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The History of Translating "Batrachomyomachia" into Czech
Eyerová, Olga ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
The aim of the bachelor thesis is to analyze and compare the translations of the Batrachomyomachia from the National Revival period to the present. The translations in question are those of Samuel Rožnay (1834 [written 1819]), Hynek Mejsnar (1877 and 1881), Antonín Škoda (1891), Jaromír Rašín (1928), Jan Křesadlo (1998 [1940s]), and Otakar Smrčka (1959). The translations by Jan Hollý (1808) and Dominik František Kynský (1817), that have not survived, are also briefly discussed. The main focus is placed on the analysis of the individual translations. The bachelor thesis provides the basic characteristics of the Batrachomyomachia, information about its uncertain authorship and time of the written. Later imitations of the Batrachomyomachia are also briefly mentioned. Two probes are chosen for a more detailed comparison: the translation of proper names of frogs and mice and the translations of participles.
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Czech Translation of Lucius Ampelius' Liber Memorialis with Introduction and Commentary
Halámka, Marek ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Prchlík, Ivan (referee)
The aim of this bachelor's thesis is to create the first Czech translation of the only work of the otherwise unknown Roman author Lucius Ampelius Liber Memorialis. The introductory study presents the information that is known about the author and his work, focusing in particular on summarizing the efforts to date for a more precise chronological classification of Ampelius' life and the issues of the manuscript tradition. In addition, the introductory study deals with the structure of the book and the sources from which the author drew. The translation, which was created with the aim of faithfully imitating Ampelius' austere style, is accompanied by explanatory notes for better orientation in the discussed realia and textological problems of Ampelius' work.
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Apollo and his lovers
Svobodová, Anna ; Fischerová, Sylva (advisor) ; Bažil, Martin (referee)
The Bachelor's thesis focuses on the god Apollo, one of the fundamental figures of the Greek pantheon; however, our attention is not on Apollo's influence in Greece but on his love life. The first part provides general information about the god, i.e. etymology of his name, his birth, his place in the Greek pantheon. The second part introduces stories of Apollo's female and male lovers and highlights four important figures - Cyrene, Daphne, Coronis, Hyacinth. The thesis aims to examine reasons why was the fate of Apollo's female and male lovers often so tragic. By studying primary as well as secondary sources, it will be shown how ancient authors reflected Apollo's love affairs, in which way their versions of the stories differ from each other, and also how contemporary scholarship interprets these mythological stories. Key words Apollo, myth, Greek mythology, Cyrene, Hyacinth, Daphne, Coronis, Greek religion, Greek literature
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Ivan Bureš as a translator of Roman poetry
Marešová, Zuzana ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the translations of Ivan Bureš (1886-1947) from Roman poetry. It places Bureš's work in context of the contemporary translating from Latin into Czech and presents his own reflection as a translator. Based on the analysis of Bureš's translations, it analyzes his translation method, especially in relation to contemporary criticism and his own theoretical principles. The thesis focuses on the development of Bureš's translation method by both comparison of different editions of the same work and comparison of the procedures used in the translations of different works. The results of the analyzes are confronted with the generally widespread opinion, given in literary dictionaries, that Bureš revised his method of translation after the criticism and came closer to the conservative tradition.
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The Reinterpretation of the figure of Achilles in the Literature of Early Empire
Málková, Kateřina ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Šubrt, Jiří (referee)
This thesis attempts to outline and reinterpret the concept of the character of Achilles, which is often considered very schematic, in the Roman literature of the early empire. It tries to prove that its treatment is, on the contrary, based on a number of often contradictory features, properties and motives, and therefore cannot be simplified. In the introductory part of the work, attention is paid to Achilles' depiction in the Iliad and in the works of Roman authors of the Augustan era (Catullus, Horace, Propertius, Vergil, Ovid), which forms the basis for later texts. The main part of the work focuses on specific authors of the early imperial period (the author of the Ilias Latina, Dictys of Crete, Statius, Seneca) and, by analyzing selected passages, an attempt is made to determine Achilles' key motives in individual works and in the given period.
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Valerius Maximus and his adaptation of Cicero's texts
Bady, Štěpán ; Ctibor, Michal (advisor) ; Bažil, Martin (referee)
Valerius Maximus, in his collection of exempla, probably did not use a unifying strategy for working with sources by which he would have adopted texts from other authors. As a first step in the research, it was important to determine which exempla and which sources could be examined in detail. First, a probe was set for books 4-6. Hence, Cicero's philosophical texts were selected as the primary corpus of sources. Then, on the basis of the narratological method, the exempla were divided into two groups according to the probability that particular parallels were used as sources by Valerius Maximus. Subsequently, exempla of the first group were subjected to stylistic and literary analysis. The results are mutually contradictory and therefore cannot be generalized to other books. The core of the thesis is a progression from a detailed analysis of each exempla through general findings concerning the question of readership and the extent of the application of the foreign text to Valerius' collection.
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Valerius Maximus and his adaptation of Cicero's texts
Bady, Štěpán ; Ctibor, Michal (advisor) ; Bažil, Martin (referee)
In his collection, Valerius Maximus used his own strategy to work with sources, in which he adapted texts from other authors. This strategy can be observed on the basis of a parallel analysis of Valerius' text and its source. As a first step, it was important to determine which examples and which sources could be examined in detail in this way. The probe method was determined first. Cicero's philosophical texts were thus selected as the primary corpus of sources. Then, based on the method of Propp's narrative function and lexical similarity, the examples were divided into three categories according to the probability of whether a particular testimony was used by Valerius Maximus as a source. Subsequently, the examples of the first category were subjected to stylistic and literary analysis. The results of this work go beyond the original research questions. The core of the work is the process from a detailed analysis of individual examples through general findings concerning the issue of reading and the scope of application of foreign text into Valerius' collection. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Religious aspects of the Virgil cult in late antiquity
Koronthály, Pavel ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
The thesis addresses, from the point of view of literary history and from the religionistic point of view, the so called Virgil cult, which had developed around the poet's work, but gradually outgrew the borders of literature and culture as such and, in late Antiquity, became a religious phenomenon in the first place. The first part of the thesis deals with Virgil's position in the education system of Rome, which was essential in him becoming the first among Roman poets. The second part focuses on the Virgil cult in traditional "pagan" literature, in which Virgil becomes a cultural icon. The last part deals with the effort of Christian authors to "christianize" Virgil through Christian interpretation of his work.
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Centones Christiani. Intertextual transformations of one form of the Latin Christian poetry of late antiquity
Bažil, Martin ; Kuťáková, Eva (advisor) ; Škoviera, Daniel (referee) ; Wolff, Etienne (referee)
Úkolem této práce bylo analyzovat, popsat a interpretovat cento, pozdněantickou formu "citátové poezie", pomocí takové metody, která by byla schopna vzít v potaz jeho zvláštní charakter. K tomuto účelu jsme se inspirovali analytickými přístupy k textu, které byly navrženy na sklonku 20. století s cílem uchopit různé fenomény závislosti a sekundarity v literatuře, a které vycházejí z teorie intertextuality. Úvodní Teoretická část, nazvaná "Hledání metody popisu", ve své první kapitole shrnuje vývoj proměnlivých názorú na centony a dělí je do tří období. První z nich, od pozdní antiky po baroko, se vymezuje tím, že cento patřilo k produktivním formám v dobové literární tvorbě, byť někdy na jejím okraji. Hodnocení centonu se je v souladu s tím převážně kladné (Ausonius, Isidor ze Sevilly, humanistické příručky, Caramuel z Lobkovic), zdůrazňuje se zejména jejich hravá a reinterpretační, případně parodická stránka. Nečetné kritiky (Tertullianus, Hieronymus, Decretum Gelasianum) vycházejí z ortodoxních křesťanských pozic a kritizují spíše nevhodnost spojení biblického obsahu s "pohanskou'' slovní formou než princip centonu jako takový. V dalším období, které začíná v druhé polovině 18. století, vychází převažující záporné hodnocení centonové poezie ze změny v pojetí umělecké tvorby, pro niž podle dobových...
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The Oresteia of Aeschylos and Satre's The Flies
Jakimiv, Vít ; Fischerová, Sylva (advisor) ; Bažil, Martin (referee)
The thesis aims at comparison of the poetics of Aeschylus' trilogy The Oresteia and Sartre's drama The Flies. In the first part we effectuate evaluation of the state of research as well as division and criticism of some prominent approaches. We observe in particular the limitations imposed on the comparative analysis taking its point of departure from such broad concepts as 'fate', 'freedom' and 'tragedy'. Our considerations are guided primarily by Sartre's theoretic writings on theatre and tragedy. In the second part we accomplish analysis of poetic structures discovering resemblances in the function carried out by single poetic factors in the overall structure of the drama. Notable links appear in the way of utilization of associative networks operating at the level of imagery and metaphor, which in both cases are inseparable from the particular manner of developing the action.
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