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Vlasta and Libuše. The mythic representations of woman in the epics of Julius Zeyer
Schödelbauerová, Viktorie ; Heczková, Libuše (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The bachelor thesis is devoted to chosen women's heroines of the circle of epic poems Vyšehrad by Julius Zeyer, and it tries with help of selected definitions of myth and pathos to cover principals, that are expressed through these characters and ways, by which are their roles constructed. After in the introductory chapter we familiarize with main features of myth and a role of pathos and in short we take a look of the author's life, the formation of the cycle itself, context in which the writing fits thematically and period reception, in the principal part of the thesis we firstly focus on issues of women's characters in Julius Zeyer's writing in general, and subsequently in analysis of text on description and explanation Vlasta and Libuše specifically. In comparison of these two heroines has been managed to rehabilitate the character of Vlasta, whose traditional interpretation of the evil character is not valid in the case of Zeyer's epic. The meaning of this thesis primarily consists in an interest of exploration fewer usual types of women's characters in Czech literature, that means a woman - a warrior and also in possibility to consult the phenomenon of the princess Libuše from the different perspective.
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Dazzled by the Hellenic Sun: Reception of the Classical Antiquality in the Czech Literature Between 1880 and 1910
Čadková, Daniela ; Hrbata, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Stehlíková, Eva (referee) ; Hrdlička, Josef (referee)
The theme of the dissertation is the reception of the Classical Antiquity in the Czech Literature between 1880 and 1910. The aim was to analyse the ways in which Czech culture related to the Classical Antiquity in the period of increased concern with Classical topics, motifs and forms. The first, largest part, methodologically inspired by the demythicizing perspective of Vladimír Macura and Jiří Rak, concerns with stereotypical views of the Classical Antiquity particularly prominent in the contemporary discourse: the antithetical image of noble Greece and corrupted Rome, the topos of bright Hellenic Sun and clear Sky, the ideology behind the common opinion that Ancient sculptures were all white (and the reactions to the discovery that they were, in fact, polychrome), the topos of a Greek athletic body and its employment in the policy of the Czech sports movement 'Sokol' (Falcon), and last but not least the topos of a man unspoilt by civilization and living in accordance with the Nature. Separate chapters are also devoted to two then important intermediaries of reception, grammar schools and translation. In the second part, attention is drawn to the representation of the Classical Antiquity in dramatic plays by Jaroslav Vrchlický, especially the dramatic trilogy Hippodamie, and their reception in...
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Different kinds and functions of death motives in the fairytales of K. J. Erben and B. Němcová
Hupáková, Kateřina ; Šmahelová, Hana (advisor) ; Vaněk, Václav (referee)
This thesis focuses on the death motives in the chosen magic fairy tales of Karel Jaromír Erben and Božena Němcová. In the first part, the historical context of both authors's fairy tales origins is defined. The second part, which is the main focal point of this paper, analyses six fairy tales written by K. J. Erben and six written by B. Němcová using Propp's method of morphological analysis. These fairy tales are afterwards examined from two different perspectives: firstly by the function which corresponds with the motive of death in the fairy tale and secondly by the way the situation of the death is depicted in the given fairy tales. The gained information are compiled to create a commented typology of the different death motives. Together with summarizing the concurrences and differences of the death motives in the fairy tales of K. J. Erben and B. Němcová, this is the main goal of the thesis.
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