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The Metaphors of Socialism within the Canonic Prose Fiction of the 1950s
Kadavá, Šárka ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Šebek, Josef (referee)
Based on Lakoff's theory of conceptual metaphor the thesis provides an insight into how the literature was used performatively to offer resources which illustrate the target domain - concept of socialism/communism and ways of its building-up. The primary texts used as material, were presented as obligatory for gaining of Fučík's badge; this campaign regulates both, reading sources and also the way of understanding of chosen canonical prose and will be seen as an emblematic and forceful instrument of narrative ideologization at that time. The interpretation of the canonical prose and subsequent analysis will be based on brochures made for the Fučík's badge, which will offer the viewpoint of current reader or more precisely candidate of this badge and therefore, the thesis especially looks for the root/conceptual metaphors which this institutionalised interpretation considers to be significant. Key words: socialism, Fučík's badge, root/conceptual metaphor
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Non-Human Narrators in Literary Fiction
Hocková, Eva ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Šebek, Josef (referee)
This master thesis deals with the phenomenon of non-human narrator in the literary fiction. The theoretical part of the thesis provides a conceptual framework. The framework is based on the so-called unnatural narratology. Firstly, the thesis discusses non-human narrators that are conventionally accepted. Secondly, the thesis provides a case study of non-human narrators that are perceived as unnatural. The case study includes examples from both canonical works and contemporary works. The research focuses on two main levels related to the usage of the phenomenon of non-human narration as used in the narratives: the level of "meaning" and the level of "form and effect".
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Body, physicality and identity in Fight club novel
Alferyová, Jana ; Heczková, Libuše (advisor) ; Šebek, Josef (referee)
This thesis examines the issues of body, embodiment and indentity in relation to the novel Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. The duality between speech and embodiment is explored in depth, both in the story of the novel and in the author's narrative style. Furthermore, the issue of power in relation to the society as well as towards one's own identity is discussed.
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Between Text and Context. The Theory of the Literary field and Cultural Materialism as Models of Meditation
Šebek, Josef ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Bílek, Petr (referee) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
Between Text and Context: The Theory of the Literary Field and Cultural Materialism as Models of Mediation Josef Šebek, Mgr. Abstract In his dissertation Between Text and Context: The Theory of the Literary Field and Cultural Materialism as Models of Mediation the author deals with the problem of mediation between literary text and its social context. He focuses on two important contemporary context- oriented approaches to literature: the theory of literary field, developed by Pierre Bourdieu, and cultural materialism, first formulated by Raymond Williams and further elaborated by Alan Sinfield and Jonathan Dollimore. He interprets these two theories as basic, mutually complementary models of mediation: the theory of literary field presupposes the existence of a (semi-)autonomous literary micro-world, whereas cultural materialism stresses the full integration of the literary text into the social context, the "social material process" (Williams). After an introduction outlining the problem, the author concentrates on Bourdieu's theory of the literary field, his "new science of works," and on contemporary post-Bourdieusian approaches (those of Alain Viala, Anna Boschetti, Jacques Dubois, Gisèle Sapiro, Pascale Casanova, Bernard Lahire, Jérôme Meizoz, Geoffroy de Lagasnerie) which employ, develop, and modify...
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Myši Natálie Mooshabrové: repetitiveness, game, and narration
Šebek, Josef ; Špirit, Michael (referee) ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor)
Román Myši Natálie Mooshabrové (1970) má specifické místo mezi vrcholnými prózami Ladislava Fukse, publikovanými ve druhé polovině šedesátých a na začátku sedmdesátých let. V Myších autor opustil ukotvení příběhu ve vnějších dějinách a/nebo v subjektivní historii postavy, které bylo typické jak pro introspektivní, zčásti autobiografické Variace pro temnou strunu (1966), tak pro Spalovače mrtvol (1968) a většinu próz ve Smrti morčete (1969), a vydal se žánrově na pole fantastiky, utopie a detektivního románu.1 Tato žánrová fúze je v Myších provedena velmi originálně a je spojena s nebývale masivním a propracovaným uplatněním stylových a narativních postupů, určujících již od předchozích děl charakter Fuksových textů. Myši jsou provokativním a dráždivě mnohoznačným textem - slibným předmětem literárněinterpretačních snah.
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