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Creation of protagonists in selected novels by Rómulo Gallegos
Kratochvílová, Jana ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
Title of the Master's Thesis: Creation of protagonists in selected novels by Rómulo Gallegos Abstract: The goal of the thesis is a detailed analysis of the main characters of the novels Doňa Barbara and La Trepadora written by Rómulo Gallegos, one of the frontmen of "regionalism". Based on several expert essays, an original theoretical scheme of character analysis is formulated. It follows character indicators in the text, relationship to other compounds of the novels, typology determination, and reader's construct of the character in the story including the role of perception. The thesis also studies an analysis of acting forces and seeks common features of both novels, the prime one being the conflict of dual value systems.
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The image of jungle in the novels The Vortex by José Eustasio Rivera and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Schürgerová, Johana ; Poláková, Dora (advisor) ; Housková, Anna (referee)
The goal of this bachelor's thesis was to focus on the image of the rainforest in the roman The Vortex (La vorágine) by Jose Eustasio Rivera and then to compare it with the african jungle where is set the novelle Heart of Darkness by Johseph Conrad. The object of exploring were the effects of the environment on the characters,too. We observed changes in their behaviour and of their actions in the wilderness. In the end, we have shown the historical events that went down in history as gross abuses of human rights and, subsequently, we analyzed the motives of exploitation of both man and nature in both works.
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El huacho figure: the identity of mestizos in Chile
Fišerová, Markéta ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with mestizaje and illegitimacy matters within Chile and Latin America. In consequence, it is focusing on reflexion of these phenomenons in literature, principally in essays. In the introduction to the thesis, I describe unique and peculiar features of Chilean identity and there also appears a definition of the chilenidad conception. The main attention is concentrated on el huacho figure as it symbolizes Chilean illegitimacy and mestizaje. The main aim of this thesis was to find out similar and dissimilar attributes between the huacho and Chilean society. In addition, patrial aim was to decide whether the huacho belongs either to location or to community. Final part is dedicated to comparison of huacho and pachuco figures and, it also confronts Chilean essays with Octavio Paz essay works. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Key themes in the novel "The Truce" of Mario Benedetti
Staňková, Alena ; Poláková, Dora (advisor) ; Housková, Anna (referee)
(in English) This thesis is focused on novel of the Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti called The Truce (La tregua). As a novel, except of the love story of an older office worker and his young colleague, reflects also other motives, it is necessary to analyse appropriately these external influences, by which was the novel affected, to not deprive a reader of those motives. The first part is therefore devoted to the author, his short biography and these aspects influencing the novel The Truce, or more precisely all the artist's work. These external aspects are the biographical, historical and literary context and also an influence of a moral crisis in Uruguay. The second part is devoted to the novel as such, its structure, style and language, then to the title of the novel and its significance. In the remaining part I deal with the psychological development of the main character of the novel, Martín Santomé, in the background of the main plotline, and with selected basic topics of the novel that pervade whole story, which are pessimism, love, time and death.
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Post-Colonial Mosambic Narrative: Constants and Singularities
Banasiak, Marta ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Dufková, Vlasta (referee)
The present thesis analyzes the tendencies of the contemporary Mozambican narrative prose (novel). Taking into account the fact that Mozambican literature is an emerging and post-colonial one, the analysis is focused on the issue of how a literature participates in the process of consolidation of the national/cultural identity of this country. This thesis studies three important subjects of the Mozambican narrative prose: language (parting from the work of Mia Couto), history (based on the works by Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, João Paulo Borges Coelho and Lília Momplé) and tradition (examining two novels by Paulina Chiziane). Key-words: Mozambique, Post-colonial, 20th century Mozambican Literature Language, History, Tradition, Mozabicanity
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Argirópolis - aspects of essay and utopy
Šimková, Tereza ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (referee)
The purpose of this work is an interpretation of the essay Argirópolis written by Argentine author Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. This work aims to determine the aspects of the essay and the utopia in Sarmiento΄s work; the interpretation, i. e. reading of the text in wider context, integrates Argirópolis into the contexts of the essay and the utopia in order for the present work to transcend the writing΄s historical ambit and portray the timelessness of Sarmiento΄s ideas. The first part of this work examines the essayistic genre, describes its genesis and sources in Europe and Latin America. This section accentuates the singularity of the Latin American essayistic tradition and presents the basic characterization of the form of essay. The analysis of essayistic aspects of Sarmiento΄s book is based on characteristic attributes of the essay. The second part of the work is focused on the utopia. In the context of the utopia, this work attempts to elucidate why Sarmiento preferred the genre of essay to the novelistic genre, while creating a book containing utopian aspects. The last part of the present work is focused on the peculiarity of the Latin American utopian thinking and includes the analysis of the aspects of the utopia in Argirópolis.
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Nature in the work of María Luisa Bombal
Bačíková, Andrea ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
The central theme of this thesis is to discuss the depiction of nature in the work of the Chilean author María Luisa Bombal and to show how she introduces a woman's perspective into these texts. The emphasis is on finding t ypical symbols which are used in the author's novels and short stories and to focus on their specific usage and connotations. For greater clarit y, the author's work is divided into 3 major thematic units: seeking for love in vain, the cosmic connection of female characters wi th nature, and her interpretation of the relationship between life and death.
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García Márquez's Leaf Storm in Comparison with One Hundred Years of Solitude
Trčková, Helena ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
(in English) The topic of this thesis is the early novel of the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez called Leaf Storm (La Hojarasca). To provide a comparison with another book, this work also deals in brief with the author's most known novel One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad). The Leaf Storm is considered by the author himself as a direct predecessor of One Hundred Years of Solitude, however, they are two very different books. On the next pages I will dedicate my attention to the several aspects of the novel Leaf Storm. Specifically, I will focus on the composition, Macondo, the violence in the story, the significance of "storm" in the name of the book, the atmosphere, the novel as a modern version of an ancient tragedy, the mystery and the absurdity, the concept of the time and at last, the theme of solitude. Both novels take place in Macondo and describe similar historical events, yet they are very different concerning their composition - meanwhile One Hundred Years of Solitude is from this point of view much more traditional, Leaf Storm is considered more experimental. One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the major works belonging to the magic realism, whereas Leaf Storm is a rather realistic book. In the first author's novel we can certainly find a pattern that will be...
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The creation of new poetry in the poem Altazor by Vicente Huidobro
Janíková, Katarína ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
The intention of the thesis is characterization of the innovative poetry, which appears in a composition named Altazor o el viaje en paracaídas by avant-garde poet Vicente Huidobro. In the beginning, I will focus on describing the situation, which anticipated the creation, partly I will present an author`s background and artistic circles, where he used to appear in. He was influenced significantly by francophone environment. Part of his work, including fragments of Altazor, was even written in french language. Consecutively I will describe the evolution of his literary creation to the moment of writing the Altazor. During this period Vicente Huidobro introduced his own literary movement - the creationism. I will subsequently compare fundamentals of the creationism with the ideas of the Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset expressed in his essay named The Dehumanization of art. Here I will focus on describing the perception of literary creations at the time of writing both pieces and also I will outline characteristics of "new art". Then I will analyse the composition of the Altazor itself with regard to composition, language and themes. I will place the most emphasis on thematic analysis of the composition, where I will focus on usage of recurring motifs. In the language analysis I will explain...
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Music in the works of Alejo Carpentier
Bartoníčková, Lenka ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (referee)
As the title suggests, this thesis deals with the work of a significant Cuban writer, Alejo Carpentier, especially the influence of music on the structure and the overall tone of his fiction texts. As exemplary works we chose three of his later prose works: Manhunt, Concert baroque and The Rite of Spring. The first part of the thesis contains a brief biography of Alejo Carpentier, focusing on the writer's activities and events that would represent his relation to music. In order to get a complex image of the author's literary and musical skills, the facts are supplemented with his thoughts and actual memories. In the essential part of the thesis the three selected books are presented and thoroughly analyzed, focusing again on the presence of music in the author's prose. The chapters are divided into subchapters, in order to give the reader a well structured and understandable definitions and analysis of the particular musical elements that are integrated into the books. Thus, in the chapter dealing with the book Manhunt we introduce the sonata form, give the reader its definition and demonstrate the use of the sonata form as a literary composition pattern in the text. Similarly the role of Beethoven's symphony, Eroica, is discussed, as the characters and structure of the book reflect the themes and design...
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