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Jean Ray, a Belgian author of fantasy short stories
Tauchmanová, Jana ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
Raymundus Joannes Maria De Kremer, best-known under the pseudonym of Jean Ray, was one of the most important Belgian authors of the first half of the twentieth century. His contribution to literature is immense, both in its volume and in its diversity, stretching well over sixty years of uninterrupted writing. While he wrote mostly short stories of the fantastic genre and adventure novels, he also published detective stories under the pseudonym of John Flanders. A major part of his work was published in newspapers and magazines. Jean Ray was bilingual, which allowed him to write both in French and Flemish, dividing his attention equally between the two. The majority of his writings was published either anonymously or under various pseudonyms. The aim of our thesis is to provide a monograph overview of the said author. The first part situates his work in the context of Belgian literature written in French and the fantastique genre in general. The second part is devoted to his life, with special focus on his literary career. The third part contains analyses of selected parts of his extensive oeuvre. Briefly, we look at the Harry Dickson detective stories. However, the core of our analysis are his fantastic writings, i.e. selected collections of his fantastic short stories and the only fantastic novel...
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Julien Green's journals and autobiographic writings
Suchá, Radka ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
Julien Green (1900-1998) was the famous novelist of the 20th century. He was dealing with spiritual and moral dilemmas in his novels, which were among others due to his life experience with several faiths. He was also the author of an extensive diary and autobiographical works. He was keeping diary from young age and covers almost the entire 20th century. His aim was not to describe events, rather to let his thoughts, observations and dilemmas took shape. This work aims to explore that angle of Green's work and reveal its character. It will thematically examine specific centers of interest through this work, focusing on the relationship that exists between the diaries and autobiographical prose, whether by consensus or differences in the content, but also in the form of works. The final goal is to transcribe a specific form of statements about himself, which Julien Green created. Keywords autobiography, introspection, christianity, history, intimacy
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The terms of "alien" and "alienation" in the work of Bernard-Marie Koltès
Tichá, Alžběta ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
My work deals with the concepts of "alien" and "alienation" in the main dramatic works by Bernard-Marie Koltèse. It reflects the author's relationship to black Africa and his feeling of self distinction from his society and an inability to integrate into this society. It also shows how this "otherness" is reflected in his figures. In the following chapters the work deals with author's dramatic treatment of space and time and alienation of the text using specific language tools. Based on the analysis of individual works I evaluate the identical or divergent attitudes to these subjects making a comprehensive view of Koltès's concept of alien. At the end of my work I conclude that although all Koltès's games are completely different, the basic elements are the same. The author's attitude to the already mentioned topics is invariant and acts as a unifying element of his work. Key words: theatre, alienation, alien
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Cruel pleasure in the piece of the Marquis de Sade and his followers
Koubková, Jana ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
The thesis is devoted to the work of the French writer and philosopher Donatien Alphonse François de Sade and three female 20th-century French novelists Laure, Pauline Réage and Jeanne de Berg, whose work draws inspiration from Sade's. In the first part of the thesis we focus on the Marquis de Sade. First, we recount the key events in Sade's adolescence and family life, his sexual indulgences and particularly his lengthy imprisonment, as these had profound influence on his work. Next we highlight the relevant historical incidents of his time and discuss the position of his work within the so- called libertin literary movement. Then we proceed to analyze the themes and motifs of Sade's three pivotal books: 120 Days of Sodom (Les Cent Vingt Journées de Sodome), Justine (Justine ou les Malheurs de la vertu), and Juliette (Histoire de Juliette). Our analysis points out a deeper philosophical message that can be found behind erotic themes of Sade's work. In the final sections we describe the fate of Sade's legacy in the 19th century and also his rehabilitation in the 20th century, when his writings have finally been critically studied and his collective works published. The second part of the thesis concentrates on Sade's female followers in the 20th century: Collette Peignot alias Laure (Laure: Écrits),...
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Alfred Jarry and Maurice Maeterlinck: two aspects of symbolist theatre
Jelenová, Lenka ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
In the end of 19th century, there were many attempts to reform the existing values of the French theatre. In the course of eighties, the reform which was aimed against the official commercial theatre, was mostly realized by the naturalist and symbolist movements. The symbolists were largely inspired by the principles of correlation and analogy and they admired Richard Wagner's concept of gesamtkunstwerk. This concept was focused on linking all sorts of arts together. During the course of nineties, in the top period of the French symbolist theatre, the main societies of theatre artists were established and the first symbolist plays were written. In this short period full of failures, mainly two authors - Maurice Maeterlinck and Alfred Jarry - were remarkable. The first one ideally represented the symbolist principles in his plays, the second one completed the history of symbolist theatre and indicated the future direction of modern theatre. Both personalities formed bounds of one period of the French drama.
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The Algerian war in drama written in French language
Pavlíková, Lenka ; Pohorský, Aleš (advisor) ; Jamek, Václav (referee)
The Algerian war (1954-1962) is one of the major events in the history of postwar France. Because Algeria had a special place in the colonial system of France, decolonization took its toll and led to eight severe years of war and eventually the collapse of the republic. After the conflict, more than a million people who had no knowledge of its culture and habits, had to integrate into French society. The aim of this paper is to analyze different ways that certain French authors chose to describe the topic of the Algerian war in their plays. Their goal wasn't to realistically show historical circumstances but mainly to highlight the problems of the lack of reflection of these events.
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Desire and quest in the work of Benard-Marie Koltès
Škandíková, Zuzana ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Jamek, Václav (referee)
Zuzana Škandíková : Desire and Quest in the Work of Bernard-Marie Koltès Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Department of Roman Studies Master thesis, 86 pages, 2011 The thesis aims to provide a perspective on one of the thematic constants of the work of Bernard-Marie Koltès as well as to provide an introduction to the playwright's work in its entirety based on an analysis of selected plays. The spatial concept of Koltès's plays enables to perceive the movement of characters as a restless quest and an expression of desire. The topic is assessed through the basic dominant line and potential interpretations thereof in Koltès's work are suggested. Diversity, changeability and ungraspability of desire will be pointed out as points of departure for a tense and conflictig quest in space. Quest and desire in Koltès's work acquire an obsessive character while at the same time they become a certain pre-requisite of being and duration.
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The rococo aestetics in the Marivaux's dramas
Očenáš, Marek ; Pohorský, Aleš (advisor) ; Jamek, Václav (referee)
In cornparison to the superiority of c1assicisrn, the art and the literature of 18th century were considered decadent already during the period of its inception. The decorative style which was fashionable in the first half of this century was called "rocaille". The name of "rococo style" was created by putting together two words "rocaille" and "baroco" (baroque). This term refers to irregularity and to non-uniformity. That's why the current tlowery love style of language is titled also "late baroque style" in France. This term isn't convenient, because nowadays people aren't used to tum to supematural world, but by putting accent on sensibility of individual they prefer earthly joys that need to be changed to avoid uniformity. By diverging frorn c1assicist roles of the Louis XIV's century, the art of the first half of 18th century differs frorn the baroque style also in the literature, even though sorne tendencies are the same in both styles. In the 60's of 20th century, there are sorne literary works whose authors are trying to justify validity of rococo style also in the literature, as its decorative style was already acknowledged by historians of art. Following these innovating thoughts and the study frorn Jean Weisgerber, the purpose ofthis dissertation is to prove the originality of the literature of...
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