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"The Strange Weapons Wielding Polemist." Literary Criticism of Aloys Skoumal.
Beníšková, Edita ; Wiendl, Jan (advisor) ; Špirit, Michael (referee)
The present thesis aims to describe and, subsequently, analyze the essayistic oeuvre of Aloys Skoumal, focusing on the author's critical engagement. The prerequisite for such an analysis is a thorough research in Skoumal's articles, essays, prologues, epilogues, editorials and reviews, published in newspapers and journals from the mid1920s to the late 1970s. A substantial part of the thesis is the bibliography of articles, various journal contributions, prologues and epilogues by Aloys Skoumal.
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Critical literary discourse and its media coverage on example of Vladimír Novotný
Janáková, Barbora ; Šoltys, Otakar (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
Czech critical literary discourse has been formed for many centuries. Its development was affected by movements in artistic styles and political changes, development of technological environment and was shaped by mediatization in last two decades. Typical representative of current critical literary discourse is Vladimir Novotny. This work would be able to describe current critical literary discourse and also outline its future development, by analyzing literary criticisms written by Vladimir Novotny and comparing his work with essays of other critics. This work will also compare two other present literary critics. First one is Josef Chuchma who has been managing section Culture in daily news MF DNES for eighteen years. Martin C. Putna is famous Czech literary scientist, philosopher and religionist. The aim of this thesis is to compare of essays of Josef Chuchma and Martin C. Putna to find mediatizating tendencies and describe their influence on critical literary discourse. In the section of the annexes is comprehensive interview with Vladimir Novotny which shows that literary critics realize tendencies of mediatization in critical literary discourse. Literary critics are not able to name them properly, but they can express them.
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The Eternal Boyhood of Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic
Kolařík, Karel ; Vojtěch, Daniel (advisor) ; Lishaugen, Roar (referee) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The thesis attempts to describe the life and work of Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic through an analysis of his lifestyle, i.e. the way in which he organized, embellished and individualized his life. Karásek sought to shape his existence as an artwork, in accordance with the inspirational concepts of the contemporary and antecedent thinkers and artists (e.g. Oscar Wilde, Walter Pater and Maurice Maeterlinck). He accented its integrity and orientation towards beauty. In accord with his aesthetic vision (and his literary work) Karásek conditioned beauty with sadness and pain and attempted to emphasize melancholic beauty, unity in disunion. For that purpose he would accentuate particularly the disintegrative, critical elements, evoking the impression of unsuccessful, self-destructive endeavor to reach life's high ideal. This corresponded with his tragic concept of the artist immolating himself for his Art. I approach Karásek's lifestyle through the use of the terms youth and (eternal) boyhood, which Karásek himself employed as symbols of mournfully beautiful existence in his literary work. I define a youth - in accordance with the romantic and symbolist interpretation - as a person at odds with reality (contemporary truths, customs and rules), a solitary, unique being, trying to construct a new world - only...
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The poet sings poorly. The media response to the song about Viktorka by Jaroslav Seifert in the fifties of 20th century
Maňák, Vratislav ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Bednařík, Petr (referee)
The diploma thesis "The Poet Sings Poorly. The Media Response to The Song about Viktorka by Jaroslav Seifert in The Fifties of 20th Century" deals with the campaign set against the poet Jaroslav Seifert and his piece "The Song about Viktorka". The affair was raised by the communist weekly magazine "Tvorba". There is a critical historical analysis applied in the diploma thesis. The event is outlined from the wide perspective and also the medial, cultural-political, aesthetical and personality sights are viewed and combined there. It attends to the cultural, political and medial conditions in the turn of the 40s and 50s and it also analyses Seifert's position in this period. It investigates the acceptance of Seifert's poetic skills after the year 1948 and also it describes poet's political profile and his relationship to the communist party. It follows in details by broad circumstances which the critics of Seifert's poem "The Song about Viktorka" provoked and which were extended until the inter-war period. It analyses the reviews of the mentioned Seifert's piece of work, its impact on poet's future life and the cultural area of the beginning of the fifties. The aim of the diploma thesis is to set a comprehensive view of the affair Seifert had to face up with. It can also be used as an example of...
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Gao Xingjian: 1980s Short Stories
Blahota, Martin ; Andrš, Dušan (advisor) ; Lomová, Olga (referee)
Thesis abstract The aim of this thesis is to analyze Gao Xingjian's short stories published in the 1980s. Short stories are explored in the context of Gao Xingjian's essays, novels and dramas. The first and the second chapter concern themselves with the historical background of the literary work. The third chapter is dedicated to Gao Xingjian's essays and his theoretical approaches to literature. The fourth chapter includes analysis of his dramas and novels. The fifth and the sixth chapter represent the main part of this work: This part of the thesis is dedicated to exploration of representative sample of nine short stories. The subsequent analysis is concerned with the semantic structure of the short stories "On the See", "Mother" and "Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather". This thesis shows menaing-making techniques which are characteristic for the whole Gao Xingjian's literary work.
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What is criticism, what is not and what use is in the world. Typology of Czech literary criticism in the years 1995-2008
Proroková, Marie ; Kubíček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Peterka, Josef (referee)
This bachelor's thesis describes the development of literary criticism conception and it's earlier typology. The thesis deals with the difference between literary criticism and reviews - how these dissimilarities appear in theory and in practice. The applicable typology for present Czech literary criticism has been suggested in this thesis. The typology mentioned divides literary criticism into two main types: text-oriented criticism and context-oriented criticism. It discusses the development of value conception and what is a value even nowadays. For contemporary literary critics it is originality, credibility of the work and composition. It provides information on how criticism is presented by individual Czech periodicals including Host, A2, Revolver Revue, Tvar, Souvislosti and Literární noviny.
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Genre and Thematic Specification of Russian Prose of the Nineties of the 20th Century
Kastnerová, Erika ; Ulbrechtová, Helena (advisor) ; Chlaňová, Tereza (referee)
The desintegration of the USSR, the resulting release of censorship, and the related publication of earlier prohibited texts, as well as the new charakter of the book market entirely tranformed the shape of the literary field of the nineties. This thesis concerns itself with a specific segment of the professional literary production of this period. With its topic, this work aspires to contribute to the serious research of the little explored postcommunist period in the Russian literature. In order to assess and interpret the evolution of opininions in this period of time, the chosen method is the one of commented overview of literary criticism and of literary-theoretical texts published mainly between 1986 and 2000 in Russian publications (mostly in so-called "thick magazines"). The thesis focuses on studies interested in the work of the middle and younger generation of the Russian prose writers, and more precisely on studies concerning the structural aspects of the literary situation in the nineties. On the background of the specific cultural and social situation, the method of the ample commentary is an appropriate way regarding how to interpret the literary theorists' basis of thoughts and opinions, and at the same time how to affect these experts' relationship to the new tendencies in the...
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Contemporary British Drama in the View of The Critics' Circle
Vondráková, Adéla ; SCHLEGELOVÁ, Martina (advisor) ; JOBERTOVÁ, Daniela (referee)
The subject of this thesis is the contemporary British drama. Firstly the thesis performs a brief excursion into the context of the origin of the plays. It summarises the basic facts about the British theatre system, the development of British criticism and of the British association of the critics The Critics' Circle. The thesis deals with the plays awarded with The Critics' Circle Theatre Award for the best new play between years 2000 and 2010. These are Blue / Orange by Joe Penhall, Humble Boy Charlotte Jones, The York Realist by Peter Gill, Democracy by Michael Frayn, The History Boys by Alan Bennett, Harvest by Richard Bean, Rock'n'Roll by Tom Stoppard, A Disappearing Number by Simon McBurney and Complicite, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth, and Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris. Subsequently, based on the overall analysis of all eleven awarded plays the thesis gives the assessment of their common features in terms of dramatic form and also in the terms of theme. Finally it deals with the British as well as Czech critical reflections of the particular plays. It attempts to draw conclusions about the nature of contemporary British drama in relation to the British criticism.
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Fran\c{c}ois Rabelais seen by Czech literary critics
HEJDUKOVÁ, Zdeňka
This thesis is focused on reception of the work of the French renaissance writer François Rabelais. The main objective of the thesis is to ascertain how his work was perceived by Czech and also European critics. François Rabelais entered the Czech literary context due to the translation of his work by a group of translators named Jihočeská Theléma. This thesis deals with the perception of his work by contemporary literary critics and ascertains whether the views of Czech and European critics are identical or different. The thesis also deals with the translation group called Jihočeská Theléma and with the issue of Gargantua and Pantagruel novel entering the Czech literary scene. One subsection is dedicated to the legal action with V. K. Blahník, who used the Czech translation of Gargantua without agreement with the publisher Reise and without permission of Jihočeská Theléma.
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Interpretations of Josef Svejk in the Contexts of Czech and International Literary Science
RAŠKOVÁ, Alena
This graduation thesis with title Interpretations of Josef Švejk in The Contexts of Czech and International Literary Science has an aim doucment and analyze interpretation models of Josef Švejk in the novel The Good Solider Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek. In base the materials gain the figure of Josef Švejk will be assess in context of Czech esthetic and ideal discourse. In graduation thesis will be put big emphasis on sence of language. From this reason is a part of this thesis dedicate to liguistic analysis.
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