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Mise en abyme of the reading in novels "Madame Bovary" and "A Rebours"
Sekerková, Danka ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (advisor) ; Listíková, Renáta (referee)
Title of the thesis: Mise en abyme of the reading in novels "Madame Bovary" and "A Rebours". Keywords: literature, mímésis, anti-mímésis, reception of a literary work, reading, mise en abyme of reading (Metareading), reader, Metareader, fictional reality (fiction), objective reality (reality) and intertextuality. Abstract: The main subject of this diploma thesis is the reading of novels and its pernicious effect on a reader. This aspect is studied in the novels which involve the process of reading. In other words, the main characters of the novels are readers which results in the double reading. This phenomenon is an artistic and literary technique called ''mise en abyme'' which is used in the novels "Madame Bovary" (1856) by Gustave Flaubert and "A Rebours"(1884) by Joris-Karl Huysmans which represent the framework of our analysis. The main goal of the analysis is to determine the influence of the corruptive reading on the characters of novels, furthermore their reasons for reading and the role and the function of reading in their lives. Having chosen reading as the subject of this thesis, we intend to restore the importance of reading and of literature in our society which has been neglecting them considerably. That is to say, that the new postmodern generation has become hostile to the books...
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Myth and Literature: The Werewolf
Benešová, Anna ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
anglicky: Title of the thesis: Myth and Literature: The Werewolf Keywords: myth, literature, mythology, mythodology, mythanalysis, mythocriticism, werewolf Abstract: This thesis deals with the relation between literature and myth. Literature transcribes the myth from a language of symbols to the language of literature. This process limits the multiplicity of meaning and the variety of renderings of a myth but at the same time makes it possible to preserve the elemental message and make it comprehensible for the socio-cultural reality of the author and subsequently for the reader. The objective of this thesis is to show on the example of the werewolf how a myth works in literature. After researching into the domain of mythology and mythocriticism, Gilbert Durand's method, called mythodology, was chosen as the principal route to approach the subject of this thesis. Mythodology comprises of two phases: mythanalysis and mythocriticism. The method is used for the study of the myth of the werewolf in four literary works from the different periods and of the different genres. In the final part are studied and analysed some socio-cultural consequences of the psychological nature of myth and its transcription into literature.
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Finding faith in novels by Sylvie Germain
Francová, Kristýna ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (advisor) ; Listíková, Renáta (referee)
5 Synopsis This thesis focuses on the analysis of three novels by the contemporary French writer Sylvie Germain, who is not only common theme of searching for faith, which appears in the title of the thesis. In addition it is joining two other topics: 1 Relationship with Judaism and Christianity and 2 Topic of deformed childhood. Attention is devoted to Judeo- Christian myths and symbols in the text corpus and the way that Sylvie Germain is transforming and reinterpreting them. The study is concerned on mythologic and symbolic potentials and the underlying topoi of religious discourse, which, however, beyond its meaning outside of religion to all spheres of human existence. To this end, the use of certain interpretive methods of depth psychology and the closely related hagiotherapy. The paper also used knowledge of theology and theological hermeneutics. The last methodological total, whom the author of the work uses, is Bakhtin's-Kristeva's concept of intertextuality where there are analyzed texts associated with their hypotexts in intentions of Sylvie Germain. Keywords: Judeo-Christian tradition and mythology, religion, symbols, childhood, depth psychology, theological hermeneutics, intertextuality, hypertext, hypotext, literary transposition, enlightenment.
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Louis Leger, mediator of the Czech-French cultural relationships
Klapilová, Adéla ; Listíková, Renáta (advisor) ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (referee)
anglicky: Title of the thesis: Louis Leger, mediator of the Czech-French cultural relationships. Key words: Louis Leger, Slavic studies, Collège de France, correspondence, policy, Frantisek Palacky, Frantisek Ladislav Rieger, Ernest Denis, Hanus Jelinek, Karolina Svetla, Sobeslav Pinkas, Jan Neruda. Abstract: Louis Leger, french Slavophile, Slavicist and promoter of Czech issues in France in the second half of the 19th century, led correspondence with leading figures of the French nation as well as with the personalities of the Slavic word. Leger's correspondence with the Czech national elite is evidence of his interest in the Czech issue. Correspondence written in Czech and French is stored in the Literary Archive of the Museum of Czech Literature in Prague. The aim of this thesis is to discuss the Leger's written correspondence and present its contents to readers with regard to the historical context.
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Two "perfect" crimes. Analysis and interpretation of Hygine de l'assassain and Cosmétique de l'ennemi by Amélie Nothomb
Stojanová, Stanislava ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (advisor) ; Listíková, Renáta (referee)
V obou románech autorka zpracovává téma zločinu. Termínem zločin označujeme trestný čin, který se vymyká zásadám morálního myšlení společnosti a právním normám. Odhalení staví pachatele do pozice zločince, jenž by mčl být potrestán. V opačném případě, kdy odhalen není, může být považován za zločin dokonalý. Zde je ale nutné položit si otázku, zda takový dokonalý zločinec může opravdu ujít svému trestu. V úvodu práce jsme uvedli hypotézu, že i po spáchání dokonalého zločinu ve smyslu zahlazení veškerých stop nemůže viník uniknout spravedlnosti reprezentované jeho svědomím, které se mu stává pomyslným vězením a zároveň tedy i trestem. Tuto hypotézu jsme ověřovali na obou studovaných románech. Představili jsme zločince, prostředí, ve kterém vyrůstali, jejich záliby a posedlosti, jejich charakterové rysy. Perverzita, mystické myšlení, ale i narcismus se ukázaly jako prvky silně zasahující do povahy hrdinů. Rozluštili jsme také hádanku, kterou nám Amélie Nothombová nabídla v jejich jménech. Poté jsme se zaměřili na jejich oběti oplývající nepopsatelnou krásou. Obludná zvrácenost vrahů, která tuto krásu ještě umocnila, se projevila i ve vzájemných vztazích, v nichž si hlavní hrdinové potvrzovali své dominantní postavení, svou nadvládu. Důkladně jsme prostudovali také samotný zločin, místo činu a možné motivy....
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Romantic Characters in the Work of Victor Hugo
Vorlová, Magdalena ; Listíková, Renáta (advisor) ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (referee)
Although Victor Hugo is considered the leader of romanticism, His work can be found in many realistic elements. We explained that realism no opposition to romanticism, but that the two mutually permeate streams that Romanticism is the basis of realism. In the novels we studied we find a number of common thematic elements, both romantic and realistic. The author's access to them but not never clear. Romantic motif of the mask is the extreme, imprisonment, for some romance, full of mystery and environment-friendly refrigeration, portrays Hugh realistically menacing, while the realistic theme builds social problems Hugo to the fore quite romantic hero. About any of Hugh's prose can not unequivocally say that it is realistic or romantic. In all we find side by side elements and motifs of the two directions intertwined and mutually complementary, one based on the other. Paul Bénichou characterized as a synthesis of the "harmony between the real and ideal, the sense and spirit, and potential natural"
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Current Trends in the French Children's Literature
Zaňková, Kristýna ; Fučíková, Milena (advisor) ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (referee)
The beginning section of this thesis named Current Trends in the French Children's Literature is focused on a terminology concerning key theoretical terms in children's literature. Further content is focused on the history of children's literature, including a brief overview of the period and examples of the key works. There is a list of Major international and French literary prizes given to authors of children's books. The complex relationship between author and reader was also examined. The next part of the thesis is primarily focused on a literary analysis of three French novels for teenagers published at the beginning of the 21st century: Toby Alone by Timothée de Fombelle, La vie, en gros by Mikaël Ollivier and Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Emphasis is put not only on basic characteristics of contemporary children's literature but also on the singularity of these literary works. The problems of literary translation from French into a quite other language are covered in the final part of the thesis. The translator has to move a literary text into the target language and carry the distinctive character of a work, its idioms and tone. KEYWORDS children's literature, the reader, reading, the reception of the literary work, literary prizes in France, international literary...
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Daniel Essertier from the Czech point of view
Garcíová, Sylvia ; Listíková, Renáta (advisor) ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (referee)
Title of the thesis: Daniel Essertier from the Czech point of view This work is dedicated to the life and work of Daniel Essertier (1888-1931), French philosopher and sociologist, who was sent to Prague in 1920 by the French Government to become a professor at the newly established French Institute, at that time a major French cultural institution in former Czechoslovakia. The aim of this work is to research thoroughly as much detail as possible so as to reconstruct the life of this gifted thinker whose life was ended by a tragic accident. Therefore upon reporting his scientific activities, the thesis will then reconstruct the untreated fraction of the history of the French Institute in Prague and the Czech-French relations. Keywords: Daniel Essertier, French Institute in Prague, French philosophy and sociology of the 20th century, Czech-French relations.
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History or Fiction? The Question of Hybrid Literature: Laurent Binet's Novel HHhH
Soukup, Jan ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (advisor) ; Fučíková, Milena (referee)
The diploma thesis concerns the questions of hybrid literature, especially the novel HHhH by Laurent Binet. Even though history and fiction can impact and enrich each other, their relationship is quite problematic. Therefore philosophers, historians and literary critics are trying to answer the questions of how to write (about) history. Laurent Binet tackles this in his novel HHhH, in which two storylines keep alternating. In the first one narrator constantly addresses the reader, expressing his doubts if it is even possible to give a faithful account of an historical event. In the second storyline he portrays the events that led to the assassination of deputy Reich Protector of the Bohemia and Moravia Reinhard Heydrich. The goal of the thesis is to analyse the relationship between history and fiction, as this relationship has during the 20th century undergone rapid changes, which are also apparent in the analysed text. The thesis is divided in two parts. The first, which serves as a theoretical base for the subsequent analysis of HHhH, depicts the historiographical approaches, which have changed and evolved significantly in the 20th century. The second part tracks the reflections of the particular historiographical approaches in HHhH and examines, which conclusions has the author reached in his...
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Myth in French classicist tragedy and in poetry and prose of symbolists
Loskot, Tomáš ; Listíková, Renáta (advisor) ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (referee)
This thesis deals with how a myth is approached and treated by two different literary movements, namely the classicism and the symbolism. The main aim of this thesis is to compare the shift of meaning and function of the myth in its literary renditions. The works on which we will try to demonstrate these differences are Phèdre by Jean Racine as for the classical movement, and Thésée by André Gide as for the symbolist movement. The thesis poses questions regarding the purpose of these respective literary interpretations and centres around the hypothesis that the classical work focuses on inspiring terror and pity, while the myth as treated by the symbolists seems to serve rather as a dialogue with oneself. Moreover, symbolists perceive the myth's archetypal content to be more suitable in expressing the essential, in accordance with the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, while the classical period is much more preoccupied with Antiquity and follows strictly the rules as established in Aristotle's Poetics. The theoretical part of the thesis concentrates on the definition and delimitation of the keywords, as well as describing the different kinds of myths. It also gives a brief outline of the respective literary movements. The analytical part deals with what the authors wanted to express through the...
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