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Possible Uses of Camp in Interpretation of Czech Contemporary Cultural Background
DEMETER, Peter
Proposed dissertation is focusing on specific eccentric aesthetics based on hyperboles, ambivalent meanings and ironic attitude, which in Anglo-American background is so called camp derived from French. Camp origin can be found on the court of Louis XIV, where we can notice passionate tries to cultivate affected court-style culminating in baroque metaphor of the world as a theatre. Due to impact of modernity and postmodernity, scope of the camp extended to various cultural spheres and phenomenon began to corelate through its eccentricity with common marginality, respectively with something what is different from "normality" and "genuineness" also settled schemes of perception or ways of historical reflection. Goal of proposed dissertation is based on theoretical-historical interpretations to trace mentions of camp (mainly in literature) with focus on Czech background, where its rich interpretational potential can clarify most of social-cultural tendencies.
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The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch from the Point of View of Ladislav Klima's own Philosophy
Tichá, Veronika ; Heczková, Libuše (advisor) ; Vojtěch, Daniel (referee)
This work deals with the most famous novel, the Suffering of Prince Sternenhoch, of one of the most controversial Czech authors of first half of 20th century, Ladislav Klima, namely in terms of Klíma's philosophical approach to his literary work and life in general. We derived from the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, whose ideas inspired Klima in many ways. We are comparing the story of love and hate to the theater (David Jařab - first performance at the Divadlo Komedie, Praha 2007) and film (Jan Němec - In the Heat of the Royal Love 1990) adaptation and we are trying to find traces of his doctrine of solipsism and egodeism there, especially in style, composition and main characters. Greater focus was put on the character of Helga, because she represents the most of Klíma's philosophical views. Necessarily, we have touched on the question of will, authority, and the afterlife. Keywords: F. Nietzsche, higher / lower people, solipsism, egodeism, ludibrionism, afterlife, hallucinations, femme fatale
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Femme Fatale as a Cultural Construct: The Fatal as a Cultural Construct: The Fatal Womanhood Phenomenon in a Historical and Transcultural Perspective
Ebelová, Patricie ; Soukup, Václav (advisor) ; Půtová, Barbora (referee) ; Poláková, Markéta (referee)
The main topic of Femme Fatale as a Cultural Construct: The Fatal Womanhood Phenomenon in a Historical and Transcultural Perspective is to describe, compare and interpret "femme fatale" in the context of the belly dancer, geisha and salonnière phenomena. The thesis objective, and subsequently its main research question, is to perform a comparative analysis of femme fatale as a unique cultural construct that is projected into various roles of a woman in an original manner. Special attention is paid to make note of concrete cultural and historical attributes related to the profession, knowledge, skills and social roles of belly dancers, geishas and salonnières. Among secondary objectives, the thesis intends to take an interdisciplinary stance in order to elaborate the problems of emancipation and sexuality in historical attitudes toward women, and to identify fatal womanhood motives in fine arts. Last, but not least, the plan is to study cultural and aesthetic contribution of women regarded as femmes fatales. The thesis consists of four relatively standalone chapters, each of which take different interdisciplinary angles to analyze the fatal womanhood phenomenon. The first chapter, a historical exposé of the thesis, investigates the femme fatale through the eyes of mythology and religion. The second chapter,...
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Carmen and Colomba, femmes fatales?
Kubíčková, Tereza ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
The aim of the bachelor thesis Carmen and Colomba as femmes fatales? is to describe the origin and expansion of the myth of the femme fatale across the 19th century French literature. Through the analysis of the two main female characters Carmen and Colomba of the writer Prosper Mérimée, it is possible to illustrate the general applicability of this myth. The first part of the thesis is dedicated to the definition of the term femme fatale, its expansion in the 19th century and also to the question concerning the relevance of this literary myth. The following chapter covers the analysis of the two mentioned female characters by defining the types of their male victims and their closer analysis. The last chapter provides a space to discuss the development of the myth of the femme fatale over the second half of 19th century, primarily in the piece Les Diaboliques of Barbey d'Aurevilly, but also in the crystallization of femme fatale into the mythological-biblical based figure of Salomé in the end of the 19th century.
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The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch from the Point of View of Ladislav Klima's own Philosophy
Tichá, Veronika ; Heczková, Libuše (advisor) ; Vojtěch, Daniel (referee)
This work deals with the most famous novel, the Suffering of Prince Sternenhoch, of one of the most controversial Czech authors of first half of 20th century, Ladislav Klima, namely in terms of Klíma's philosophical approach to his literary work and life in general. We derived from the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, whose ideas inspired Klima in many ways. We are comparing the story of love and hate to the theater (David Jařab - first performance at the Divadlo Komedie, Praha 2007) and film (Jan Němec - In the Heat of the Royal Love 1990) adaptation and we are trying to find traces of his doctrine of solipsism and egodeism there, especially in style, composition and main characters. Greater focus was put on the character of Helga, because she represents the most of Klíma's philosophical views. Necessarily, we have touched on the question of will, authority, and the afterlife. Keywords: F. Nietzsche, higher / lower people, solipsism, egodeism, ludibrionism, afterlife, hallucinations, femme fatale
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Rozmanitost FEMME FATALE ve filmu
Naumovska, Frosina ; ANGIOLILLO, Mary Carmel (advisor) ; BERGAN, Ronald (referee)
Tato práce bude zkoumat rozmanitost filmové postavy zvané "femme fatale", od jejího vzniku na počátku filmu noir přes její vývoj v současné kinematografii. Budu sledovat její vyhled napříč časového horizontu osmdesáti let, odhalím rozmanitost jejích fyzických projevů, jakož i různých taktik používaných ve svém nepřetržitém boji proti mužům. Udělám to na základě analýzy jednoho prototypu femme fatale a následně dalších šest ženských postav, z nichž všichni byli kritiky nazváni "femme fatale", nebo "ďáblovy ženy" v rámci různých filmových žánrů. Tyto postavy jsou LOLA-LOLA z roku 1930 z německého filmu Blue Angel jako typická femme fatale; BABY DOLL z roku 1956 z americké černé komedie stejného jména; VARLA z roku 1965 z amerického filmu Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!; ANNIE WILKES z roku 1990 v americkém thrilleru / hororu Misery; LOLITA z roku 1997 z francouzsko-amerického melodramatu stejného jména; VERA z roku 2007 z ruského dramatu Banishment a LISBETH SALANDE-
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Typology and semiotics of female characters in the work of Ladislav Klíma
ADAMCOVÁ, Eva
Bachelor thesis focuses on the work of Ladislav Klíma and specially on his female characters. The theoretical part of thesis dedicated to semiotics and some basic semiotic theories. The practical part contains chapter about the position of women n society in history and also in the time of Ladislav Klíma. Next chapters of the practical part is about women in Klíma?s life, about specific female characters in his work and about some similar characters in literature and movies of Klíma?s time.
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