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Negritude and a new poetic language, originated from colonial history
Šarše, Vojtěch ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
This work deals with Aimé Césaire's book Cahier d'un retour au pays natal, its function a value for author himself and for reader. At first, the paper explains, using linguistic and semantic analysis of chosen passages of this book, the liberation of author from the literary conventions and forms of his time, the quest of authentic style and his own poetic language. In the first part, the influence of french literature on Césaire's creation, precisely of Lautréamont, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, is explained. Afterwards, the work focuses on the emancipation tendencies which consist in the organic incorporation of the surrealistic practices and of creole influence into his poetry. In the second part, the paper attempts to give a description of author's determination to liberate the oppressed people, by the society, and his seeking of a new identity, based on omitted history of this people, on his ancestors and mainly on his forgotten roots. In the first place, indirect influence of the colonialism: his cruelty, enslavement, Triangular trade on Césaire's literary creation is described. The aim is to show the attitude of the author to the suffering of slaves and how he describes it to the reader and how he uses his heroes to accuse the colonialism of his cruel and usually atrocious practices to regain proud for his people.
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The image of slave in Patrick Chamoiseau's Creol tales.
Svobodová, Kateřina ; Fučíková, Milena (advisor) ; Šarše, Vojtěch (referee)
v anglickém jazyce The subject of this diploma thesis is the work of the francophone writer Patrick Chamoiseau. The thesis reflects especially the theme of slavery in short stories and fairy tales of this Martinique author. The diploma thesis puts Patrick Chamoiseau's work in a historical and political context as well as the personal life of the writer. The diploma thesis describes geographic and cultural particularities of the Lesser Antilles and analyzes in more detail the story The Slave Old Man and the Giant Dog and selected fairy tales. Based on this analysis, the thesis describes typical themes and language tools used by Patrick Chamoiseau. The thesis also deals with oral literature and culture of Martinique and the current problems of society are also discussed through a reflection of another work by Patrick Chamoiseuau.
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Francisco José Tenreiro and the Independence of Saint Thomas and Prince Island
Zeman, Jakub ; Grauová, Šárka (advisor) ; Binková, Simona (referee)
Francisco José Tenreiro and the Independence of São Tomé and Príncipe The aim of this thesis is to explore the multifaceted figure of the poet, geographer, university professor, co-founder of the Centre of African Studies in Lisbon and deputy in the National Assembly of Portugal, Francisco José Tenreiro (1921-1963). In this case, the research is not focused only on the aspect of literature but also on the historical and cultural context, including the era of Harlem Negro Renaissance in the United States, the dawn of the Negritude movement in France and, above all, the problematic period of Salazar's dictatorship (The New State) in Portugal. As F. J. Tenreiro is considered one of the most significant figures originating in São Tomé and Príncipe, special attention is paid to one of the most tragic moments in the modern history of Portugal, known as the Massacre in Batepá, which occurred on the island of São Tomé in February 1953 during the administration of the governor Carlos de Sousa Gorgulho, causing hundreds of deaths and prefigurating the collapse of the Portuguese colonial empire. While the other prominent Portuguese-speaking African intellectuals and nationalists of that period, such as Alda Graça do Espírito Santo, Agostinho Neto and Mário Pinto de Andrade, criticised the act of violence and...
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Negritude and a new poetic language, originated from colonial history
Šarše, Vojtěch ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
This work deals with Aimé Césaire's book Cahier d'un retour au pays natal, its function a value for author himself and for reader. At first, the paper explains, using linguistic and semantic analysis of chosen passages of this book, the liberation of author from the literary conventions and forms of his time, the quest of authentic style and his own poetic language. In the first part, the influence of french literature on Césaire's creation, precisely of Lautréamont, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, is explained. Afterwards, the work focuses on the emancipation tendencies which consist in the organic incorporation of the surrealistic practices and of creole influence into his poetry. In the second part, the paper attempts to give a description of author's determination to liberate the oppressed people, by the society, and his seeking of a new identity, based on omitted history of this people, on his ancestors and mainly on his forgotten roots. In the first place, indirect influence of the colonialism: his cruelty, enslavement, Triangular trade on Césaire's literary creation is described. The aim is to show the attitude of the author to the suffering of slaves and how he describes it to the reader and how he uses his heroes to accuse the colonialism of his cruel and usually atrocious practices to regain proud for his people.
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