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Black Characters in British Literature of the 19th century
BENEŠOVÁ, Tereza
The aim of my diploma thesis is to analyse black characters in British literature of the 19th century. For the analysis, I chose Thackeray's Vanity Fair, Jane Austen's Mansfield Park and Sanditon, Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights and Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone. To my analysis I also included the historical background and summarized history of slavery. I also considered the social question on the topic in my thesis.
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Social Life of Sofie Podlipská
Oudová, Radka ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Sochorová, Ludmila (referee)
The aim of this thesis is based on historical and archival documents to describe social life of Sofie Podlipská. In the first part of this thesis is described the life of Sofie Podlipská. The further part is focused on her publications and translations. In the main part of the bachelor thesis I am concentrated on her work in associations and lecture activities in some representative woman institutions.
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The legend of the vampire in the works of 19th century British literature
Hezinová, Jana ; Beran, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Nováková, Soňa (referee)
The figure of the vampire is one of the strongest images in present-day culture. It appears in films books, merchandise, and even has an entire subculture associated with the modern gothic. The process of the development of this figure has a long and complex history that reflects the development of culture and society. The popularity of the use of this figure is partially based on its versatility, adaptability and ability to broach various themes and features that reflect the present day society. This fascination with the vampire trope is also due to the development of this figure from folklore in to literature in the nineteenth century and its subsequent use in the popular works of the time. This thesis attempts to briefly explore the early development of the figure of the vampire in the European context and compare it to its early appearances in literature. Namely, it will focus on the appearance of the vampire in nineteenth century British literature. The thesis of this work will attempt to determine the nature of the vampire in the cultural concepts of the time. It will also follow how the changes in the traditional narratives are reflected and transformed in the concept of the narrative of the "urban Gothic". The formulation of the basic structural background of Victorian society in politics,...
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Political programmes of the Czech representation in the second half of the 19th century
Zikmund, Michal ; Malý, Karel (advisor) ; Šouša, Jiří (referee)
The thesis Political Programmes of the Czech Representation in the Second Halve of the 19th Century focuses on both programme documents and actual work of Czech political parties, whether more or less institutionalized, between the years 1848 (March Revolution) and 1918 (the downfall of Austria-Hungary). At first it summarizes the historical development in the respective period (Chapter 1), next, it analyses programmes of political parties in three broadly defined topics: 1) Organisation of the empire, question of the Czech State Right (Chapter 2); 2) Constitutionalism, civil rights and role of a citizen (Chapter 3) and 3) National matters (Chapter 4). The attitudes about each of these areas of the following political parties are defined: Bohemian nobility, National Party (till 1874) or Old Czechs (since then), Young Czechs, Social Democrats, Agrarians, Catholic parties, National Socialists, Progress parties and parties of the Radical State Right, Realists and Anarchists. For the conclusion, the author of the thesis attempts to characterise and evaluating the Czech political representation, as well as its importance for the development since 1918.
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Baudelaire on the Threshold of Modernity
Hošnová, Mariana ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Petříček, Miroslav (referee)
Cílem této práce je prozkoumat Baudelairův vztah k jeho době. Prozkoumat, jaké soudobé fenomény nejvíce ovlivnily jeho dílo, a jak. Abychom tohoto cíle dosáhli, budeme postupně zkoumat čtyři obasti - politickou situaci, tvářnost města, novinový provoz a umění ve Francii devatenáctého století. Budeme se snažit v těchto oblastech umístit Baudelairovu osobu a zrekonstruovat vliv, který na Baudelaira a jeho dílo tyto oblasti měly. Sledovat budeme zejména dvě baudelairovské studie - esej Paříž druhého císařství u Baudelaira Waltera Benjmaina a knihu Baudelaire. L' irreductible Antoina Compagnona. Oba interpreti zdůrazňují, že pro náležité uchopení Baudelairova díla je nezbytné právě projasnění Baudelairova postoje k výše uvedeným oblastem. Problematickým, ale ústředním pojmem této práce je pojem modernité. Jelikož je tento pojem vztažen jak k Baudelairově době, tak k jeho postoji k této době, není možné jej jednoduše definovat a není to ani cílem této práce. Cílem je spíše v rozmanitých fenoménech devatenáctého století, stejně jako v Baudelairově postojích a dílu, rozpoznat to, co je s pojmem modernité slučitelné, alespoň v určitém z jejích významů. Uvidíme, že jak básníkova doba tak jeho dílo v sobě nese mnoho rozporů, nebudeme se však snažit tyto rozpory překlenout, ale naopak se je pokusíme...
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Literary country in protectorate cinematography
Svěcená, Dobroslava ; Klimeš, Ivan (advisor) ; Svatoňová, Kateřina (referee)
(in English): This paper deals with the beginnings of nationally-emancipatory and patriotic expressions, which became part of the Czech rural prose during the nineteenth century and which are reflected as nation-defending tendencies in protectorate cinematography by a medium of film adaptation in the twentieth century. The paper intends to interconnect both of these historical periods. Due to the political and social reasons there was increased amount of revivalist ideals of the national rural life in the classic Czech rural prose as well as in the films. The ideals came from national historical traditions and from the cult of the nature and countryside, in which the topos of a "little cottage" ("idyllic place") played the major role. These elements became part of the self-image of the Czech people during the rise of the modern Czech nation (i.e. from the beginning of the nineteenth century till the World War I) and were intensified in the era of national menace during the protectorate. Last part of the paper, which uses the example of the writer Božena Němcová and her novel Babička, shows the concrete expressions of these ideals, that became part of her cult during the decades.
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The institution of marriage in three novels of Cornelie Huygens
Mrázková, Tereza ; Krol, Ellen Jacoba (advisor) ; Sedláčková, Lucie (referee)
The topic of this thesis is the depiction of marriage in two novels from the Dutch feminist writer from the end of the nineteenth century, Cornélie Huygens. The theoretical part analyses the influence of the literary and historical context, especially of the emerging women emancipation movement, socialism and the general social circumstances of that era. The role of author's personal life is also taken into account as well as the social status of women, their political and literary activities and reception of female authors by literary critics. The practical part consists of literary analysis of two novels written by Cornélie Huygens, in which marriage is the central theme.
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Social Life of Sofie Podlipská
Oudová, Radka ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Sochorová, Ludmila (referee)
The aim of this thesis is based on historical and archival documents to describe social life of Sofie Podlipská. In the first part of this thesis is described the life of Sofie Podlipská. The further part is focused on her publications and translations. In the main part of the bachelor thesis I am concentrated on her work in associations and lecture activities in some representative woman institutions.
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