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Poetic Spaces of Memory (on Chosen Czech Poets of the Second Half of the 20th Century)
Flanderka, Jakub ; Trávníček, Jiří (advisor) ; Hrdlička, Josef (referee) ; Málková, Iva (referee)
Poetic Spaces of Memory (on Chosen Czech Poets of the Second Half of the 20th Century) Abstract The dissertation Poetic Spaces of Memory (on Chosen Czech Poets of the Second Half of the 20th Century) offers interpretations of six Czech poetic works of the second half of the 20th century, with focus on the perspective of cultural memory. Chosen poetic works represent synecdoches of poetic description of (general) historical events and experience that are connected with the time during the World War II (the Nazi regime) and with communist regime after 1948 and to some extent are connected with spatial dimension - be it poetic reflection of space which is modelled on a phenomenon from real, "topical" world, be it (completely) imaginary description of space. Methodology of this dissertation is based on the concept of cultural memory by Aleida Assmann, particularly as presented in her book Cultural Memory and Western Civilization. Functions, Media, Archives. Individual chapters of the dissertation deal with interpretations of following poetic works: "Návrat" by Vladimír Holan is a poetic story that develops the topos of coming back - coming back home, to a space that the lyrical narrator enters after twenty years in order to look for his mother's grave in local graveyard; he fails. A verse book Dům Strach by Jan...
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Myth and Memory in Poetry of Karel Šiktanc
Svatoňová, Eva ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
This thesis is focused on poetry of Karel Šiktanc published between 1966 and 1977. Its purpose is to interpret four of his books from this period (Zaříkávání živých, Adam a Eva, Český orloj, Tanec smrti aneb Pámbu ještě neumřel), dealing especially with themes that are common to all of them. The main theme interpreted in this thesis is the poet's concept of a man firmly rooted in society and in space, being connected with their history. The ambition of this thesis is to explain how Šiktanc builds the portrayal of an individual human, whose being is determined by the community, in which he or she lives, acquires its language, memory and history (dated back to the mythic past), and who is also a part of its great story.
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Poetry of Karel Šiktanc in Czech Literary Criticism
MIKOLÁŠKOVÁ, Vendula
In my M.A. thesis I deal with the work of the Czech poet Karel Šiktanc , namely with the reviews of his work published in the then press. An important part of my thesis is focused on methodology. In this part, I deal ? via theories of representation ? with literary criticism that reflects the contemporary discourse and thinking on literature. I also describe the contemporary discourse as such, not only concerning the emergence and development of the aesthetic-ideological norm but also concerning the major developments in the literary life which has made an impact on this norm. The last chapter is dedicated to the reception of Šiktanc?s life in contemporary newspapers and journals.
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