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The Phenomenon of Narrative Fiction
Cubr, Ladislav ; Češka, Jakub (advisor) ; Kubíček, Tomáš (referee)
The thesis explores the phenomenon of narrative fiction in contemporary society. The thesis focuses particularly on grasping this phenomenon by three important narratologists (Tomaševskij, Schmid, Doležel). The aim of this thesis is the analysis and comparison of their models, the evaluation of their approaches and the identification of their benefits to understanding the narrative fiction. I focus on the more general features of narrative fiction, which can be applied to any type of media. The subtopics of the thesis are presentation of theoretical concepts on which these models are being drawn, and the significance of narrative fiction in our everyday lives. The paper will also try to point out some shortcomings in the overall approach of this narratologists and to emphasize the need to apply also other approaches in order to understand the phenomenon of narrative fiction.
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Metaphors of Nature in the Weekly Magazine Reflex
Vacířová, Martina ; Češka, Jakub (advisor) ; Stibral, Karel (referee)
The M.A. thesis Metaphors of Nature in the Czech Weekly 'Reflex' explores the question of how the changing human-nature relationship is reflected in this journal's writing on nature over the period of the last twenty years. The rationale for the choice of the Reflex weekly magazine is that it is not focused on nature or nature-related themes, and thus what we find in it can help us understand how the relationship between humans and nature has changed not only in the journal, but also in society. The principal assumption underlying the present effort is that the many and variegated existing forms of the relationship between humanity and nature transform themselves into various metaphors. By uncovering and analyzing these metaphors we are able to better understand this relationship itself. The theoretical section of this thesis discusses various ways of understanding the metaphor in general, including the conceptual metaphor approach developed by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson which is applied to the textual material in the subsequent empirical section. The theoretical chapters also present a number of metaphors of nature that have previously been analyzed in the literature, and their implications for the human-nature relationship are indicated. The empirical section contains an analysis of the...
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Guilt and Forgiveness in Karamazov's Brothers from the View of Girard's Triangle of Desire
Havlíček, Petr ; Češka, Jakub (advisor) ; Fulka, Josef (referee)
The work deals with the theme of guilt and forgiveness in The Brothers Karamazov. It tries to prove that individuals who are afflicted by triangular desire are unable to feel their guilt and are unable to forgive. Only after they break this triangle, they can realize their guilt and can forgive - ourselves and others. It also focuses on the close links between the triangle of desire and the Zossima`s concept. Zossima`s concept is meant semiotic body and the main pillar of the story, it is expressed by Zossima`s phrase " We are all guilty for everything." It operates in the Brothers Karamazov as active and passive element that helps the characters to fight with a triangle of a metaphysical desire and that also serves as a measure of consciousness of guilt and forgiveness. Studied characters are Zossima, "mysterious visitor", trinity father Karamazov / son Dmitri / Grushenka and Lisa Hohlakov.
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The distinction between fiction and reality in the film
Girardová de Villars, Hana ; Fišerová, Michaela (advisor) ; Češka, Jakub (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the distinction between fiction and reality in the film using the theory of fictional worlds. It analyzes the effect of fictional worlds and their characters on the viewer's perception and interpretation of fiction. It emphasizes the difference of the impact of fiction on reality, depending on whether the recipient evaluates the fictional work by its relation to reality or realizes that the film doesn't refer to the actual world. The thesis describes the main concepts and problems of the theory of fictional worlds and applies them to the examples of films to show the importance of distinguishing the line between fiction and reality.
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The Body as an Interface
Kučerák, Michal ; Fulka, Josef (advisor) ; Češka, Jakub (referee)
MK: Telo ako rozhranie bakalárska esej Abstract: This bachelor thesis discusses the topic of body in video games in philosophical perspective. The main issues are: What is happening with the body of player during the play? How does this "works"? The essay itself contains definition of game as well, definition of video game provided by Juul and roots of video game itself as cyber culture (Levy) and technical image (Flusser). It shows the history and present of video gaming. The question whether the body will or will not play important role in the future of gaming is being discussed in Hansen's, Virilio's and Deleuze and Guattari's definition of body itself. The essay claims there are two ways of playing the video games through our body: active playing and passive playing. Key words: video game, body, active/passive, visual semiotics
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