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Role of Fantastic Themes in Selected Shorter Prose by Julius Zeyer
Neradová, Eliška ; Blinková Pelánová, Eva (advisor) ; Mocná, Dagmar (referee)
The bachelor's thesis deals with the analysis of three texts by Julius Zeyer (Dům U tonoucí hvězdy, Na pomezí cizích světů, Miss Olympia). The work aims to analyze and interpret the motifs in connection with the fantastic genre of literature. The motifs include for example figures of women and a motif of a star or fire. The thesis also deals with the subject of the literary context of the author and the classification of his work in terms of a literary movement. The interpretation of Zeyer's texts is based on Tzvetan Todorov's fantasy concept presented in the study The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre. KEYWORDS Julius Zeyer, fantastic, Dům U tonoucí hvězdy, Na pomezí cizích světů, Miss Olympia, Tzvetan Todorov
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Allusions of fantastic German literature of the romantic period in fantastic proses of Jakub Arbes and Julius Zeyer
Cingrošová, Veronika ; Brožová, Věra (advisor) ; Mocná, Dagmar (referee)
- Aj In this work we focused on the literary genre of the fantastic short story, a genre that has its specific features, working with mystery and ambiguity, and relying on the interactive relationship between the reader and the text. We looked at terms fantastic literature, fantastic short story and we studied which attributes are typical for this literature (such as individual motifs, composition, atmosphere and language-specific resources). Than we were looking for the presence of these attributes in individual works of selected authors. The most important representatives of Czech fantastic stories were compared with selected German Romanticists who were the inception for our authors who followed them and in whose work we find the fantastic phenomena. Then we tracked the similarities and differences in work of these authors. We found, that despite substantial conformity in the use of specific attributes of fantastic stories, the individual works of our authors differs significantly, not only in the frequency of use of these attributes, but also in the overall tone of the work and its effect on the reader. To better understand all the work, we have included in addition to the parts of the works and typically observed phenomena, the key biographical details of all authors, because as it was finally...
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Frankenstein: Changes of Fantastic Appearance and Terror in Movie Adaptations and Theatre
Ševčíková, Michaela ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Hrbata, Zdeněk (referee)
Master's thesis presents comparison of motifs and images of fantastic appearance and terror in the novel Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley and its film and theatre adaptations, and studies their changes. It deals not only with theoretical problems of fantastic appearance, terror (horror) and adaptation, but especially the Frankenstein myth and its influence on creating these images in given texts. Thesis describes the development of fantastic and horrific images from the literary text towards visual and performance media. The thesis studies the transformation of these images within three film adaptations made by directors J. Searlse Dawley (1910), James Whale (1931) and Kenneth Branagh (1994), and one play written by Nick Dear and directed by Danny Boyle (2011). Key words: Frankenstein, Frankenstein myth, fantastic appearance, fantastic, terror, horror, adaptation
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Fantastic in the novel Blank Gaze by José Luís Peixoto
Rubešová, Lucie ; Flemrová, Alice (advisor) ; Dufková, Vlasta (referee)
The main objective of this thesis is to define narrative scheme and elements of the fantastic in the novel Blank Gaze (Nenhum Olhar, 2000) by a Portuguese writer, José Luís Peixoto. His works have been considered part of the mythic narrative current, which, according to a common definition, often draws attention to deformed values of today's society. For José Luís Peixoto, the fantastic, from a modern perspective, or neofantastic, an alternative means for expressing a need for belief in today's society. This fact becomes the main and timeless legacy of the work, and the reader does not be aware of details of religious rules. After the introduction the thesis focuses on outlining the literary and historical context of contemporary Portuguese prose. The second chapter also pays attention to the biography and bibliography of José Saramago, both politically and ideologically involved author. Similarly to Peixoto, in his works he touches the human essence and presents unconventional reflections about values of present society. The third chapter tries to introduce Peixoto as an autor of Blank Gaze. It also mentions him as the laureate of the 2011 José Saramago Prize - a reward which is awarded to Portuguese writers younger than thirty five. The fourth chapter discusses the beginning and development of...
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Allusions of fantastic German literature of the romantic period in fantastic proses of Jakub Arbes and Julius Zeyer
Cingrošová, Veronika ; Brožová, Věra (advisor) ; Mocná, Dagmar (referee)
- Aj In this work we focused on the literary genre of the fantastic short story, a genre that has its specific features, working with mystery and ambiguity, and relying on the interactive relationship between the reader and the text. We looked at terms fantastic literature, fantastic short story and we studied which attributes are typical for this literature (such as individual motifs, composition, atmosphere and language-specific resources). Than we were looking for the presence of these attributes in individual works of selected authors. The most important representatives of Czech fantastic stories were compared with selected German Romanticists who were the inception for our authors who followed them and in whose work we find the fantastic phenomena. Then we tracked the similarities and differences in work of these authors. We found, that despite substantial conformity in the use of specific attributes of fantastic stories, the individual works of our authors differs significantly, not only in the frequency of use of these attributes, but also in the overall tone of the work and its effect on the reader. To better understand all the work, we have included in addition to the parts of the works and typically observed phenomena, the key biographical details of all authors, because as it was finally...
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