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Feminine Element in the Work of Božena Němcová and Karolina Světlá
Skolilová, Markéta ; Merhaut, Luboš (advisor) ; Heczková, Libuše (referee)
This bachelor's thesis depicts the female element in the works of two significant female Czech novelists of the 19th century - Božena Němcová and Karolina Světlá. The purpose of this work is to introduce the heroines in their proses Divá Bára, Karla and Pohorská vesnice (Němcová), Kříž u potoka, Vesnický román a Frantina (Světlá), provide their characteristics as well as to grasp their conception and meaning. Subsequently, the thesis compares the depictions of women of the two novelists, even with regard to the period circumstances during their creation. Part of this thesis also focuses on taking the development of the women's movement (first within Europe, then directly in Bohemia) and its pillars into account along with the introduction of figures, who contributed to the solution of the so-called Woman's issue.
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Folk Culture in Gabriela Preissová's Collection of Short Stories Obrázky ze Slovácka
Belinová, Eliška ; Vaněk, Václav (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The presented thesis explores the representation of the traditional folk culture in Gabriela Preissová's three-part collection of short stories Obrázky ze Slovácka ("Short Stories from Moravian Slovakia", 1886, 1886 and 1889). The work is interpreted in the context of the Czech ethnographic movement, in which ethnologists, writers, painters, sculptors, photographers, composers as well as the general public were involved. The commentary on the stories deals gradually with material, spiritual and social culture, and folklore. It delineates the key phenomena (clothing, food, Christian and folk religiosity, social norms in young people's love, time, verbal and musical art), analyses the manner and degree of their integration into the literary text and their function in the story, text, and narration. Increased attention is paid to the confrontation between the village and town. The relation between folk culture and literature is conceived as interdiscursive, as a contact and interaction of two distinct sign systems.
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Josef Václav Frič (1829-1890): In my library
Hesová, Petra ; Merhaut, Luboš (advisor) ; Hrbata, Zdeněk (referee) ; Malínek, Vojtěch (referee)
The presented dissertation draws materially on the preserved literary and library estate of the Czech writer and journalist Josef Václav Frič (1829-1890), locally divided and so far not sorted, with the aim of creating a basis for future work with the entire fund in the widest possible range of areas, from the orientation aids to research and scientific. It contains lists of Frič's manuscripts, preserved monuments and archived documents, deposited in the Literary Archive of the Museum of National Literature in Prague, a catalog of Frič's personal library, stored in the National Museum Library in Prague, with a detailed description of provenance, and a detailed bibliography. The commentary on Frič's collection focuses on the genesis and history of the collection and takes into account the most remarkable specimens in which Frič has written his notes, critical insights, organizational marks, sketches and variations of his own poems, additional proofreading, and even encrypted messages. keywords: Josef Václav Frič (1829-1890) - personal library - author's bibliography - research of book provenance - Czech literature of the 19th century
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History, Tradition and Faith in the White Mountain Stories of Václav Beneš Třebízský
Tichá, Emilie ; Vaněk, Václav (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The themes of this bachelor's thesis are selected aspects of stories by Václav Beneš Třebízský on the theme of White Mountain era. The aim of the thesis is to describe how the author works with history, traditionand faith in the short stories. The work will focus on the relationshipof Třebízský's characters with these entities. It introduces how the individual heroes understand them, what these three points represent to them and what role the author attributes to his characters in history, tradition and faith. Subsequently, the work could show what legacy the author left in the national myth of the battle of White Mountain.Through the reflective reading of his stories, in which he uniquely portrays the events of the battle of the White Mountain, he shaped the myth.
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Poetry of Jaroslav Kvapil in the 1880s and 1890s
Hlávková, Eliška ; Merhaut, Luboš (advisor) ; Vaněk, Václav (referee)
This bachelor's thesis mainly focuses on the poetry of Jaroslav Kvapil in the last decades of the 19th century. The first part briefly introduces the personality of Jaroslav Kvapil; the chapter contains information about the author's life and his poetic beginnings, Kvapil's dramatic activity is also briefly mentioned. In addition, the introductory part includes the outlining of the temporars context of the turn of the 1880s and 1890s, which serves as a reference for the following analysis of individual collections of poems; in connection with the contemporary context, the issues of so-called predecadence are also discussed. In the major part of the thesis the collections of poems are chronologically analyzed, attention is paid mainly to the main motives and the choices of the topics; in the individual characteristics of the collections of poems we take into account the contemporary context, the issues of so-called predecadence and the influence of poetics of Jaroslav Vrchlický; each analysis is further suplemented by crtitical responses. Key words Jaroslav Kvapil, so-called predecadence, epigone of Jaroslav Vrchlický, poems, fin de siècle
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Feminism and Literary Criticism in Pavla Moudrá's Journalism
Słowik, Olga ; Heczková, Libuše (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The thesis concentrates on the literary and feminist articles of Pavla Moudrá, which she published in the journals Ženská revue, Ženské listy, Ženský obzor and Ženský svět. An important part of the diploma is a complete bibliography of her texts issued in these periodicals. The analysis concentrates then mainly on articles connected to literature and "the woman question". It describes the author's opinions in their relationship with the peace movement, animal welfare, the anti-alcoholic movement and spiritualism. In all of these areas, she was involved as a promoter of spiritual values, leading to the spiritual revival of mankind, and for this purpose she also subordinated her journalism. She tried to thematise particular social problems, indicative of the decline of human morality, as well as writing more general texts, more metaphorical and strongly inspired by the theosophical movement. It influenced the way she perceived literature: she valued mainly the author's intention, which should be able to offer a positive example for the reader. She considered a poet, meaning a writer and an artist in general, to be a creature standing close to God and having the ability to see more than the average person. Also, a woman was, according to Moudrá, close to God: this relationship was given by the...
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The fea tures of dandysm in work of Jiří Karásek
Alferyová, Jana ; Merhaut, Luboš (advisor) ; Mocná, Dagmar (referee)
This dissertation, whose title is The features of dandyism in work of Jiří Karásek, focuses on the concept of dandyism in the literary work of Jiri Karasek ze Lvovic. The term dandyism is connected throughout this study to several main points, which are outlined in the first part of the dissertation with respect to the specific character of Karasek's dandyism. The aim of this study is to refer to the circumstances surrounding the arrival of this worldwide phenomenon to the Czech cultural environment and the origins of Karasek's inspiration. The central part of this dissertation consists of the analysis of specific aspects of Karasek's work from the point of view of dandyism with special attention being paid to the influence of decadence. The object of study is Karasek's novel Román Manfreda Manmillena. Keywords dandyism decadence stylization Román Manfreda Macmillena Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic
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The reception of antiquity in the poetry of Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic (in comparison with Stanislav Kostka Neumann)
Sirovátka, Štěpán ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The end of the nineteenth century is in European art clearly marked with the return to antiquity. This work deals with the reception and reevaluation of the ancient tradition within the poetic work of Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic and Stanislav Kostka Neumann. The early, decadent, period of Karásek's work is characterized as a Daedalic-Dionysian model, Neumann's decadent poetry as a Dionysian-Daedalic model and the second period of Karásek's work, marked with a classicizing tendency, as an Apollonian model. These models of reception are considered complementary. As an interpretation clue to all three models the author has chosen Hocke's and Curtius' theory of a Great Mannerism, i. e. changing of manneristic and classic periods in European cultural history, and Nietzsche's dichotomy of classical antiquity as a combination of Dionysian and Apollonian element. The neomanneristic interpretation of Karásek's work is supported by the interpretation of the decadent poetics as a new gnosis, although peculiarly reciped. Therefore, in this case, reception of antiquity may be viewed very broadly as a search for a common root, a cultural or anthropological constant extending through history; not strictly as a plain reception of ancient motifs.
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Literar-critical work of Jan Lopatka in the context of his personal library
Špinková, Tereza ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The thesis highlights the literary-critical work of Jan Lopatka in the context of his personal library. It is a literary-historical and critical description of his work by characterizing and defining thematic blocks, which Lopatka systematically pursued in his personal library. It centers on a comparison of the significance of his work and pinpoints defined blocks in Lopatka's library fund and their significance in his literary criticism. Based on a complete inventory of his personal library (prepared by the author of this thesis) and its knowledge, research characterizes his work mainly from this perspective. Attention will also be paid to manuscripts, typescripts and notes in his books.
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Michael Kácha and Czech Literature
Machková, Barbora ; Merhaut, Luboš (advisor) ; Vojtěch, Daniel (referee)
This thesis presents the personality of Michael Kácha, anarchist editor and publisher. Biographical sketch shows not only his editorial activity and journalism (for instance in journals Práce, Zádruha, Mladý průkopník, Klíčení) and his work as a publisher (Družstvo Kniha, Kacha Verlag), but pays attention also to his activities within workers' and anarchist, respectively anarcho-communist organizations, which is inextricably connected with his literary activity. A bibliography of texts of Michael Kácha and a list of books published with his participation is the part of this thesis.
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