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Tanslation and stylistic analysis of five chapters of the novel Swimming by Nicola Keegan
Daněk, Petr ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Grmela, Josef (referee)
This BA thesis consists of two parts. The first comprises my translation of five chapters of Nicola Keegan's novel debut Swimming. The second part, analytical one, contains two sections. One deals with the choice and description of the target language register of this translation and the other one with the stylistic analysis of the translation and the justification of the vocabulary used. The analytical part is based largely on the translational theories of Dagmar Knittlová and especially Jiří Levý.
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Alan Glynn's Limitless - Translation and Stylistic Analysis
Krejcarová, Dominika ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Grmela, Josef (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on the translation and subsequent stylistic analysis of two chapters from the novel Limitless by Alan Glynn. The main aim of the thesis is to demonstrate certain problems one may encounter while translating fiction from the English language to the Czech language. The thesis consists of two main parts. The practical part features the translation of selected chapters of the novel, whereas the theoretical part is divided into four units and explores selected issues accompanying the translation process.
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Finding of Direct Line in Possibility Dwelling : recurrent social themes in Emily Dickinson's poetry
Borovičková, Hana ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Grmela, Josef (referee)
The thesis explores recurrent social themes in Emily Dickinson's poetry and letters. The main objective of the thesis is to present Emily Dickinson as a poet who was highly interested in social issues. The research is based on the analysis of poems and letters and it is supported by academic works by recognized Emily Dickinson scholars. In particular, the explored areas are "Publication and Role of Poet", "Effects of Civil War on Society", "Religion and Faith", and "Interpersonal Relationships". The research revealed that the areas share common features. On one hand, there is a strong feeling of seclusion from the society presented in Dickinson's poems, but, on the other hand, a reader can appreciate the poems for their brilliant observation and description of the social environment that was surrounding the poet. Dickinson may have been physically isolated from the society, but she understood its problems with clarity that could have been envied by many her contemporaries.
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Dystopia as a Theme and Narrative Device in the Late 1980s British Fiction
Kopuletý, Jiří ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Grmela, Josef (referee)
The purpose of this work is to describe the way, in which the theme of dystopia is covered in British literature of the 1980s. Two works will be used for demonstration: London Fields (1989) by Martin Amis and The Child in Time (1987) by Ian McEwan. Apart from the description of the dystopian elements alone, the subject of this thesis will also be the analysis of their use as a narrative device. Principal constituents of this thesis are the theoretical part, where the context is given in which the two works need be approached and the practical part, where the actual analysis is performed.
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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin: translation and stylistic analysis of three representative fragments
Dupalová, Petra ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Grmela, Josef (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on the problems which may occur, while translating from English into Czech, using the novel Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by the American author James Baldwin. The practical part contains chosen extracts from The House Nigger. The theoretical part aims at the analysis of my translation. Special attention is paid to the problematic sections, which have been encountered while translating. Final decisions are provided with my comments often with regard to the helpful quotes from the books dealing with translation theories, especially by Jiří Levý and Dagmara Knittlová. KEY WORDS Translation, Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, James Baldwin, proper names, measures, reference, lexical and stylistic aspect, diminutives, idioms grammatical equivalence, pragmatic equivalence, African American English, foreign language in the text, language creativity ABSTRAKT Tato bakalářská práce se zaměřuje na problémy, které se mohou vyskytnout při překladu z anglického jazyka do českého. Jako podkladová práce slouží román Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone od amerického autora Jamese Baldwina. Praktická část obsahuje vybrané části z The House Nigger. Teoretická část má za cíl analyzovat překlad. Hlavní pozornost věnuji problémům, na které jsem při překladu narazila. Zde...
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The image of the city in contemporary British literature. The city in the works of Martin Amis and Ian McEwan
Chalupský, Petr ; Hilský, Martin (advisor) ; Nováková, Soňa (referee) ; Grmela, Josef (referee)
The city and its milieu have always been a source of inspiration and motifs for artists and writers are no exception. The process of urbanization brought along rapid social, political, cultural and economic changes which evoked immediate responses of various kinds, from welcoming and celebrating ones to those of rejection and condemnation, from those who were traditionally the most sensitive about such phenomena ~ men of letters. As a result of this fact, the image of the city has been present in literature since the first urban societies appeared and to trace it back in detail would mean a different aim from that which this work is going to follow. The main concern of my thesis is contemporary British literature and therefore I would like to focus on how the city is reflected in the works of British writers in the last two decades of the twentieth century. To provide certain general coherence, continuity and context of the theme, I will also put down a brief outline of how the image of the city has been developing and changing in English literature since the late Victorian period trying to show that the phenomenon is very deep-rooted in the tradition of the English imagination. If we should mention the most notable contemporary British writers whose works are set in cities or in some other way depict the...
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