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Josef Škvorecký's cultural and literary activities in exile
ŠTEKLOVÁ, Markéta
This bachelor thesis deals with the life and work of the Czech writer Josef Škvorecký. It focuses on his life in Canada, mainly on his influence on the anglophone literary and cultural world and the influence this different world had on him. The aim of the work is to trace his activities in exile (depicting '68 Publishers, engagement in translations and more) his achievements and to come up with an objective and thorough description of his life.
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Character of Danny Smiřický in selected Škvorecký's novels
Hosnedlová, Štěpánka ; Kubíček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Mocná, Dagmar (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to examine the development of a literary character, Danny Smiřický, reoccuring in many of Josef Škvorecký's novels and representing both the role of a storyteller and a protagonist. The work mainly focuses on the way Danny Smiřický's character was constructed, describes his personality, life fates, relations to other characters and in this light, also, to observe changes the Czech society was undergoing throughout the twentieth century. Attention is drawn to the specific language used by Danny and his peers which acts, in a remarkable way, as a means of authenticity. It also largely helps to convey the generational testimony. For the analysis, selected literary texts written by Škvorecký are used, in which Danny appears and which follow in a chronological order. The work specifically analyzes the novel's Cowards, Swell season, and Tank battalion. Danny Smiřický is often considered an autobiographical character, in other words, the alter ego of the author. This is where the importance of the character comes from. KEYWORDS Danny Smiřický, Josef Škvorecký, literary character, characteristic, autobiographical elements
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Differences between literary production and film production.
Marušiaková, Adéla ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Mravcová, Marie (referee)
In my thesis I will deal with comparison of literary work and its adaptation as a film. The object of our investigation in this case is film adaptation produced by Vaclav Gajer - Flirt with Miss Silver (1969). This was the result of director revelation this meaningful literary work made by Josef Škvorecký Miss Silver Past (1963-1967). Firstly we will think about literary model and film from general point of view like original phenomenons of art than we will describe concrete works.This works are the aim of our investigation and we will try to explain their spirit. We will describe real circumstances of their origin. Keeping in mind that both works appeared in the 60's of the last century, it is necessary to remind political atmosphere and remember events in previous Czechoslovakia.
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Origin of the Czech Detective Novel
Šoltésová, Tereza ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
Abstact This bachelor thesis called Origin of the Czech Detective novel focuses on the genre of the Czech Detective novel in the beginning of its formation. The thesis includes the theoretical part which is an attempt to provide some definitions of the detective genre. The following part describes an evolution of the detective novel. It includes summarized history of the genre in international literature but is concentrated mostly on the Czech Detective fiction. Last part analyses the work of some specific authors who had crucial impact on the genre development in the Czech area. The thesis follows how the Czech Detective novel was evolving since the beginning of the twentieth century till 1960ˈs, its source of literal inspiration and the impact of Anglo-American Detective fiction. The work also analysis some Detective novels of Karel Čapek, Emil Vachek, Eduard Fiker, Jan Zábrana and Josef Škvorecký and describes their contribution to development of the Czech Detective novel. Some of their works are analysed more, it is focused mainly on the style of narration and the figures of detective and his assistant.
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Narrators of Josef Škvorecký
Vrabcová, Eva ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The thesis analyses two short stories of Josef Škvorecký from 1948, Cesta k ateliérům and Divák v únorové noci. Besides the basic inclusion in the author's work are the short stories put to a detailed analyse of compositional and language elements. Main focus is concentrated on the subject of ich-narrator, which merges with the main character, and on his narrative methods and functions in the textual construction. Other aim is to depict components and principes, which are known from the Škvorecký's later works. Key words Josef Škvorecký, short stories, narrator, narrative methods, 1948
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Origin of the Czech Detective Novel
Šoltésová, Tereza ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
Abstact This bachelor thesis called Origin of the Czech Detective novel focuses on the genre of the Czech Detective novel in the beginning of its formation. The thesis includes the theoretical part which is an attempt to provide some definitions of the detective genre. The following part describes an evolution of the detective novel. It includes summarized history of the genre in international literature but is concentrated mostly on the Czech Detective fiction. Last part analyses the work of some specific authors who had crucial impact on the genre development in the Czech area. The thesis follows how the Czech Detective novel was evolving since the beginning of the twentieth century till 1960ˈs, its source of literal inspiration and the impact of Anglo-American Detective fiction. The work also analysis some Detective novels of Karel Čapek, Emil Vachek, Eduard Fiker, Jan Zábrana and Josef Škvorecký and describes their contribution to development of the Czech Detective novel. Some of their works are analysed more, it is focused mainly on the style of narration and the figures of detective and his assistant.
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The build-up of a plot in Josef Skvorecky's tetralogy about lieutenant Boruvka
Zamora, Juan ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Bílek, Petr (referee)
The scope of the thesis is the description of plot in the open tetralogy of Josef Škvorecký about the lieutenant Josef Borůvka which was published between 1966-1981. We examine the extent to which the rules characteristic for detective stories are complied with in the series and how passages devoted to private life of main characters relate to the investigation of the cases. Theoretically we draw from professional literature about the detective genre (especially Škvorecký, Sýkora, Todorov) and the literature about the author (Kosková, Trenský). We describe contexts of the tetralogy with other proses of Josef Škvorecký as well.
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