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The legend of Elissar (Dido) and its processing in French literature
Nováková, Linda ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
This work focuses on the personality of Carthaginian queen Elissar, also called Dido, the founder of Carthage. In more details it describes her life and her fate narrated in original legend. This legend is then compared with heroic epic Aeneis written by Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro who gave to the personage of Elissar new significance. It outlines the importance of this myth for the European and non-European culture, especially in France. It analyses the French authors that were inspired by this story and it traces the similarities and the differences between their tragedies. The aim of this work lies on introducing queen Elissar, on giving a list of authors and on presenting the value of this myth.
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Search of happiness in Voltaire's novels
Pokšteflová, Marie ; Pohorský, Aleš (advisor) ; Jamek, Václav (referee)
My diploma thesis called Search of happiness in Voltaire's novels aims to analyse the theme of happiness in prose works Micromegas, L'Ingénu, Zadig and Candide. The analysis is preceded by an introduction showing the evolution of the theme of happiness through different historical periods. This theoretical part is also followed by a definition of philosophical novel as a typical Voltaire's way of expressing his philosophical thoughts. The analysis itself underlines common points of view found in the novels which all describe a world full of evil, disasters and misfortune. Good and honest heroes enter into this bad world and they struggle to find their place in the sun. Their nice personalities present a big contrast to the merciless world which surrounds them. The analysed examples from novels highlight major problems in Voltaire's time but a lot of parallels are found in today's world. I systematically pay attention to these parallels throughout the diploma. The analysis leads to the description of incorrigibly bad world, where only small islands of happiness can be found represented by friendship and love. We can only deal with such a life thanks to a meaningful activity which can make it bearable. The philosopher's approach to the theme which still captures people's attention is evaluated in the...
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Violette Leduc. An existentialist woman-writer in France.
Habartová, Vendula ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
Violette Leduc. An existentialist woman-writer in France The aim of this diploma thesis is to describe and evaluate the work of French writer Violette Leduc from the point of view of existentialism, which she is considered to be a representative of. There is an outline of the basic context of the writer's life and work at the beginning and description of the genre of autobiography follows. The main body of the work includes association of her life with existentialism (she took an active part in existentialists' literary group and she kept a close personal relationship with some of the representatives of this movement: Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus); and with literature in terms of intertextuality (internal coherence and inspiration of her work); and with themes of her work as such and her perception of them. Both perspectives are interconnected because Leduc's work is mainly autobiographical. The core purpose of the work is to investigate the reflection of ontological and ethical demands of existentialism in the author's elaboration of authentic experience. The interpretative part deals with her essential trilogy: : La Bâtarde, La Folie en Tête, La Chasse à l'Amour. Both the typical features of existentialism and the features of Leduc's work that go beyond it are explained on the basis of these three texts. The...
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Persian Letters
Vavřičková, Tereza ; Pohorský, Aleš (advisor) ; Jamek, Václav (referee)
PERSAN LETTERS- Abstract This thesis examines the conception of style in Persan letters. The point of this thesis is uncover unify elements of this novel. The first part of the study describe life of author and analyse the technique of the novel. We are posing a questions, why did author used the technigue of the novel in his letters and why is the story placed in oriental environment. Than we focused on use of irony with concrete part analysis. The second part is devote to main and side characters characteristics. We are trying to determine common and different elements in their description. We are looking for authobiographical attributes too. The last part examine the period neologisms use as a tool for parody of Parisian aristocracy salon speach.
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The Influence of Female Characters on Male Characters in the Work of Pierre Corneille
Zelená, Lenka ; Pohorský, Aleš (advisor) ; Jamek, Václav (referee)
This master's thesis analyses the influence of female characters on male characters in the work of P. Corneille, partly in relation to the evolution of Doubrovsky's cornelian heroism, whose theory it extends. The research concerns the plays Mélite, Médée and The Cid. The definition of the female influence continues through characterizing female characters in their relationship with male characters. Concerning the male characters, the thesis shows the female effect and the males' reactions to it. Here we can see the first traits of cornelian heroism. The female characters cause the male characters to suffer. The first reason for this is the desire of the male characters. The second reason lies in the overall weakness or, paradoxically, in the strength of their character. The male characters also have something else in common - a desire for revenge. A woman weakens the male hero, making him a slave to her will. So, the hero learns how to repel her strength. In the end, only his heroic ambitions influence him. The woman then only motivates him. The plays Mélite and Médée have not been translated into Czech yet. Therefore, this thesis extends the Czech reader's general knowledge and opens up new possibilities to approaching Corneille's work.
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The literary character of Don Juan in French literature from classicism to romanticism
Kareta, Filip ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
Bachelor thesis of Don Juan as a character in French literature from the period of Classicism to the period of Romanticism. The thesis is mainly focused on development and transformation of Don Juan's character in literature from the 17th to the mid 19th century. For the Classicism period, the author chose the comparative method, taking Molière's Don Juan character as a pivotal figure of the Don Juan myth. In the 18th century Don Juan does not appear in the literature but the author found similar features from the libertines of that period and therefore he compares the character of Don Juan to Valmont in his work. Romantic authors like to return to the topic of Don Juan and he appears in short stories and poems. The author presents various concepts of romantic Don Juan with emphasis on new features which were added by many individual writers. The conclusion of Bachelor Thesis is devoted to Don Juan as a mythical figure and it's comparison with Tristan.
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Céline in Bohemia
Kareninová, Anna ; Pohorský, Aleš (advisor) ; Pelán, Jiří (referee) ; Jamek, Václav (referee)
Céline in Bohemia The thesis presents a chronological documentary testimony about the process of acceptance and rejection of one of the most controversial figures of modern literature - not only in Bohemia. The corpus consisting of correspondence discovered, contemporary responses, photos and other documents, built on the base of Céline's life and work, follows the reception of all his writings since the debut to the present. The Czech critical reception (F. X. Šalda, F. Peroutka, J. Vašica, R. Weiner, K. Čapek, B. Hrabal, M. Kundera, underground, etc.) is being set in the international context. The thesis observes the historical and biographical circumstances in which originated Céline's work and that marked Céline's personal story. References to the circumstances, effects and responses in the background are not a complete and systematic thinning: important or interesting célinien sequences are mainly meant to expand and give the possibility of comparison. These Céline's portrait finally shows the shape of the Czech literary atmosphere during the eighty years since the Journey to the End of the Night (1932) until 2010. The first translation of the Céline's first published book Voyage au bout de la nuit was the Czech one (1933), response was huge. But while today Céline is discussed in relation to its...
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Les Salons: Denis Diderot's art criticism
Kavalová, Eva ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
This work focuses on analysis of Denis Diderot's Salons, the comparison of their individual parts and their development. These writings are still very important for understanding the art of the 18th century. Moreover, they are also examples of a distinctive contribution of Diderot as critic combining aesthetic, ethical and philosophical scales. The work pays attention to the conditions of genesis of Salons, but mainly deals with literary criticism as a genre that the philosopher created and continually improved over the years. An important part is the analysis of author's way of discourse about individual painters (specifically Greuze, Chardin and Fragonard) and how it is often changing over time.
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Author's posture of Houellebecq
Fernandez de Jesus, Eva ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Jamek, Václav (referee)
This thesis focuses on the characteristic of the author's posture of Michel Houllebecq, a contemporary French author. The theoretical part of the thesis outlines the development of the author's concept during the 20th century and characterizes the author's posture in views of the Swiss literature critic Jérôme Meizoz, whose studies the thesis is based on. The second part of the thesis is dedicated to Michel Houllebecq's life and his present literature career. It gradually introduces his works together with receptions they received by the public. The description of the author's image follows. The final part comprises of the analysis of Houllebecq's work discursive ethos, which is the analysis of the author's poetics and style. The influence of those personalities who most affected author's style and his artistic pose as a whole is also emphasized. The thesis is complemented with a complete list of works by Michel Houllebecq and an illustrative photographic annex.
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