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Jiří Kolář: The "New" Beginnings of His Poetry and its Position in Interpretation of His Writing
Šnellerová, Tereza ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Vojtěch, Daniel (referee)
In this diploma thesis, the "new" beginnings of Jiří Kolář's poetry are addressed. The main focus lies upon the genesis of his early poetry in the period of his "Křestný list". The "Křestný list" was issued as Kolář's début in September 1941, however, neither its publication nor Kolář's accession into literature were as immediate as they might appear in sources available so far. It took nearly ten years until the young poet's first oeuvre was issued and he had undergone a certain development in the meantime - he had gained more experience and become mature as a poet and person. The first part of the thesis is aimed at portraying this period (i.e. the years of 1937-1941/2) within the process of all events of literary history which could have impacted Kolář, his poetry and the final appearance of his first colletion. In the second part of the thesis, the given events (e.g. the acquaintance with Václav Pekárek, František Halas and Jindřich Chalupecký or the problems with the censorship in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) are put into the wider context of Kolář's juvenile and hitherto unpublished texts that are now in the possession of Vladimír Karfík and in the inheritance of Jindřich Chalupecký. The interpretation of these is the core of this one and also of the third part of thesis. The integral...
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Josef Čapek's Early Literary Work in the Context of Modern Art
Kováčová, Eva ; Vojtěch, Daniel (advisor) ; Wiendl, Jan (referee)
Josef Čapek belonged among those Czech artists who dealt with problems of form and function of a modern art work in the beginning of 20th century. Both theoretical reflections on art and his early fiction represent Čapek's specific approach to the debate about modern and avant-garde currents in the times of stylistically inconsistent situation. This thesis analyses the confrontation of aesthetic principles of these art movements. Its focus is to show to what extent was Josef Čapek influenced by the principles of the individual movements and to describe the way in which he acquired and modified them. The goal is to outline Čapek's path from a survey of modern forms to his own independent viewpoint. Key words Josef Čapek, Modern Art, Manifest Česká moderna, Neoclassicism, Cubism, Expressionism
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The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch from the Point of View of Ladislav Klima's own Philosophy
Tichá, Veronika ; Heczková, Libuše (advisor) ; Vojtěch, Daniel (referee)
This work deals with the most famous novel, the Suffering of Prince Sternenhoch, of one of the most controversial Czech authors of first half of 20th century, Ladislav Klima, namely in terms of Klíma's philosophical approach to his literary work and life in general. We derived from the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, whose ideas inspired Klima in many ways. We are comparing the story of love and hate to the theater (David Jařab - first performance at the Divadlo Komedie, Praha 2007) and film (Jan Němec - In the Heat of the Royal Love 1990) adaptation and we are trying to find traces of his doctrine of solipsism and egodeism there, especially in style, composition and main characters. Greater focus was put on the character of Helga, because she represents the most of Klíma's philosophical views. Necessarily, we have touched on the question of will, authority, and the afterlife. Keywords: F. Nietzsche, higher / lower people, solipsism, egodeism, ludibrionism, afterlife, hallucinations, femme fatale
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Czech Drama in Early Modernism: The Portrayal of Leaders
Pospíšil, Jan ; Vojtěch, Daniel (advisor) ; Sílová, Zuzana (referee) ; Topolová, Barbara (referee)
The thesis constitutes the analysis of selected Czech dramas from the beginning of the 20th century representing various portrayals of national leaders. In my view, the dramas are Apollonian images of a kind representing the dreams of their creators about the strength and greatness, both individual and national. That is because, on one hand, the national leader is an exceptional individual, an exquisite human specimen and as such he or she corresponds to Nietzsche's characterization of a tragic hero as the highest phenomenon of the will. But at the same time, he or she is a national educator. Individual works represent various forms of how the leader educates and edifies the nation and whether he or she leads by command or by example. The dramas show us the leaders, who not only tame, purify, but also urge to growth those, whom they lead. The approach of the Czech playwrights is essentially mythopoetic. Their works constitute contributions to the creation or re-creation of national mythology, in other words, they deal with the meaning of the existence of the nation, or the national condition. They represent a dialogue or a polemic with one particular national mythology formed at the time that of T. G. Masaryk as he stated it in his works Česká otázka (1895), Naše nynější krise (1895), and Jan Hus...
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Relation between individual and society in Jiří Weil's novels Moskva-hranice and Dřevěná lžíce
Cepník, Jakub ; Vojtěch, Daniel (advisor) ; Špirit, Michael (referee)
The topic of the thesis is the relationship between the individual and society in two novels written by Jiří Weil in 1930's - Moskva-hranice and Dřevěná lžíce. This relationship is observed in the context of the Marxist aesthetics of that time and also through literary analysis of both novels. The thesis consists of a theoretical part, an interpretative part and typology of the characters. The primary proposition is an appeal of Růžena Grebeníčková to read the novels not as a testimony of the historical reality in USSR, but as distinctive literary works. In the theoretical part, two conceptions of literature are introduced, the influence of which is evident in Weil's novels: the artistic conception of Soviet avant-garde group LEF, and the socialist realism of Bedřich Václavek. The thesis summarizes the artistic programme of both conceptions, examining their notion of the relationship between the individual and the society. Extra focus is given to to a different concepts of reality in both conceptions. While the LEF emphasizes the present, socialist realism gives more weight to the future. The interpretative part presents a structural and a naratologic analysis. It turns out that juxtaposition is frequently used in various layers of the novels. The interpretation also observes the relationship...
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Adolf Branald's and Zdeněk Šmíd's View of Carlsbad
Bartošová, Pavla ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Vojtěch, Daniel (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the depiction of Karlovy Vary in the works of Adolf Branald and Zdeněk Šmíd, especially in the Promenade with a Deer, My Old Good Vary and Ghosts and the Beautiful Fairies. The core of the work is an analysis of the author's style of both authors and a comparison of images depicting the same or similar themes across all three works. At the end of the work is briefly discussed the motif of the mystery, which gradually reveals other images and motifs.
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Echoes of antiquity in the early work of Otakar Theer
Kochová, Denisa ; Topor, Michal (advisor) ; Vojtěch, Daniel (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the ancient inspiration in the early works of Otakar Theer, i.e. until the end of 1897, when he published his book Háje, kde se tančí. Firstly, the thesis outlines basic parameters, stereotypes in the reception of ancient culture in the course of European history, especially in the nineteenth century. Next, the thesis focuses on the position of Greek and Latin languages and facts about ancient cultures in school curriculum, based on the common discussion about how appropriate and useful these were in the decades around the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century. In particular, special consideration is given to their practical application in school curriculum of gymnasium in Žitná, Prague, where Otakar Theer studied in 1890-1899. Following this research, the thesis attempts to reconstruct more impulses and contexts (decadence, naturism) that influenced Theer's vision of ancient Greece and Rome, and which he also tackled in his own way in Háje, kde se tančí.
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Program of the Czech Decadent Movement and the Question of Intertextuality. Tho Work of Miloš Marten
Kantoříková, Jana ; Vojtěch, Daniel (advisor) ; Heczková, Libuše (referee) ; Lishaugen, Roar (referee)
The Program of the Czech Decadent Movement and the Question of Intertextuality. The Work of Miloš Marten This thesis explores the work of Miloš Marten (1883-1917) seeking to analyse its decadent narrative as a modern narrative that brings into play the unity between the pinnacle and the decline. It departs from the comparison between the style and interpretation of the two versions of Cyklus rozkoše a smrti (orig. The Cycle of delight and death; 1907 and 1917/1925) and the study of the realisations of this work. For this purpose the study contextually examines the conceptions of "intertextuality" from fin de siècle authors-critics, meaning their conceptualisations of similarity and/or identity of literary works which frequently involve a confluence of degeneration theory, the argument of the non-ethical nature of plagiarism and theory of decadence. All were often used as instruments of disqualification as well as justifications for a modern aesthetics and style. Reconstitution of Marten's theoretical reflection on artistic genres evidences his research of a harmonizing modern culture within an anti-syncretic tendency: mythology and revolt against myth Order being shifted to tragedy and parable, while the novel is designed as an analytical-critical synthesis. Applying contemporary approaches to...
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Objectivity and comicality in short stories of Ladislav Dvořák
Fučíková, Zuzana ; Vojtěch, Daniel (advisor) ; Špirit, Michael (referee)
This thesis examines the prosaic works of Ladislav Dvo ák (1920-1983), specifically the collection of short stories entitled Šavle me e. It analyses the construction of Dvo ák's texts with regard to two significant aspects. First it deals with the connection between reality and the world depicted in the narrative. With the help of the concept of objectivity', adapted for literary interpretation, it explores the role of facts, description and narrator in the text. The second part treats the function of comedy in the stories, especially the difference between comical and humorous characters and the role of the verbal and situational humor. The analysis is based on the theories of P emysl Blaží ek and Milan Jankovi , who treat the specifics of creating meaning in literature.
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Interpretation of the novel Spas by Ivan Matoušek
Malá, Lucie ; Vojtěch, Daniel (advisor) ; Málek, Petr (referee)
The master thesis discusses the novel Spas by Ivan Matoušek published in 2001. The description of the structure and narrative time of the novel is followed by a characterization of the ironic self-conscious narrator and his relationship to the fictional world and the main character. The interpretation is partly inspired by a theoretical paper on irony by Vladimir Jankélévitch, which is compared with Paul de Man's concept of irony. The thesis also refers to Linda Hutcheon's theory of self- reflexivity and metafiction and employs the concept of mise en abyme.
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