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The contexts of the "aesthetic mentality" of the early avant-garde
Beracková, Dáša ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Papoušek, Vladimír (referee) ; Zajac, Peter (referee)
The doctoral thesis The Contexts of the 'Aesthetic Mentality' of the Early Avant-garde takes a close look at the philosophical and aesthetic concepts that formed a paradigmatic change in the art and literature discourse at the beginning of the 20th Century, identified with the birth of the avant-garde aesthetic. With an analysis of the unclear term of Expressionism, traditionally used to describe the character of Czech early avant-garde literature, the thesis refers to contemporary research about the relationship between the avant-gardists and philosophical reflections on the search for an essence of reality. This critique on the fin de sicle spirit at the turn of the century formed a new kind of art and literature discourse where aesthetic strategies were often identified with a philosophical method. In this context an affinity can be seen between Josef Čapek's concept of modernity and the theory of artistic creativity by Wilhelm Worringer, and Karel Čapek's critique on Bergson's concept of life and his liking for Georg Simmels' philosophy of "perspective relativism". The subsequent step to an acceptance of the avant-garde concept is represented by the motif of the "intelligent eye" in J. Čapek's short prose works for the Almanach na rok 1914 (Almanac for 1914). These texts relate to a key topic of the...
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Time-Symbolic Horizons of Characters in Several Types of the Contemporary Czech Novel
Kudlová, Klára ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Trávníček, Jiří (referee) ; Papoušek, Vladimír (referee)
Mgr. Klára Kudlová Anotace dizertační práce (Časově-symbolické horizonty postav v několika typech současného českého románu): Anotace: Teoretická část této práce uvádí a představuje nejprve skupinu naratologických konceptů navržených prostředí literárně-vědného kognitivismu a vztažených k problematice postav (v pracích Uriho Margolina) a jejich konfigurací (v práci Catherine Emmott(ové)) a k modelování příběhového světa (u Davida Hermana). Tyto koncepty jsou pak propojeny s tezemi, které Ricoeurův Temps et recit předkládá ve vztahu k románu a jemu vepsaným "spojnicím" historického času. Na pozadí takto založené syntézy je pak vypracován samostatný koncept románového žánru a dále model časově-symbolických horizontů postav. Jednotlivé časově-symbolické horizonty jsou chápané jako obligátně přítomné v "půdorysu" románu a spojené s plány přítomnosti, minulosti a budoucnost, jsou zde označeny jako horizont autorit, horizont současníků a horizont dědiců; horizont věčnosti je pak založen na propojení s oblastí apriorního smyslu a je chápán jako horizont fakultativní. V interpretační části práce byl pak uvedený model časově-symbolických horizontů a konfigurací postav v nich využit pro interpretaci a typologické usouvztažnění několika podob soudobého českého románu. Těmito podobami byly jednak ženský a "autentický"...
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Phenomena of death and dying in Czech literature of the 20th century
Záborcová, Milada ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Papoušek, Vladimír (referee) ; Med, Jaroslav (referee)
The dissertation thesis deals with distinct semantic levels of the theme of death and dying in a large context of Czech poetry and prose-fiction of the 20th century. In the first two chapters, the approach is supposed to cover broader interpretations of the treatment of death and dying based on philosophical, psychological, medical, ethic, and spiritual background. Due to the large range of the material, just essential frames of the attitudes towards dying are outlined, focusing on European medieval context and older texts of Czech literature. Philosophical background focuses on texts of selected writers who influenced Czech literature of the 20th century and/or were explicitly or implicitly reflected in it. The image of death and dying in Czech literature of the 20th century is analyzed in chapters that are based on periodisation that reflects substantial changes in the perception of death and in the ways of its verbal visualization in literature. The classification of texts is divided into five types based on the differences of the images of death in the composition of distinct literary texts. The first group has the specificities of texts of poetry and prose-fiction of catholic background: the authors, facing the secularization of the world in the first third of the 20th century, have to reflect the...
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Time-Symbolic Horizons of Characters in Several Types of the Contemporary Czech Novel
Kudlová, Klára ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Trávníček, Jiří (referee) ; Papoušek, Vladimír (referee)
Mgr. Klára Kudlová Anotace dizertační práce (Časově-symbolické horizonty postav v několika typech současného českého románu): Anotace: Teoretická část této práce uvádí a představuje nejprve skupinu naratologických konceptů navržených prostředí literárně-vědného kognitivismu a vztažených k problematice postav (v pracích Uriho Margolina) a jejich konfigurací (v práci Catherine Emmott(ové)) a k modelování příběhového světa (u Davida Hermana). Tyto koncepty jsou pak propojeny s tezemi, které Ricoeurův Temps et recit předkládá ve vztahu k románu a jemu vepsaným "spojnicím" historického času. Na pozadí takto založené syntézy je pak vypracován samostatný koncept románového žánru a dále model časově-symbolických horizontů postav. Jednotlivé časově-symbolické horizonty jsou chápané jako obligátně přítomné v "půdorysu" románu a spojené s plány přítomnosti, minulosti a budoucnost, jsou zde označeny jako horizont autorit, horizont současníků a horizont dědiců; horizont věčnosti je pak založen na propojení s oblastí apriorního smyslu a je chápán jako horizont fakultativní. V interpretační části práce byl pak uvedený model časově-symbolických horizontů a konfigurací postav v nich využit pro interpretaci a typologické usouvztažnění několika podob soudobého českého románu. Těmito podobami byly jednak ženský a "autentický"...
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Phenomena of death and dying in Czech literature of the 20th century
Záborcová, Milada ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Papoušek, Vladimír (referee) ; Med, Jaroslav (referee)
The dissertation thesis deals with distinct semantic levels of the theme of death and dying in a large context of Czech poetry and prose-fiction of the 20th century. In the first two chapters, the approach is supposed to cover broader interpretations of the treatment of death and dying based on philosophical, psychological, medical, ethic, and spiritual background. Due to the large range of the material, just essential frames of the attitudes towards dying are outlined, focusing on European medieval context and older texts of Czech literature. Philosophical background focuses on texts of selected writers who influenced Czech literature of the 20th century and/or were explicitly or implicitly reflected in it. The image of death and dying in Czech literature of the 20th century is analyzed in chapters that are based on periodisation that reflects substantial changes in the perception of death and in the ways of its verbal visualization in literature. The classification of texts is divided into five types based on the differences of the images of death in the composition of distinct literary texts. The first group has the specificities of texts of poetry and prose-fiction of catholic background: the authors, facing the secularization of the world in the first third of the 20th century, have to reflect the...
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Phenomena of death and dying in Czech literature of the 20th century
Záborcová, Milada ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Papoušek, Vladimír (referee) ; Med, Jaroslav (referee)
The dissertation thesis deals with distinct semantic levels of the theme of death and dying in a large context of Czech poetry and prose-fiction of the 20th century. In the first two chapters, the approach is supposed to cover broader interpretations of the treatment of death and dying based on philosophical, psychological, medical, ethic, and spiritual background. Due to the large range of the material, just essential frames of the attitudes towards dying are outlined, focusing on European medieval context and older texts of Czech literature. Philosophical background focuses on texts of selected writers who influenced Czech literature of the 20th century and/or were explicitly or implicitly reflected in it. The image of death and dying in Czech literature of the 20th century is analyzed in chapters that are based on periodisation that reflects substantial changes in the perception of death and in the ways of its verbal visualization in literature. The classification of texts is divided into five types based on the differences of the images of death in the composition of distinct literary texts. The first group has the specificities of texts of poetry and prose-fiction of catholic background: the authors, facing the secularization of the world in the first third of the 20th century, have to reflect the...
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Memory in exile
Hadžagič, Sandra ; Papoušek, Vladimír (advisor) ; Wiendl, Jan (referee) ; Brabec, Jiří (referee)
This thesis is the monographic study about the literary works of Milada Součková. It addresses methodological issues and includes a detailed interpretation of her literary works. These works are perceived as a literary unity which undergoes various transformations yet it always retains its structural identity. The individual works retain their independence and can be see as complete works in themselves. The integral principle in this exposition is the motive of memory which interlaces the studied material. The exposition was not led by any predefined or previously established methodology, but instead, it was built gradually and with respect to the studied material. The study follows the artistic methods and expressions used by the author while attempting to explain their interna I dependencies. Further, it attempts to emphasize the significant axes which unify the author's individual works, especially with regards to the changes in her cultural and existential status, i.e. her exile to the United States. It gives insight into the poetic structures in Součková's literary opus, which makes possible to draw conclusions about the poetics as well as about other factors external to her literature. Ever since her very first publication, her poetics contain an autobiographical discourse. This is observed, when by...
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The contexts of the "aesthetic mentality" of the early avant-garde
Beracková, Dáša ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Papoušek, Vladimír (referee) ; Zajac, Peter (referee)
The doctoral thesis The Contexts of the 'Aesthetic Mentality' of the Early Avant-garde takes a close look at the philosophical and aesthetic concepts that formed a paradigmatic change in the art and literature discourse at the beginning of the 20th Century, identified with the birth of the avant-garde aesthetic. With an analysis of the unclear term of Expressionism, traditionally used to describe the character of Czech early avant-garde literature, the thesis refers to contemporary research about the relationship between the avant-gardists and philosophical reflections on the search for an essence of reality. This critique on the fin de sicle spirit at the turn of the century formed a new kind of art and literature discourse where aesthetic strategies were often identified with a philosophical method. In this context an affinity can be seen between Josef Čapek's concept of modernity and the theory of artistic creativity by Wilhelm Worringer, and Karel Čapek's critique on Bergson's concept of life and his liking for Georg Simmels' philosophy of "perspective relativism". The subsequent step to an acceptance of the avant-garde concept is represented by the motif of the "intelligent eye" in J. Čapek's short prose works for the Almanach na rok 1914 (Almanac for 1914). These texts relate to a key topic of the...
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