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Myths of the czech music alternative in the 1980s
Jonssonová, Pavla ; Jurková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Horský, Jan (referee) ; Maderová, Blanka (referee)
Dissertation "Myths of the Czech Music Alternative in the 1980s" presents an anthropological view of the phenomenon of a parallel culture in a limiting situation. On the basis of biographical narratives, additional interviews and data gained from other types of sources, "myths" are constructed for seven major figures of the Czech alternative scene. This is an insider's ethnomusicological interpretation, based on Mircea Eliade's and Bronislaw Malinowski's concepts of myth as recurrent and exemplary models of behavior. The described personalities, Jazz Section (Prometheus), Miroslav Wanek ("hero's journey") Karel Babuljak ("search for paradise lost"), Pavel Zajíček (Odysseus), Mikoláš Chadima ("Rebel"), Oldřich Janota (Hermes), and Marka Míková (Psyche), represent some of the main trends in creative processes of the Czech music alternative scene with myth being used as a metaphor. The metaphor is understood here in the terms of Timothy Rice, i.e. as an organization principle of our thinking, as well as an illuminating image.
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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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Art, avant-garde and kitsch in works of Clement Greenberg and Matei Călinescu
Taltynová, Marie ; Kulka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Dadejík, Ondřej (referee)
Bachelor thesis Art, avant-garde and kitsch in works of Clement Greenberg and Matei Călinescu deals with kitsch in relation to avant-garde and to contemporary art, and to the visual arts in general. It is primarily based on the essay Avant-Garde and Kitsch by American critic Clement Greenberg and the essay Kitsch by Romanian literary scholar Matei Călinescu. The first part is devoted to outlining the concept of kitsch according to these two theorists, with an emphasis on the thinking about the origin and nature of kitsch. The second part deals with revising Greenberg's beliefs that condemn popular culture, official culture and academism for kitsch and highlights avant-garde as the only worthy manifestation of art of his time. On this basis, the work examines why avant-garde seemed like the pure opposite of kitsch in the thirties, and why to the contrary today we find that contemporary art is often influenced by kitsch.
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Development of Czech and Dutch architecture in the first half of the 20th century and their liaison
Pavel, Miroslav ; Hoftichová, Petra (advisor) ; Czumalo, Vladimír (referee)
Title: Development of Czech and Dutch architectures in the first half of the 20th century and their liaison Author: Miroslav Pavel Department: Department of Cultural Studies Supervisor: PhDr. Petra Hoftichová Abstract: This master thesis deals with comparison between the development of Czech and Dutch architectures and with a search for their liaison in the first half of the 20th century. The research is primarily focused on particular representatives of architecture, on their work and subsequently on responses to them abroad. The development of architecture is seen in the context of a historical framework which consists of the critical milestones of our history. Social, ecological, political and cultural determinants, which are presented on the basis of the historical framework, affect architecture as a material expression and a tangible artefact of a particular society. The research is represented by two seemingly self-contained evolutionary lines of Czechoslovak and Dutch achitectures. The evolutionary lines are connected by the personages of Czech or Dutch architecture or by the leaders of European avant-garde. Description of the avant-garde art associations and societies, which are the prime movers and innovators, constitute a significant part of this work. A notional shared peak of Czechoslovak and...
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The revolutionary dream Devětsil(1918-1921)
Bulíček, Jan ; Pullmann, Michal (advisor) ; Petrbok, Václav (referee)
The revolutionary dream Devětsil is about young artists and leftist intellectuals who set up the avant-gardist union of artists known as the Devětsil in october 1920. The establishment of the Devětsil was the culmination their experience and participation in events of the revolutionary era (1918 - 1920) when the realization of social revolution made great changes possible in Czechoslovakia. The idea for the Devětsil came about spring 1919 during the first bigger revolutionary wave. As the part of the avant-garde scene, members of the Devětsil wanted to create more than an artistic union, they wanted to have political and action program. However their conceptions of the revolution were very abstract in spite of their marxist convictions. Althoug one of their main goals was the abstract realization and the expression of a revolutionary actuality, they were not actually in touch with the revolution because there was a big intellectual distinction betwen members of the Devětsil and proletariansm who according to Marx were main protagonicts of the revolutionary process. When members of the Devětsil recognised this contradiction, they woke up from their revolutionary dream. Keywords revolution, dream, Avant-garde, Devětsil, Teige
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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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Life and literature under the ground: Underground culture in Finland in the late 60s and the early 70s
Dejdarová, Linda ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Velkoborsky, Jan Petr (referee)
Name of the author: Linda Dejdarová School: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts Institute of Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies Nám. Jana Palacha 2, 116 38 Prague 1 Program: Finnish philology Title: Life and Literature under the Ground: Underground culture in Finland in the late 60s and the early 70s Consultant: Mgr. Jan Dlask, Ph.D. Number of pages: 131 (117 + 14 pages of Attachments) Number of attachments: 4 Year: 2012 Key words: Finnish underground, alternative culture, underground literature, underground comics, anarchism, avant-garde, beat-generation, beatniks, hippies, yippies This Master's thesis aims to chart the Finnish underground culture and the ways it was expressed. The time period covered is mainly the late 60s and the early 70s, which was the period of the most significant underground activity. First I deal with the reasons behind the birth of underground culture in general and with its impact on the birth of Finnish underground. This Master's thesis deals with the Finnish underground-culture from the cultural and sociological point of view. I introduce its most important personalities and their work as well as some important cultural events and other sociological links. In this Master's thesis underground-culture is perceived as a complex of many forms of art including...
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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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Jindřich Chalupecký a avantgarda. Mythologizing features od Chaloupecky modern art conception in relation to avant-garde movements
Červinka, Jonáš ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Dadejík, Ondřej (referee)
The aim of the diploma thesis is to introduce the conception of art produced by major Czech art-critic Jindřich Chalupecký in relation to the movement of historical avant-garde and later manifestations of the neo-avant-garde. The thesis discusses Chalupecký within a broader contemporary context, and uses comparative method to illustrate the complexity of Chalupecký's thought together with the concept of new mythology he shared with some of his contemporaries. The thesis consists of three parts which freely correspond to the sequential progression of Chalupecký's thought and his conception of the avant-garde. The thesis stresses the originality of Chalupecký's approach to modern art, and considers its colorful manifestations.
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Influence of Otomar Krejca's aesthetics in French-speaking Belgium
Flock, Sarah ; Just, Vladimír (advisor) ; Christov, Petr (referee) ; zatím nezjištěn, nerealizuje se (referee)
1 Stopami Krejčovy divadelní poetiky ve frankofonní Belgii Disertační práce se zaměřuje na české divadlo od první do druhé avantgardy. Především je zaměřená na divadlo Otomara Krejči a jeho vztah s belgickým divadlem v rámci druhého českého avantgardního divadla do doby normalizace (do r. 1982). Hlavní hypotéza je v tom, že Krejčův přínos byl významný pro belgické pojetí dramatického umění. Existuje dnes belgické pokračování divadelní poetiky Krejči ve frankofonní Belgii a pokud ano, proč ? Krejča realizoval důležitou část svého uměleckého života v Belgii. Belgická divadelní činnost Krejči se dělí do dvou odlišných období. První z nich začíná založením Divadla za branou v Praze v roce 1965 a je spojené s působením v belgickém Národním divadle v Bruselu. Tato léta spadají do československé destalinizace a jsou velmi produktivní v umělecké oblasti. V Bruselu Krejča režíruje celkem čtyři hry : v roce 1965 Hamlet, v roce 1966 Racek, v roce 1970 Tři sestry a v roce 1978 Romeo a Julie. Ty tři první hry jsou inscenovány před odjezdem Krejči do jeho polo-exilu a před dobou normalizace. Poslední hra znamená začátek jeho druhého období v Belgii, spojeného s městem Louvain-la-Neuve. Druhé období začíná v době normalizace, kdy bylo zlikvidováno Divadlo za branou, zatímco jsou Krejčovy inscenace již velmi známé v...
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