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Alienation and Changes in Intimacy in Contemporary Czech Literature and its Critical Response
Motyčková, Kateřina ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
This thesis focuses on four prose works of contemporary Czech literature. These are the novel Možnosti milostného románu (Ways of Writing about Love) and the short story collection Hra pro čtyři ruce (The Game for Four Hands) by the writer Jan Němec, the novel Smrtholka (Deathmaiden) by the writer Lucie Faulerová and the novella Přípravy na všechno (Preparations for Everything) by the poet publishing under the pseudonym Elsa Aids. The thesis focuses in particular on how the themes of alienation and the transformation of intimacy are manifested in the selected works. The thesis first defines these concepts theoretically. Then focuses on contemporary Czech literature and the ways in which it relates to the present and its problems. It will then also theoretically define the concepts of literary criticism and interpretation. In the practical part, the interpretation of individual literary works will be carried out. It will also include an analysis of critical responses that have appeared in the Czech media, most of which are culturally or literary oriented. The aim of the thesis will be to map how the selected works reflect feelings of alienation and modern transformations of intimacy and how these themes are addressed by literary critics and reviewers. The thesis also includes the interview with the...
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Transforming of Revolver Revue (1990-2000) and its Critical Analysis
Korábková, Kateřina ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Köpplová, Barbara (referee)
The aim of this thesis named Transforming of the Revolver Revue (1990-2000) and its Critical Analysis is to describe the image and development of the cultural magazine Revolver Revue, including its supplement Kritická Příloha Revolver Revue during the first decade after the 1989 "Velvet revolution". Special attention is given to its literature reviews that largely determined the reception of of the magazine. Because the magazine was strongly influenced by its underground roots and the examined period of 1990s was full of remarkable socio- political changes the historical context, especially the developments of media and literature of that period, is discussed. To get an image of the magazine's role and its transformations as seen from the outside we describe how it was received by the contemporary press. The theoretical part focuses on issues of the conception of the literary criticism, which relates to the search for the role of criticism in the 1990s and it outlines the diversity of different perspectives, concepts and attitudes. The section dedicated to Kritická Příloha includes analysis of a few chosen reviews and aims to explore the form of criticism published in this magazine. The thesis also includes interviews with the chief editor of Revolver Revue Terezie Pokorná, and with Jáchym Topol,...
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Czech Literary criticism on internet
Kučera, Štěpán ; Kraus, Jiří (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
This rigorous thesis surveys Czech literary criticism on internet and its relationship towards printed literary criticism, or generally, relationship between new and traditional media. I define what "Czech literary criticism on the internet" can mean, and describe its situation in 2009 and 2012. I created an imaginary central line going from the pole of traditional media to the pole of new media and aligned the groups of websites on this scale. I found important projects there that exist in the periphery of Czech literary life (as reflected by the traditional media). Then I asked members of the web projects to fill in a short questionnaire focused on literary criticism on internet and its relationship to the culture of traditional media. Also, I posed the same questions to Czech book publishers as representatives of the traditional culture. In comparison of 2009 and 2012 I found out that the websites connected to the traditional printed culture tend to parish, or on the contrary, transform into professional projects (usually with state financial support). The closer to the pole of new media, the more viable the websites tend to be. I also notices increasing role of social networks, such as Facebook. For some websites these networks have become a welcome platform to address wider audience, while for others...
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Literar-critical work of Jan Lopatka in the context of his personal library
Špinková, Tereza ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The thesis highlights the literary-critical work of Jan Lopatka in the context of his personal library. It is a literary-historical and critical description of his work by characterizing and defining thematic blocks, which Lopatka systematically pursued in his personal library. It centers on a comparison of the significance of his work and pinpoints defined blocks in Lopatka's library fund and their significance in his literary criticism. Based on a complete inventory of his personal library (prepared by the author of this thesis) and its knowledge, research characterizes his work mainly from this perspective. Attention will also be paid to manuscripts, typescripts and notes in his books.
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Cultural events in exile magazine Svedectvi in 70 ś and 80's of the 20th century
Karlíčková, Iva ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Halada, Jan (referee)
This paper charts the events in the field of literary criticism in the magazine Svědectví. This magazine was important exile journal where exile, dissidents, writers, politicians, scientists, publicists have contributed to, and that is why it maintained its high quality for decades. It was founded on the 26th of October 1956 in New York, but has been published in Paris since 1961. Pavel Tigrid was a leading figure in the magazine for the entirety of its publication, and piece of this paper focuses on him. Close insight can be found about the structure, sections and the content of the magazine including the contributors. A comparative analysis is used to research the approach and the standard of literary criticism in magazine Svěděctví, and in other journals. Reviews examined in this paper are about these literary reces. (Milan Kundera's 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', Vaclav Havel's 'Redevelopment' and Jan Pelc's '… a bude hůř). These journals were used compare other reviews - Tvar, Tvorba, Host, Lidové noviny a Obrys. The goal of this paper is to compare of reviews in in the magazine Svědectví and in other journals.
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Critical acclaim of Czech female writers'21st century topical word on Second World War
Musilová, Anna ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
The diploma thesis Critical acclaim of Czech female writers' topical work on the Second World War analyses book reviews of three chosen novels devoted to the theme of the Second World War, by Kateřina Tučková, Alena Mornštajnová and Květa Legátová. The aim of the thesis is to document how the works have been received by Czech literary critics and reviewers. The analysis examines texts from literary magazines (Tvar, Host, A2, Literární noviny, iLiteratura.cz), general press (Lidové noviny, Mladá fronta DNES, Novinky.cz, Týden) and Czech Radio. The theoretical part defines literary criticism, and summarizes the biographies of chosen writers and the history of some of the important literary magazines that are analyzed in the thesis. In the theoretical part, I also put the role of female contemporary writers into perspective of their cultural and historical context. The following practical part is focused on interpreting novels and analyzing and evaluating critical response. The analysis not only examines the opinions and conclusions of reviewers, but also the quality of the authors' reflections, and the professionalism and complexity of their approach to the novels. The thesis also includes interviews with Kateřina Tučková and Alena Mornštajnová, in which the writers are questioned about their...
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Critical Reflexion of Alena Mornstajnova's Novels in the Czech Media
Sedloňová, Nikola ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
The diploma thesis Critical Reflexion of Alena Mornstajnova's Novels in the Czech Media analyses book reviews of the first four novels written by Alena Mornštajnová: Slepá mapa, Hotýlek, Hana and Tiché roky. This thesis aims to document how her work has been perceived by professional literary critics and reviewers. The analysis examines 27 articles from Czech literary magazines, portals (Host, Tvar, A2, iLiteratura.cz, Bubínek Revolveru) and generally focused newspapers and magazines (Mladá fronta DNES, Právo, Deník N, Respekt, Týdeník Rozhlas, Literární noviny). The period of analysis for this study begins in 2013 when her first novel was published and covers all relevant material up to the present. In the theoretical part of this thesis, firstly the following terms are defined - interpretation, art valuation, critique, review and interview. Thereafter, the biography of Alena Mornštajnová is summarized. Finally, literary media, which published crucial critiques and reviews for the analysis, are introduced. The practical part of this thesis focuses on interpreting particular novels and an on analysis and evaluation of critical reflections. The analysis examines the opinions and conclusions of literary critics and reviewers, and also the standards and professionalism of their articles. Finally, in...
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Media responses of trilogy Lichožrouti by Pavel Šrut and Galina Miklínová
Bočková, Jana ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
This Bachelor's thesis is focused on the analysis of media response to the book trilogy Lichožrouti by Pavel Šrut and Galina Miklínová. The theoretical part first focuses on the definition of the terms literary criticism and modern fairy-tale. Literary criticism is described in detail in the connection to literary reflections of books for children and youth. Modern fairy-tale is defined in relation to Lichožrouti and similar books. Part of it is also characterization of the media used in this work, which were chosen to give a more complete look at the media response of the book trilogy. For the analysis, there were picked cultural periodicals A2, Host, Tvar and Týdeník Rozhlas. From daily newspapers, there are included Hospodářské noviny, Lidové noviny and Mladá fronta DNES, as a representative of news websites, there were chosen Aktuálně.cz and Der Tagesspiegel. Profiles of both authors of the trilogy, Pavel Šrut and Galina Miklínová, with the characterization of their long time collaboration are included. The last part of the theoretical part is dedicated to the book series Lichožrouti. The practical part of the Bachelor's thesis maps the media response of the book in the included media. The analysis is divided by the books in the trilogy and is focused on the texts of literary criticism. As a...
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The voice of youth in contemporary Czech and French literature and its critical response
Kutnarová, Kristýna ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with two literary debuts, the novel by the French writer Édouard Louis Ending with Eddy B. and the novel by the Czech author Lucie Faulerová Lapači prachu (The Dust Catchers). First, it deals with the phenomenon of art criticism as such and tries to describe various theoretical approaches to it, which can then be used in the practical analysis of critical texts. It then analyzes and attempts to interpret each of the works and analyzes their critical acceptance. In the case of Édouard Louis, these are both reviews published in Czech cultural and news periodicals and selected (most important) English-language critics published in the American, British and Irish media. In the case of Lucie Faulerová, the work deals only with Czech criticism, offering an almost complete overview of major texts evaluating Dust Catchers. The work tries to capture the different approaches of critics to both novels and to the role of the art critic as such. At the end of the work there is a comparison of works and their critical acceptance.
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