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Contermporary Dutch drama
Zbuzková, Andrea ; Krol, Ellen Jacoba (advisor) ; Sedláčková, Lucie (referee)
The aim of my thesis is to approach the specifics of current Dutch drama. First part of my paper is based on the theoretical work of Hans-Thies Lehmann, Hugo Brems and Anja Krans describing the development of drama in Netherland covering the year 1969 to the turn of the millennium. Moreover, I am focusing on the major events, trends and characteristics following this period as well as explaining the term "post-dramatic theatre ", which I closely characterize. I've been following the change of the cooperation between dramatists and theatre groups regarding contemporary drama. In the second, practical part of my work I investigate whether or not the thoughts of the above mentioned theatre scientists and theorists are valid (and if so to what extend). I have examined this on a few pieces of work of four selected Dutch dramatists (Esther Gerritsen, Rob de Graaf, Maria Goos, Gerardjan Rijnders). I shortly describe the content and identify the most significant ideas of their work. I use information obtained from studying the theoretical work, newspaper articles, reviews, interviews with the artists and even their dramas. In the conclusion of my thesis, I then gather all the knowledge obtained by readings and analysis in the practical part. Moreover, I am describing the position of the Dutch dramatists in...
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Tijl Uilenspiegel in Flemish literature after 1867
Císařová, Kristýna ; Krol, Ellen Jacoba (advisor) ; Sedláčková, Lucie (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to describe the phenomenon of Tijl Uilenspiegel character in the context of the Flemish literature after 1867. The thesis focuses on the comparison of two pieces of work of the Flemish literature - the novel De legende van Tijl Uilenspiegel by Charles De Coster of 1867 and its adaptation into a play by Hugo Claus with the emphasis on analysis of the influence of the Flemish Movement on the message of the work. The first chapter describes the medieval stuff around the character Tijl Uilenspiegel and brings an overview of important adaptation of this theme between 1967 and 1965. A two lever analysis of the novel is followed by chapters which are focused on the description of the social and political factors of the Flemish Movement in the 19th century and in the first half of the twentieth century. These are a literary text analysis and an analysis of the occurrence of the references to the Flemish nationalism. These two levels of the novel are later compared with the play of Hugo Claus. The literary analysis includes the analysis of the plot, narrative mode, time, place and motives of the novel. The reference occurrence analysis is divided into two groups - direct references (occurrence of the word Flanders and all the variations of this word) and indirect references...
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The influence of multiculturalism on contemporary Dutch children's literature
Štěpánová, Jana ; Krol, Ellen Jacoba (advisor) ; Sedláčková, Lucie (referee)
The thesis aims to investigate to what extent and how is the multicultural society reflected in contemporary Dutch children's literature and how the authors deal with the issue of multiculturalism. The theoretical part explains important terms and describes the current social situation in the Netherlands. Than follows an overview of the evolution of immigration to the Netherlands and an analysis of topics related to multicultural problematics. At the end of theoretical part is briefly described the concept of children's literature and defined the area of the research. The practical section first describes the methodology that is followed by an analysis of eight books. The results part discusses the findings of the research.
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Literary analysis of the book De Taal Der Liefde by Gerard Kornelis van het Reve
Hořejší, Kateřina ; Krol, Ellen Jacoba (advisor) ; Sedláčková, Lucie (referee)
The topic of my thesis is the book De Taal Der Liefde by Gerard Kornelis van het Reve. I worked with the version, in which there is the chapter De Brieven Aan Een Kunstbroeder. That means that I used the edition of De Taal Der Liefde, Athenaeum - Polak & Van Gennep, Amsterdam 1972, 1st edition published in February 1972. my original plan was to write about The Love Trilogy, that means De Taal Der Liefde (1972), Lieve jongens (1973) and Het Lieve Leven (1974), but as I worked on, I realized that that topic is too wide and that this thesis does not allow me to write as extensively as I would have liked to, so I ended up analyzing just the one book. The reason why I chose this very book is the period in which it was written. The book can be placed into the fourth period of the writer's work, to the '70s, when he started writing in form of letters. This period is usually called the disharmonic romantic period. His language gets ceremonial and the form gets more attention. The form is one of the many reasons why this book is so interesting. As far as methodology of my work is concerned, I used the books by Erica van Boven and Gillis Dorleijn, Literair mechaniek. Inleiding tot de analyse van verhalen en gedichten, and the book by J.van Luxemburg, M.Bal en W.Weststeijn, Over literatuur. This analysis is an ergo-...
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Literary analysis of Orchis militaris, a book by Ivo Michiels
Poláková, Jana ; Krol, Ellen Jacoba (advisor) ; Sedláčková, Lucie (referee)
A 'Type-ideal novel' (een 'idealtype van roman')', is according to the Flemish writer Ivo Michiels such a novel, 'that a film which can not be filmized of brought into the concrete milieu. It's a novel that does not want to compete with consumer industry, based on abundance of information, especially in the film.' (Janssens, 5) In the thesis Literary Analysis of Orchis militaris, a book by Ivo Michiels we have analysed how does a novel look like, written by an author of such a vision. The focus ov this thesis is the literary analysis of Orchis militaris (1968), which includes both formal and thematic analysis. Moreover, I integrated this book into the literary-historical context, which indicates the connection between this book and the Flemish, Dutch and world literature - especially important was the experimental literature of 50th and 60th and the French nouveau roman. During the research I managed to define the typical features of this work, a.o. the expanding sentences, almost forming a labyrinth, not censored inner monologue, very slow time, unclear boundaries between individuals and the images, the characters, which do not have any character - the only things we knoě about them, are the situations in which the characters are, there is no perspective of future or direction of movement, in the book is...
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The contemporary Dutch rural novel
Doanová, Renáta ; Sedláčková, Lucie (advisor) ; Krol, Ellen Jacoba (referee)
in English This bachelor thesis deals with the contemporary Dutch rural novel. The main questions are: 1. What features characteristic of the Dutch rural novel can be found in the more recent novels Joe Speedboot (2005) by Tommy Wieringa (in English Joe Speedboat, 2010) and Boven is het stil (2006) by Gerbrand Bakker, (in English The Twin, 2008)? a) Are the characteristic features, as described in Dutch literary history books and glossaries of literary terms, present in the analysed books? b) Have the analysed books characteristics attributed to them by the article of literary critic Xandra Schutte? c) Can we identify any other characteristic features? Can we speak of a new tradition of the contemporary Dutch rural novel? The theoretical part is concerned with classification of Dutch rural novel in the literary and historical context. In this part the Dutch rural novel is defined and the characteristic are also mentioned. The theoretical part continues with a summary of the development of Dutch rural novel from its beginning to the present day. The corpus consists of two contemporary Dutch rural novels - Joe Speedboot by Tommy Wieringa and Boven is het stil by Gerbrand Bakker. They are analysed using the structural analysis. The goal of this bachelor thesis is to place the analysed novels within...
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THE REPRESENTATION OF MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY IN THE HAGUE NOVELS BY LOUIS COUPERUS
Phillips, Anna ; Krol, Ellen Jacoba (advisor) ; Praamstra, Olf (referee) ; Honings, Rick (referee)
Univerzita Karlova Filozofická fakulta Ústav germánských studií Filologie-germánské jazyky a literatury REPRESENTATIE VAN MANNELIJKHEID ENVROUWELIJKHEID IN DEHAAGSE ROMANS VAN LOUIS COUPERUS REPREZENTACE MASKULINITY A FEMININITY VHAAGSKÝCH ROMÁNECH LOUISE COUPERUSE THEREPRESENTATION OF MASCULINITY ANDFEMININITY INTHE HAGUE NOVELS BY LOUIS COUPERUS Abstract in English Anna Phillips Vedoucí práce: doc. dr. Ellen J.Krol 2018 1 Abstract in English This dissertation examines masculinity and femininity in what are referred to as the 'Hague novels' of Louis Couperus: Eline Vere, The Books of the Small Souls (De boeken der kleine zielen), and Old People and the Things that Pass (Van oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbijgaan…). The following research questions were asked: 1) In what ways are masculinity and femininity represented in the Hague novels of Louis Couperus? 1) Are these representations of the masculine and the feminine diametrically op- posed, and if so, in what ways does the opposition manifest? 2) Do the representations of masculinity and femininity in the individual Hague novels differ? If so, how? The research method is theoretically grounded in views of masculinity and femininity common to the 'fin de siècle' period (1878-1914) in which the Hague novels were published, and which forms the setting of...
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Czech migrant writers in the Dutch literature
Doanová, Renáta ; Sedláčková, Lucie (advisor) ; Krol, Ellen Jacoba (referee)
in English: Keywords: literary analysis, imagology, Czech migrant writers, Dutch literature, Jana Beranová, Jan Stavinoha The diploma thesis aims to explore the portrayal of Czech characters and the Czechoslovakia in Dutch-language works written by authors of Czech origin, namely in selected novels by Jana Beranová and Jan Stavinoha. The principal research questions are: 1. What motifs typical of migrant literature might be identified in the analysed novels? 2. How are the Czech characters portrayed? 3. How is the Czechoslovakia portrayed? Is the portrayal of the country of origin contrasted with that of the country of arrival, i.e. the Netherlands? The theoretical framework of the diploma thesis focuses on Dutch migrant literature and socio-political environment in Czechoslovakia from 1945 until present. The method used in the thesis is based on imagology and structural analysis. The practical part provides an analysis of the novels Nu delen we een geheim (1992) by Jana Beranová and In goede handen (1984) by Jan Stavinoha. As the analysis illustrates, the two novels include features of migrant literature as described in critical sources, such as the depiction of oppression in one's homeland, the life between two cultures and the difficulty of overcoming the language barrier. Other features of...
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