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Shakespearean Themes in the Works of Oscar Wilde
Řehounková, Andrea ; Charypar, Michal (advisor) ; Kudlová, Klára (referee)
In my master thesis, I will concentrate on Oscar Wilde's usage of William Shakespeare's work and its influence on some of his chosen texts. Special attention will be paid to The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Portrait of Mr. W. H., and the essay The Truth of Masks, one of Wilde's earliest known works. My thesis will methodologically make use of intertextuality, especially based on the concept of artistic influence written by Harold Bloom in The Western Canon and possibly other publications, too. Bloom describes William Shakespeare as the core of the Western canon to whom younger authors, including Wilde other Victorians, and also Joyce, refer to either polemically or in agreement. If needed, comparations might be used in my thesis as well. Oscar Wilde vastly references the plays and poetry of William Shakespeare in his work. Simultaneously, Shakespeare influenced Wilde in his personal life - for example in his defence during his trails or when he partook in the opening of Shakespeare's memorial. The goal of my thesis is to map Oscar Wilde's understanding of the character of William Shakespeare and the difference in his approach to Shakespeare in the comparation of the traditional Victorian perspective. I wish to examine how did Oscar Wilde agree and disagree with the traditional Victorian idea through...
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The Poet of the Word: Christology in the Work of T.S. Eliot
Šmejdová, Barbora ; Pospíšil, Ctirad Václav (advisor) ; Houkal, Jan (referee)
Title: The Poet of the Word: Christology in the Work of T.S. Eliot The thesis focuses on the Christological analysis of the work of T. S. Eliot, a poet, dramatist and critic. The thesis is divided into two chapters. The first chapter describes historical and cultural background of Eliot's work, basic facts about his life and his literary and critical input. The first chapter is concluded by a reflection about the reception of T. S. Eliot in the Czech Republic and about the translation of his work to Czech. The second chapter contains the Christological analysis of Eliot's poetry and plays. The chapter starts with an analysis of Christological titles in individual poems. The second part of the chapter deals with the important moments of Jesus' life mentioned in Eliot's poems and dramas. The chapter also simultaneously contains references to particular places in the Scripture, which are relevant for given poems. Keywords Christology, T. S. Eliot, Catholic Theology, English Literature
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The Challenges of translating experimental fiction as demonstrated on the novel House Mother Normal by B. S. Johnson
Novotná, Denisa ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Matuchová, Klára (referee)
This bachelor thesis explores the challenges of translating fiction written in English into Czech. In the practical part, a sample translation is presented of two sections from the 1971 experimental novel House Mother Normal by the English author B. S. Johnson. The theoretical part part discusses challenges encountered during the translation process: choice of register, polysemy and ambiguity, word play, medical terminology, and elements of foreign culture. Under each topic, examples from the novel are listed and commented on. The offered solutions are based on the translation theory developed by the Czech scholar Jiří Levý in the 1960s. The aim of the thesis is to contribute to our knowledge of the art of translation and to provide sources of inspiration for other translators. KEY WORDS translation, House Mother Normal, B. S. Johnson, experimental novel, English literature
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The influence of Thomas Moore's work on Russian poetry of the 19th century
Ataniyazova, Diana ; Vasilyeva, Elena (advisor) ; Hlaváček, Antonín (referee)
This bachelor thesis studies the influence of the work of the Irish poet Thomas More on the development of Russian poetry in the 19th century. The aim of the thesis is to establish the prerequisites for influence, as well as the consequences of this influence in Russian literature. The work consists of three parts. In the first part, we got acquainted with the facts from the biography of Thomas More, which subsequently left a mark in the works of the author. In addition, we examined the poet's work from the point of view of Russian literary criticism. It is worth noting here that close attention to More's work flared up during the period of his greatest fame. The cycle of poems "Irish Melodies" served as inspiration not only for Russian society, but also interested many other consciousness in European countries. In the second part, we examined how the reforms of Peter I contributed to the emergence of Westernism and Slavophilism and how these tendencies subsequently influenced the perception of the Irish poet by the literary society in Russia, as well as how the traditions of Mohr's work are reflected in the poetry of M. Lermontov and A. Pushkin. The third part is devoted to the history of translations of Thomas Moore's works into Russian by such masters as V. Zhukovsky and I. Kozlov. The final...
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Literary Depictions of Affairs between Female Teachers and Male Secondary School Students
Hobbs, Denisa ; Topolovská, Tereza (advisor) ; Chalupský, Petr (referee)
This master thesis examines two novels which depict affairs between female teachers and male secondary school students: Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller and Tampa by Alissa Nutting. In the theoretical part, female sex offenders, erotic age-preferences, child sexual abuse, and educator sexual misconduct are discussed. In the practical part, the two novels are analyzed in relation to the scholarly findings presented in the theoretical part. Despite the great differences between the two fictional depictions of educator sexual misconduct, both novels contain numerous parallels to real cases. The most notable difference between them is their approach to gender stereotypes. Although Notes on a Scandal allows an alternative reading, it more or less reinforces stereotypes, while Tampa has the clear objective to conquer them. KEYWORDS female sex offenders, child sexual abuse, educator sexual misconduct, hebephilia, stereotypes, English literature, American literature
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Specific manifestations of pre-Romanticism in the works of Johannes Ewald (Levnet og meninger) and Laurence Sterne (The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman)
Hlavatá, Barbora ; Březinová, Helena (advisor) ; Hartlová, Dagmar (referee)
This thesis focuses on the analysis of Johannes Ewald's autobiographic novel Levnet og Meeninger (Life and Opinions, 1774-78) regarding the question of to what extent this book is a pre-Romantic work of fiction. Numerous elements typical of pre-Romanticism can be found in the novel, such as the scrutiny of inner feelings, an emphasis on the expression of emotions, the individualization of both the narrator and the artist, or a new perception of the role of nature in art. All of this makes Levnet og Meeninger an original work; its author can thus be considered the first Danish pre-Romantic author. His novel is also often compared with the work of one of the authors representing pre-Romanticism in British literature, Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759-1767); this thesis will attempt to describe possible similarities between the two works in more detail. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Physical and Psychical Spaces in Modern English Literature
Štefl, Martin ; Hilský, Martin (advisor) ; Chalupský, Petr (referee) ; Beran, Zdeněk (referee)
The thesis discusses affinities between physical and psychical spaces in selected works of D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf and Wyndham Lewis in connection with the main philosophical and aesthetic problems posed by the changes in modernist representation of character with respect to space and place. In doing so, the argument assesses the "in-human humanism" of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf which manifests itself in the interrelation between states of mind and material universe, the way in which the consciousness accommodates various material "admixtures" and how subjectivity "escapes" from subject to its own outside. Using the conservative thought of Wyndham Lewis as a vital source of comparison, the thesis examines how the interaction of these newly constructed modernist subjectivities with space changes and challenges traditional ideas of unity of self, personal identity and autonomous agency. Drawing on a number of themes from visual arts, the discussion connects these psychical factors with the notions of solidity and fluidity/stability and instability of material reality and individual objects, moving bodies or things in space. As a part of this, the thesis incorporates a detailed discussion of Italian Futurism, especially F. T. Marinetti's and Umberto Boccioni's theories of physical...
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The Challenges of translating experimental fiction as demonstrated on the novel House Mother Normal by B. S. Johnson
Novotná, Denisa ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Matuchová, Klára (referee)
This bachelor thesis explores the challenges of translating fiction written in English into Czech. In the practical part, a sample translation is presented of two sections from the 1971 experimental novel House Mother Normal by the English author B. S. Johnson. The theoretical part part discusses challenges encountered during the translation process: choice of register, polysemy and ambiguity, word play, medical terminology, and elements of foreign culture. Under each topic, examples from the novel are listed and commented on. The offered solutions are based on the translation theory developed by the Czech scholar Jiří Levý in the 1960s. The aim of the thesis is to contribute to our knowledge of the art of translation and to provide sources of inspiration for other translators. KEY WORDS translation, House Mother Normal, B. S. Johnson, experimental novel, English literature
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"Faces of the Victorian Double: Development of the Doppelganger in the British Literature of the Nineteenth Century"
Macura, Michal ; Beran, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Wallace, Clare (referee)
English abstract To understand why the doppelgänger, or the phenomenon of double personality, developed such literary presence in the fin-de-siècle Victorian Britain we must look to the dramatic social changes which had taken place since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, as well as to the nascent science of psychology and its preoccupation with the subconscious in relation to consciousness. The doppelgänger typically emerges where one component of personality is suppressed due to supra-individual requirements and expectations. The doppelgänger is, therefore, closely linked to its environment. It is not so much a literary figure as an intense dialectical relationship between two sides of personality. The doppelgänger frequently constitutes a flight from the conscience, which in itself is a social construct. Both Dr Jekyll and Dorian Gray are fully conscious of the possibilities open to them through their alter egos - they may ignore the dictates of the public opinion as well as other institutions whose goal is effect a certain degree of conformity in society. The doppelgänger enables the subject to realise its unconscious ambitions. The doppelgänger may also be analysed in the context of the artist and their creation. Dorian Gray, Lord Henry Wotton, Basil Hallward and Dorian's portrait, leaving aside...
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The Poet of the Word: Christology in the Work of T.S. Eliot
Šmejdová, Barbora ; Pospíšil, Ctirad Václav (advisor) ; Houkal, Jan (referee)
Title: The Poet of the Word: Christology in the Work of T.S. Eliot The thesis focuses on the Christological analysis of the work of T. S. Eliot, a poet, dramatist and critic. The thesis is divided into two chapters. The first chapter describes historical and cultural background of Eliot's work, basic facts about his life and his literary and critical input. The first chapter is concluded by a reflection about the reception of T. S. Eliot in the Czech Republic and about the translation of his work to Czech. The second chapter contains the Christological analysis of Eliot's poetry and plays. The chapter starts with an analysis of Christological titles in individual poems. The second part of the chapter deals with the important moments of Jesus' life mentioned in Eliot's poems and dramas. The chapter also simultaneously contains references to particular places in the Scripture, which are relevant for given poems. Keywords Christology, T. S. Eliot, Catholic Theology, English Literature
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