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The Development of the Cult of St. John of Nepomuk to Canonization
Herold, Miroslav ; Petráček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Mikulec, Jiří (referee) ; Royt, Jan (referee)
The cult of St. John of Nepomuk was one of the characteristic features of life in the Habsburg Empire and other European catholic countries in the early modern period. The origins of veneration for the medieval martyr were tied to Prague, to his tomb in the cathedral, to the Metropolitan Chapter. The saint became famous above all for the conviction that he gave his life for the preservation of the confessional secret. With his death he preserved the good name of the Czech Queen Joan, who confessed to him; on the other hand, he is said to have punished those who were disrespectful of his own posthumous reputation and grave. He therefore became an immensely popular defender of honour and reputation, values highly valued in the early modern society. Under the influence of the Prague Chapter, St. John's veneration was taken up by the Habsburgs, the Catholic rulers who ascended the throne of John's torturer, Wenceslaus IV, and John's spiritual daughter, Joan. They venerated the saint as one of the patron saints of the Bohemian kingdom, which they ruled. The recatholicization of this kingdom and its associated countries enabled the growth of St John's veneration, which by the end of the 17th century had already begun to spread vigorously beyond their borders. At the beginning of the 18th century, this...
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Life and Work of Mikhail Chekhov in the context of Historical Development of Russian Drama
Elisová, Kateřina ; Hříbková, Radka (advisor) ; Hlaváček, Antonín (referee)
The thesis analyzes the historical development of Russian drama and it also discusses various acting techniques and their development. It focuses on efforts to create a method or system of acting which would help the actors perform characters in a natural and persuasive way. In this context, the thesis deals with Mikhail Chekhov - actor, director, theater director, teacher, theorist of acting, but also a Russian emigrant or nephew of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Chekhov was a student of K. S. Stanislavsky. He worked in the Moscow art theatre and later founded and participated in the work of theatre studios in Europe and the United States of America. He dedicated a substantial part of his life to pedagogical and theoretical work. Keywords: acting method, acting technique, anthroposophy, dramatic arts, dramatic form, directing, eurythmy, the archetype.
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Psychical Distance and Laughter at the Theatre
VAŠÁKOVÁ, Martina
The present BA thesis is focused on the exploration of the role of laughter and comicality within Dramatic Arts. The starting point is explanation of the concept of Edward Bullough's "psychical distance" as a factor, which defines aesthetic attitude. The laughter is described there as the type of reaction, that tend to under-distancing or to over-distancing and so to a disruption of aesthetic attitude. At the same time, however, whole significant section of Dramatic Art comedy works intensively with the role of laughter . BA thesis attempts to indicate main features of laughter and its transformation within the aesthetic attitude.
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The Role of a Text in Dramatic Art.
DEMETER, Peter
The present BA thesis focuses on the role and the nature of a text in dramatic Arts and the relation of a dramatic text and a theater performance. Its aim is to demonstrate the place of dramatic text in the structure of dramatic Arts and important meaning of stage directions. The method of comparison is used in this BA thesis to introduce dramatic Arts in the context of czech aesthetics and semiotics of theater.
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