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'Drinking wine' by Tao Yuanming
Fuksa, Daniel ; Lomová, Olga (advisor) ; Zádrapa, Lukáš (referee)
Thesis abstract The aim of this thesis is to show the basic meanings of wine (jiu 酒) in some of Tao Yuanming's poems, titles of which contain the word 'wine'. The first chapter of the present work concerns itself with the main question of the thesis as well as the theoretical approaches towards the interpretation of the Chinese poetry and gives a brief biography of Tao Yuanming and the intellectual background of his works. The second chapter with its detailed interpretation of all the poems from Tao Yuanming's series 'Twenty Poems After Drinking Wine' (Yin jiu ershi shou 飲酒二十首) represents the main part of the work. The third chapter is dedicated to the poems 'On Stopping Wine' ( Zhi jiu 止酒) and 'An Account of Wine' (Shu jiu 述酒). The second and third chapter also include an annotated translation of all of the poems into Czech. In the case of the poem 'An Account of Wine', it is the first translation to the Czech language so far. The two remaining chapters deal with the motif of wine and its various meanings in the above-mentioned poems. The work shows that the motif of wine in Tao Yuanming's poems can carry different meanings that might be divided into several categories. Those categories of the motif of wine correspond to the poet's attitudes to life as presented by his works.
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Li Shangyin writing "on things" of nature origin
Shlenskaya, Maria ; Lomová, Olga (advisor) ; Andrš, Dušan (referee)
Thesis abstract The aim of this thesis is to provide a detailed analysis of the chosen poems "on things" of natural origin written by Li Shangyin and their interpretation. Based on the analysis, I will make an attempt to find out how the author handles the conventions of the yongwu genre, to what extent his poems "on things" correspond to the previous poetic tradition and to what extent they are innovative from the point of view of the choice of topics, symbolism, language techniques and the overall message of the poem. The opening chapter of the thesis includes Li Shangyin's biography, a short overview of his writings and basic approaches to their interpretation, as well as a brief introduction of the yongwu genre and the basic peculiarities of Li Shangyin's poems, which belong to this genre. The next chapter is the essential part of the thesis, which provides the actual analysis of the chosen poems, supplemented with prosaic literal translations. This part of the thesis consists of a few sections, which are dedicated either to some particular type of Li Shangyin's yongwu or to a precise aspect of his poems, which belong to this genre. The conclusion of this study is that Li Shangyin's greatest contribution to the tradition of the yongwu genre is the transformation of poems "on things" into a kind of...
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Du Fu - Poems from the Thatched Cottage
Tkáčová, Marína ; Lomová, Olga (advisor) ; Andrš, Dušan (referee)
Thesis abstract The aim of this thesis is to provide a detailed topical analysis of the poems written by Du Fu during the first half of his Sichuan period (760 - 762), traditionally considered to be one of the happiest periods of his life. In these poems the themes of everyday experiences of poet's life in the country-side including his view of himself are highly remarkable. Based on the analysis we attempt to capture author's specific world view in this very period of his life, to examine how far these poems are idyllic, and to identify the function of individual motifs in the poems. The first part of this work contains a brief introduction to the context of Du Fu's life and work. The second, analytic part, introduced by a chapter discussing Du Fu's Sichuan period in more detail, is divided into four major sections - everyday life, social contacts, poet's view of himself, and motif of alcohol. In subdivisions of these sections the use of individual motifs is examined and exemplified always in one or two whole poems and fragments of other ones. All the examples of poems presented include a working translation into Slovak language. The conclusion of this work is that although the secondary sources are right to say that plenty of Du Fu's poems from this period are idyllic in nature, there is also evidence to...
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'Drinking wine' by Tao Yuanming
Fuksa, Daniel ; Lomová, Olga (advisor) ; Zádrapa, Lukáš (referee)
Thesis abstract The aim of this thesis is to show the basic meanings of wine (jiu 酒) in some of Tao Yuanming's poems, titles of which contain the word 'wine'. The first chapter of the present work concerns itself with the main question of the thesis as well as the theoretical approaches towards the interpretation of the Chinese poetry and gives a brief biography of Tao Yuanming and the intellectual background of his works. The second chapter with its detailed interpretation of all the poems from Tao Yuanming's series 'Twenty Poems After Drinking Wine' (Yin jiu ershi shou 飲酒二十首) represents the main part of the work. The third chapter is dedicated to the poems 'On Stopping Wine' ( Zhi jiu 止酒) and 'An Account of Wine' (Shu jiu 述酒). The second and third chapter also include an annotated translation of all of the poems into Czech. In the case of the poem 'An Account of Wine', it is the first translation to the Czech language so far. The two remaining chapters deal with the motif of wine and its various meanings in the above-mentioned poems. The work shows that the motif of wine in Tao Yuanming's poems can carry different meanings that might be divided into several categories. Those categories of the motif of wine correspond to the poet's attitudes to life as presented by his works.
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