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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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Conceptualization of mores in 17 th Century French Tragedy
Šuman, Záviš ; Pohorský, Aleš (advisor) ; Pelán, Jiří (referee) ; Kyloušek, Petr (referee)
214 Abstract Conceptualization of Mores in Seventeenth-Century French Tragedy This thesis is devoted to the study of interpretations of how tragic characters should be portrayed ("mores", "ethos", "mœurs") in French seventeenth-century theories on Tragedy. The theoretical writings of Jean Chapelain, La Mesnardière, Pierre Corneille, d'Aubignac, René Le Bossu, Rapin, Saint-Évremond, Jean Racine and André Dacier are examined in detail. Their findings are compared with the Latin and Italian commentaries on how the Aristotelian notion "character" ("éthé", "éthos") ought to be perceived and understood and what its impact is on dramatic action. The main focus is paid to the detailed analysis of very divergent and often incompatible interpretations of the four Aristotelian conditions outlined briefly in Chapter XV of Poetics and on how the French theorists and dramatists responded to Aristotle's requirements. The first condition requires dramatic character to be "good of its kind" ("chrestos", "ethos" "chreston", "ethe chresta"). The detailed study of contemporary criticism draws us to a conclusion that there are schematically two approaches on how the French theorists conceptualized this very elusive criterion. Whereas Chapelain in his Préface à l'Adone explicitely rejects the moral meaning of "chrestos" and thus...
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Pierre Corneille's dramaturgy in Médée
Balucha, Martin ; Šuman, Záviš (advisor) ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (referee)
The study entitled : La Dramaturgie de Pierre Corneille dans Médée, is concerned with the issue of baroque and classicist aesthetics in Pierre Corneille's drama, Médée. The aim of the present thesis is to consider the nature of Corneille's version of Médée. And thus not only in the context of ancient and contemporary literary critique, but also in the framework of the influence of already mentioned aesthetics. Respecting this intention, the study is divided into following chapters : 1. Introduction, 2. Drama at the interface of two aesthetics, 3. Drama created to be seen an heard, 4. Among a countless number of rules. 5. Conclusion. In chapter 2, the present study sketches a brief draft of the seventeenth century dramatic production. Consecutively it deals with the issue of baroque aesthetics and presents the conceptualization of Jean Rousset, Bruce Morissette and Raymond Lebègue. The subject of the chapter 3, arising from Raymond Lebègue's conceptualization of baroque aesthetics, deals with the representation of both death and violence on stage. Lebegue's conception was applied to concerned passages in Médée - namely Creon's suicide, murder of Créuse, Médée's infanticide and the suicide of Jason. Chapter 4 is a recapitulation of the attitude of Greek, Roman and classicist writers, as well as the one of...
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Novel Thérese Raquin by Émile Zola and it's literary inspiration
Raatzová, Tereza ; Listíková, Renáta (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
Title of the thesis: The novel Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola and its literary inspirations Keywords: naturalism, realism, love triangle, a female heroine, jealousy, murder, femme destructrice, Thérèse Raquin, Madeleine Férat, LʼAmoureuse comédie, Germinie Lacerteux, La Vénus de Gordes, Lʼassassinat du Pont-Rouge, Un mariage dʼamour, La Bête humaine, Émile Zola, frères de Goncourt, Charles Barbara, Adolphe Belot, Ernest Daudet Abstract: This thesis is mainly a literarily comparative study, analysing several literary works preceding and influencing Zola's novel Thérèse Raquin; namely in these works Zola had found the basic story for his next novel. The analysis of the following impact of the novel Thérèse Raquin on further Zola's work is also emphasised. The comparison of novels follows after the overall inclusion of Zola's works into the literary-historical context of his time. The aim of the work is first of all to reveal and make more familiar the Zola's fascination by the central theme and the main heroine of the novel Thérèse Raquin
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Jaroslav Vrchlický's French correspondence against the backdrop of Czech-French cultural relations
Eliáš, Štěpán ; Listíková, Renáta (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
anglicky: Title of the thesis: Jaroslav Vrchlický's French correspondence against the backdrop of Czech- French cultural relations. Key words: Jaroslav Vrchlický, correspondence in French, diplomacy, Charles Marie Leconte de Lisle, Robert de Montesquiou-Fézensac, Gabriela Zapolska, Carteret, Frédéric Mistral, Jean Aicard, Achille Millien, Angelo De Gubernatis, Tommaso Cannizzaro, Eduard Beurod, Huibrecht Melis, Xavier de Cunha, William Ritter, Karageorgevitch, Marcel Montandon, Louis Feller, Jules Pichon. Abstract: Jaroslav Vrchlický, one of the most important Czech poets and translators of the last third of the 19th century, exchanged letters with many Czech and foreign personalities. Deposited in the Literary Archive of the Museum of Czech Literature in Prague, a part of his correspondence is in French. My aim is to discuss the French correspondence with regard to the historical context. I discuss the Czech international relations - primarily with France - in relation to the Czech National Revival and the emancipation of the Czech nation in 1848-1914. Further on, I consider the relevant personal and professional acquaintances of Jaroslav Vrchlický throughout his life. Last but not least, I analyse 58 letters from poets, a theatre director, critics, journalists and teachers, sent from France,...
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Reflection of historical events in Voltaire's writing - Candide
Třísková, Eliška ; Listíková, Renáta (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
Title of the thesis: A reflection of historical events in Voltaire's writing - Candide Key words: Voltaire Theological questions Philosophical questions History Critique This Bachelor's thesis A reflection of historical events in Voltaire's writing - Candide deals with Voltaire's view on the contemporary and historical events in Candide. The aim of the thesis is to sum up Voltaire's basic ideas related to historical events and to provide the author's views regarding these events. The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter provides a concise summary of the most important moments of Voltaire's life. The second chapter is subdivided into three sub-sections and follows up the religious questions and their impact on historical events. The first sub-section of the second chapter deals with the elementary concepts of the author concerning theological and philosophical questions. The second sub-section denounces the Leibniz's conception of the Optimism «All is good». The third sub-section provides the critique of the Inquisition. The third chapter deals with the Jesuits' missions in South America, mainly in Paraguay. In the fourth chapter we attempt to explain Voltaire's rejection of slavery. In the last chapter we try to sum up Voltaire's critic of the war. Each analysis used in the...
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Molière in modern Czech theatre
Menoušková, Veronika ; Listíková, Renáta (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
anglicky: Title of the thesis: Molière in modern Czech theatre Keywords: Molière, preciousness, classicism, baroque, comedy, commedia dell'arte, comedy-ballet. Abstract: The thesis treats the works of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin also known as Molière and their legacy in modern Czech theatre. It characterizes French society of the seventeenth century and the main features of contemporary philosophical and artistic styles, focusing on the dramatic creation of classicism. It also summarizes the life of Molière and his work, subdividing it according to generic, formal and thematic criteria. Within this frame, it gives a detailed analysis of the most important plays, representing the individual categories. It also studies the modern Czech theatrical stage. Focusing on the historical context, it explores the development of the stage from the end of the Second World War until nowadays. It gives a complex outline of Molière's plays presented during the different periods, evaluating the influence of cultural and historical context on the particular interpretation. This evaluation is based on the information presented in contemporary press and promotional materials of the given theatres and thus examines Molière's plays performed on Czech theatre stages in the present. On the basis of a questionnaire...
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Three "Ulysses" in The 21th Century: Milan Kundera, Dany Laferrière, Michèle Rakotoson and Their Returns to Native Lands
Cenigová, Jana ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
This thesis discusses topic related to return to native land in three contemporary Francophonic novels. The study is founded on the paradigm described in Homer's Odyssey: mythological return of Odysseus to Ithaca is used as a base for analysis of a chosen piece of work which is Kundera's L'Ignorance, a novel of Malagasy writer Michèle Rakotoson Juillet au pays and L'Énigme du retour of Haitian novelist Dany Laferrière. The main aim of this thesis is to find out how the tradition of Homer's myth is reflected in mentioned stories of odyssey. Key words Francophone literatures, Milan Kundera, Dany Laferrière, Michèle Rakotoson, exile, identity
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