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Die neue deutsche Literatur ist weiblich. Über das Phänomen schreibender Frauen in der deutschen Literatur seit den 1970er Jahren.
PÁRTLOVÁ, Michaela
The author of this thesis deals with the phenomenon of writing women and comparison of three literary works written by three different female German authors. The love story of two young couple and the political ideologies of Germany at that time depicts the book Der geteilte Himmel by Christa Wolf. The next author is Ulla Hahn and her novel called Aufbruch, which is the second part of the trilogy. This novel describes the life and development of the heroin called Hilla and alongside it consults the soul of brave but vulnerable teenage girl. Judith Hermann is the third author whose work consists of five short stories called Alice. This collection deals with topics such as the concept of life and death, along with helplessness and abandonment of one's closes people. Furthermore the impact of political systems on individual authors will be described in this thesis as well.
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Greek Mythology in Christa Wolf's Novels
Jannesová, Jitka ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
Keywords Christa Wolf, myth, mythology, myth revision, Cassandra, Medea, social functions of literature Abstract The subject of this thesis is the incorporation of ancient mythology in the story Cassandra and in the novel Medea: A Modern Retelling by Christa Wolf with the backdrop of the author's own understanding of the function of literature. The first part of the work contains a theoretical introduction to the topic of myths and mythology and presents the most important theories about myths and their incorporation in literature. The subsequent part of the work focuses on the understanding of a myth and its function as used by Christa Wolf. The core of this work is an analysis of the literary incorporation of mythological substance in the writings specified above and a comparison with the incorporation of such substance in the works of ancient authors Aeschylus and Euripides, with the aim of showing through what means and what intentions the author has updated and revised the myth. This part of the work also includes an analysis of the poetological concept of Christa Wolf and the related social functions of literature and the author's role.
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Christa Wolf and her book "Was bleibt" as a beginning of German-German literary confrontation and the reflexion in selected Czech media.
Bláhová, Jana ; Březinová, Monika (advisor) ; Šafařík, Petr (referee)
Aim of the thesis "Christa Wolf and her work "What Remains" as a start of German-German literature dispute and its resonance in the chosen Czech media" is to describe reception of the book "Was bleibt" from Christa Wolf accenting the socio-political context at the time of its publication and the immediate origination of the literature dispute between East and West Germany. Thesis discusses the grounds which led to begin of the dispute, as well as the process of the dispute and its main actors. Moreover, importance of the dispute and role of Christa Wolf and her work "Was bleibt" is sought. The first two chapters serve as an introduction to the literature dispute, where the first one concentrates more on the life and both social and political engagement of Christa Wolf, and the second one deals with her fundamental work "Was bleibt" and its context in the political situation at that time. The main part of the thesis discusses public responses to publication of the "Was bleibt", the origin and the process of the German-German literature dispute. Critiques of West German feulletonists, which started the literature dispute, are investigated in this part of the thesis too. The last chapter then addresses resonance of the dispute in selected Czech literary papers and magazines.
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