetic reception of the sci-fi genre against the background of the dynamic aesthetic norm, in its function not merely as a regulative norm, but emphasizing the norm-as-impulse aspect. The paper presents facets of the aesthetic reception of the sci-fi genre from the viewpoint of the apprenticeship of the reader/viewer, the cultural/fictional encyclopaedia,...
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Prosaist Vilém Mrštík
Malá, Dominika ; Pechová, Drahoslava (referee) ; Stejskalová, Anna (advisor)
Prosaist Vilém Mrštík belonged to the most important writers of 90th ages of 19th century. He was a initiator of new movement in literature - naturalism. He occupyed onself with translation activity, prose, drama and also with poetry. He enrolled for consciunsness of public novel called Pohádka máje and on not least siries drama Maryša whereat cooperated his brother Alois Mrštík. Aim: This thesis wants counterpoint gains of Vilém Mrštík in progress czech modern prose. Herewith also apprise with his life, with his near friends and the least with his literary ctivity.
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