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Characters and stories of Prague's underworld as reflected in late 19th and early 20th century fiction
Bartoňová, Barbora ; Vaněk, Václav (advisor) ; Wiendl, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with various genres which, at the turn of the century, depicted life of the Prague offscourings, i.e. socially excluded and frequently humiliated inhabitants of Prague. The main objective is to give a characteristic of a homeless character, the man on the street, also known as the "Prague vagabond", a character which regularly appears in literature of the period. The thesis discusses several specific Prague vagabonds whom it subsequently compares to the literary type of vagabond (the author used Daniela Hodrová's theoretical findings about the literary type) and shows the impact the city environment has on him. Besides that, the author follows the way the city itself is described as the vagabond of Prague is closely connected with and to a large extent determined by his home city. Primarily, the thesis works with fiction (although a few plays are included as well) and aims to focus on authors of the period who are not widely known today, e.g. R. J. Kronbauer, K. L. Kukla, V. Plaček, F. L. Šmíd, and J. Hais Týnecký. Keywords Prague, Prague offscourings, vagabond, beggar, social issues, literary character, environment
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T. R. Field's poems from 1954 to 1955
Bartoňová, Barbora ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Kovařík, Petr (referee)
This thesis deals with the poetic works of T.R.Field, particularly those which date from the period of his hospitalization in the Bohnice Mental Asylum in mid-1950's. It presents the poet's personality and aims to analyze his works from the perspective of literary theory with the main focus on mystifying the reader, humor, and literary stylization. It draws on Field's published texts and on his literary estates and other documents which are kept at the literary archives. Poems from this period are compared with Field's works from between the two world wars, in particular with the collections published under the names Kosoctverce na ohradach and Lomikel na dlasnech. The thesis concludes with an attempt to define the meaning of Field's poetic works.
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