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"Who are we for the contemporary French poetry?" The search for identity in the collection La Chute des temps by Bernard Noël
Bratská, Johana ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
(in English) The diploma thesis "Who are we for the contemporary French poetry?" Searching for identity in poetry collection La Chute des temps by Bernard Noël aims to explore the contemporary - in this case primarily French - poetry. The first part is asking about the causes of poetry decline in sense of readership and popularity of such genre and seeks for an answer to the question what contribution does the poetry reading bring for a contemporary reader. Based on analysis of texts by literary critics, theoreticians and poets, the paper comes to conclusions, which are applied in the second part on the analysis of particular text by French poet Bernard Noël - La Chute des temps. The paper analyses the search for an identity "I" of the author and the reader, the musicality in verses as subconscious signature of the author, the relationship between the body of the poet, the reader and the poem itself and, last but not least, the metaphor of skin as the boundary between the inside and the outside. Key words: contemporary French poetry, literality, new lyric, Bernard Noël, identity of a subject, poetic space, musicality, flesh
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Dramaturgical and Aesthetical Development of Deux ex Machine in Selected Works by Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine
Balucha, Martin ; Šuman, Záviš (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
The present study focuses on a theatrical principle known as a Latin calque Deus ex machina meaning "God from the Machine". Although this plot device used to resolve a seemingly unsolvable problem is already mentioned in the Aristotle's Poetics, its application and understanding keeps developing. Moreover, the status of Deus ex machina among other theatrical constraints changes as well. The aim of this M.A thesis is to describe the evolution of this particular theatrical device in terms of aesthetics and dramaturgy of the 17th Century French Tragedy. The first part of the study is dedicated to a theoretical analysis of Deus ex machina. Therefore, we introduce the opinions of three French classicist theorists, namely Jean Chapelain, abbé d'Aubignac and Hippolyte-Jules Pilet de La Mesnardière. In each of these theoretical works the theatrical device is analysed in the context of individual dramaturgical doctrines as well as in a close correlation with other theatrical rules. In the second part of the work we study the practical integration of Deus ex machina in six selected tragedies dealing with the legends on Iphigenia and Medea. In the entire work Deus ex machina is described mainly in the context of other "irrational" elements of the plot as they represent an inevitable part of a tragic action. Powered by...
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The role of secondary characters in Molière's comedies
Řádková, Tereza ; Šuman, Záviš (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
This Master's diploma thesis deals with the work of French playwright Molière, to be more precise, with types of characters in his plays. The thesis is not only based on Molière's main works Don Juan, Tartuffe or The Miser but it also studies characters in comedies like The Bourgeois Gentleman, Scapin's Deceits and others. It distinguishes two categories, major and minor characters. Nevertheless the attention is particularly focused on the minor characters. The goal of the thesis is to show what importance the characters have in Molière's plays and what is their role. Keywords: Classicism, Comedy, Molière, Character, French Drama, French Literature, Secondary Character
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Milan Červenka, Some souvenirs - For them who come after
Němečková, Klára ; Pohorský, Aleš (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
This text presents and analyses a not yet published writing Quelques souvenirs - A ceux qui viennent après (Some souvenirs - For them who come after) written by a Czechoslovak emigrant living currently in France Milan Cervenka (before emigration called Červenka). Work is introduced with a brief description of historical situation in Czechoslovakia after the Second World War and thus explains major reasons for leaving the country. The main part consists of an analysis of the autobiographical writing from different points of view (genre, linguistics, literary theory). Regarding this analysis it is demonstrated that writing does not contain significant literary qualities, however, it is a valuable personal contribution to the area of migrant literature.
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Comparison of Time and Memory Categories in Maurice Blanchot's and Pascal Quignards's Essays with the Conception of the Memory in Patrick Modiano's works
Kucherov, Anton ; Šuman, Záviš (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
Anton Kucherov Comparaison des catégories de temps et mémoire dans les essais de Maurice Blanchot et de Pascal Quignard avec la conception de la mémoire dans l'oeuvre romanesque de Patrick Modiano Comparison of Time and Memory Categories in Maurice Blanchot's and Pascal Quignards's Essays with the Conception of the Memory in Patrick Modiano's works _____________________________________________________ This work aims to compare the perception particularities of time and memory categories in the philosophical essays of Maurice Blanchot and Pascal Quignard with the Patrick Modiano's memory of return. This study contains a historical overview of memory and time categories interpretation and examines the particularities of the artistic and subjective memory through the texts of Maurice Blanchot and Pascal Quignard, as well as total novels of Patrick Modiano. This study represents a psychological analysis of memory and its overpersonal, total, fragmental, non-linear and individual process. The realization of this work is ensured by the method of the memory places developed by Pierre Nora, as well as the heuristic method and through phenomenological psychoanalysis. The subject area of memory is important because the concentration of the cultural space needs a treatment of the past. The memory today is a means, an...
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Role of the director in Moliere'sTartuffe
Sadykova, Kamilya ; Šuman, Záviš (advisor) ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (referee)
Title of the thesis: The role of the director in Moliere's Tartuffe. Keywords: Molière, comédien (actor), dramaturgie (dramaturgy), hypocrite (hypocrite), hypocrisie (hypocrisy). Abstract The thesis entitled De l'implication du metteur en scène dans l'interprétation de Tartuffe examines the most important problems and storylines in two stage interpretations of Tartuffe. The aim of this thesis is to compare the play in French and Czech and analyze the similarities and differences between two versions. Moreover, this work is intended to show how directors at La Comedie-Française and Realistické Divadlo put the comedy on the stage guided by their personal perception of the original text or translation and to what extent they follow the rules of classicism. The thesis consists of an introduction, a methodological section, seven main chapters and a conclusion. The introduction is devoted to a general description of Molière and King Louis XIV. The methodological section outlines the structure of the thesis. The following chapters constitute the core of the thesis. The first chapter delineates the traces of religion in Tartuffe and the reasons why Molière was not allowed to put on this play for a long time. Following this, the origin of Tartuffe's name is studied. The third chapter presents proof of...
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Paul Éluard between two Muses
Liberská, Lenka ; Pohorský, Aleš (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
This thesis analyses two creative periods of a French poet Paul Éluard, during which he was influenced by two surrealistic Muses Elena Ivanovna Diakonovna (Gala) and Maria Benz (Nusch) who were at the same time his partners in life. Importance of a poetry inspired by the last Muse Dominique Lemort is mentioned shortly. The aim of this study is to compare poetry from both periods and point out both differences and common character features of women who inspired the author. Finally it will try to answer the question whether in the Éluard's work there is present a single idea of woman-Muse or not. Analysis was conducted on verses especially from books of poetry Capitale de la douleur, L'Amour la Poésie, La vie immédiate and Facile.
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