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Don't Leave Me: Narratological Film Analysis
Horyna, Martin ; Svatoňová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Čeněk, David (referee)
The aim of Don't Leave Me: Narratological Film Analysis thesis is to determine through analysis of the aforementioned film the techniques of documentary filmmakers being used to lead the viewer to discover a coherent plot structure in the content, and to ascertain whether DON'T LEAVE ME systematically uses some methods of the classical film. Texts of Bill Nichols were used to describe the rhetorical strategies of documentary films. The selected theoretical basis of the narrative analysis itself is neoformalism (David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson, Barry Salt) and cognitive narratology (Edward Branigan), which served to define documentary films with a high degree of narration. The study of motivations and development, time and space in the film was employed in order to describe narrative strategies chosen by the filmmakers. The analysis has proved that DON'T LEAVE ME structures the protagonists' action and speech as a story. Furthermore, it was shown that the analysed film can be classified as a documentary film with a high degree of narration and that it systematically utilizes numerous methods of the classical film. The contribution of this thesis is to demonstrate a specific manner of analysing the narration of (highly) narrative documentary films through narratological means; it is thus possible to...
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Narratology in Advertisement
Elčić, Slaven ; Dolanský, Pavel (advisor) ; Klabíková Rábová, Tereza (referee)
Thesis focuses on the relationship between narratology and advertisement creating, especially on the question, whether the similarities between structure of advertisement texts and fairytale plot structure can be found. It follows evolution of narratology in three main phases - preclasicall, clasicall and postclasicall and describes main theories and terminology. It later deals with important criticisms of narratology, namely from the perspective of narrative structure and afterwards, with help of theory of semiotics and aestethics it performs a qualitative analysis on particular television advertisements. Results indicate that the theory is correct, althought due to the relatively small number of analysed advertisements, it cannot be verified for sure and further examination of the topic along with inclusion of latter theories will be necessary.
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Narrative spaces of lyrical poetry
Melichar, Dominik ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Málek, Petr (referee)
The work is a summary reflection on reading lyrical text and reader's understanding. It consists of two major topics - narratology and poetics of lyric poem - which are dissolved in the body of the work because of their meeting and direct confrontation. The third major circuit also dissolved in the body of work so that it can be functional for each complete part is poetry of Jiří Orten. Narratology now appears as a universal approach to the analysis of art (besides the literary text also film work, theater performances, paintings, etc., etc.). Poetics of lyric poetry is still adrift in a similar methodology. Considerations of this work are based on the assumption that narrative is one of the fundamental noetic structures of the human mind, and that storytelling is organizing principle of the human psyche. Based on this assumption the phenomenon of lyrical poem approaches to man as a kind of narratives that makes up a fictional world. Thoughts on the fictionality of poems, largely based on Doležel concept of fictional worlds is herein supported by Miroslav Červenka studie Fictional worlds of lyrical poetry. One of the last works of Červenka is confronted with other theoretical considerations on this subject (especially M.-L. Ryan, W. Iser and also U. Eco). Likewise this work is becomes a place of...
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History, Fiction and Ideology: Analysis of the Novel "The doubts of Salai"
Švantner, Michal ; Češka, Jakub (advisor) ; Fulka, Josef (referee)
This thesis analyzes the historical novel The Doubts of Salaí in terms of purpose, which the authors have clearly declared in the study attached to the novel. This purpose is both to ridicule the excessive confidence in the pulp and obvious fakes, and literary demythologization of myths - associated primarily with the Pope Alexander VI., Leonardo da Vinci, renaissance humanists or Tacit's Germania - which have settled in the historical discourse. Thus the thesis, through the narratological analysis, examines the procedures that are used within these purposes, and notes the implications for theories of the historical and literary discourses relationship. It also shows that in the final study the authors perpetrate historical objectivism and do not reflect the literariness of their own text. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Narrative Structures in Virginia Woolf's Shorter Fiction
Kovačeva, Elizabet ; Wallace, Clare (advisor) ; Nováková, Soňa (referee)
Thesis Abstract One of the basic principles of modernism was to evaluate existing traditions and cultural norms, to innovate them, and to get rid of them if necessary. The need and urge to innovate proved to be immensely productive in the short story genre. The short story is now perceived as independent of other prose forms precisely thanks to the modernists. Virginia Woolf was one of the most enthusiastic innovators of the form, her work in the genre is nevertheless often overlooked in comparison to her novels, or even in comparison to other short story writers, such as Katherine Mansfield or James Joyce. This thesis deals with selected narrative structures in Virginia Woolf's shorter fiction. It works with the basic assumption that when Woolf's short stories are read, her novels have to be taken into account as well due to numerous thematic and other affinities. However, it is also of importance to evaluate Woolf's short fiction without measuring them against her novels as these are two distinct genres. The thesis introduction presents an overview of the literary and cultural context of the times in which Woolf lived and wrote, with emphasis on her familiarity with the Russian writers, primarily Chekhov, and the first Post-Impressionist painters. The thesis then carries out four separate analyses of four...
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RPG as a narrative medium
Slavík, Petr ; Švelch, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Hrdina, Matouš (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with narrative in video games, specifically in RPGs and its "hybrids". Theoretical part presents selected concepts of game studies and narratology, which are used as a base for a possible method of analysis in the practical part of this paper. This method is demonstrated using four examples to form four short case studies.
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Educator in the Czech Movie
Majerová, Markéta ; Koťová, Magdalena (advisor) ; Valenta, Josef (referee)
The thesis is of an analytical - interpretive nature. Its prevaling analytical part focuses on an analysis of 14 films that represent the Czech cinematography produced in the period of 1937- 2010, and feature the character of an educator The films have been divided according to the date of their production into three main groups - the films made before the year 1945, those produced between 1945 and 1989, and the films made from 1989, i.e.after the Velvet Revolution, onwards. The interpretative part deals with the portrayal of a teacher in the Czech film production, and focuses, in particular, on apparent identical features in depicting the character of an educator, as well as on the attributes assigned to the profession of a teacher, interaction between a teacher and his/her pupils, and interaction with between a teacher and his/her broader social environment. Keywords educator, narratology, film, representation
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Characters in Jáchym Topol's Works
Vytiska, Vojtěch ; Kubíček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Peterka, Josef (referee)
The bachelor's thesis deals with narratology analysis of fictional world of early Jáchym Topol's works: Výlet k nádražní hale and Sestra. The thesis focuses on system of characters. The method of analysis of narrative modalities exposes complex fictional world. The work deals with the narrator and his reliability in the fictional world. The last chapter describes the system of characters and proposes the typology of characters for Topol's fictional world.
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World of Jáchym Topol's Characters
Procházka, Martin ; Kubíček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Mocná, Dagmar (referee)
The Precis from the bachelor thesis The World of Jáchym Topol s Characters In this bachelor thesis I directed my attention to three representative books of the writer Jáchym Topol, about which I think, that they apposite Topol s work in the best way. I analyzed these books directing my attention to building-up of the fictitious world and the characters, than to stylistic exposure a style of narration. Every analyzed book has one own charter. In the last chapter No. four I made a comparison on the grounds of analyzed books and tried to show their similitudes and diversities. I used S. Chatman s naratologic work and typologie of characters with their building-up and methods, which I became acquainted in class of introduction to the literary theory and interpretative seminaries.
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Postmodern Characteristics of KURT VONNEGUT
Adamová, Kateřina ; Klumparová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Kubíček, Tomáš (referee)
This thesis analyzes narrative strategies of Kurt Vonnegut as a postmodern author with a specific style. The first part defines postmodernism as opposed to modernism and explains all essential notions to provide the theoretical background. This part also includes a biographical element, describing the important events of the author's life, as these had a major influence on his work. Second part of the thesis analyzes the narrative style of the two selected books, Breakfast of Champions and Mother Night. The conclusion summarizes the most important specifics of the author's narrative strategies and style in the given books. This thesis presents Kurt Vonnegut as a significant and influential representative of postmodern American literature of the second half of the 20th century. Vonnegut fully employs the narrative strategies typical for this period, and by experimenting he creates his own unique style.
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