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Christian Symbols in M. A. Hansen's Novel The Liar as a Work of Christian Existentialism
Slouková, Radka ; Humpál, Martin (advisor) ; Hartlová, Dagmar (referee)
The Liar is one of the Danish writer Martin A. Hansen's best known and popular novels. The Liar is influenced by existentialism, one can call it a work of Christian existentialism. In my thesis I demonstrate which main features of Christian existentialism are present in the novel. In the first part I describe existentialism as philosophy. Existentialism came from France to Denmark. It is a philosophy that focuses on the concrete individual. People must create their own existentence by accepting responsibility for their action. The important concepts are freedom, choice and responsibility. They denote the authentic existence. People in the inauthentic existence are passive, they don't act and don't accept responsibility. Existentialism takes up the question of freedom, too. But one is condemned to freedom and can't escape. That's why the world is absurd and incomprehensible. One can find most of the existentialist elements in The Liar. The protagonist Johannes Vig lives an inauthentic existence. He likes to lie to the people. He is passive, he doesn't act. In the middle of the novel he understands that he didn't live right and tries to find a better way of living. It is not easy, Johannes has lost the fight about Annemari (the girl he loves) and slept with Rigmor (the woman who loves him). But now he has...
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Dispute about Potter: Christian advocates and adversaries of stories about the young sorcerer
KULHANOVÁ, Zuzana
The thesis deals with the dispute between the christian opponents and supportments.The first chapter defines the concept of magic, the definition of occultism, natural magic and the description of forms and goals of magic. The second chapter foccuses on the characteristics and development of christianity. Within the end of this chapter, we can find the comparision of the magical and christian experience. Chapter number three deals with Harry Potter himself, the storyline, the basic characteristics of the figures and focuses wether the piece of work, about the young wizzard, identifies itself with spirituality. The fourth chapter christian symbols provides a definition of symbols, what are the christian symbols and christian symbolism within the storyline. Chapter 5 Harry Potter and a christian point of view here i tis possible to find the dispute of christian opponents and supporters concerning the Potter serie.
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The Christian Spirituality in the Modern Egyptian Prose
Rumpl, Jakub ; Ondráš, František (advisor) ; Bielický, Viktor (referee)
This bachelor's thesis is dedicated to understanding of themes of the Christian spirituality and the Coptic identity in the novels H̱ālatī Ṣafīya wa-ad-dayr (My Aunt Ṣafiyya and the Monastery, 1991) and Ḥiǧārat Būbillū (Stones of Apollo, 1993) by two important Egyptian authors Bahā' Ṭāhir and Idwār al-Kharrāṭ. By means of textual analysis of the two novels, the thesis analyses the significance of space and place in the narrative construction, the use of the Christian symbolics in the description of the Coptic community and a possibility of literary fiction extending into to the real world and its impact on the formation of the Coptic culture. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Christian Symbols in M. A. Hansen's Novel The Liar as a Work of Christian Existentialism
Slouková, Radka ; Humpál, Martin (advisor) ; Hartlová, Dagmar (referee)
The Liar is one of the Danish writer Martin A. Hansen's best known and popular novels. The Liar is influenced by existentialism, one can call it a work of Christian existentialism. In my thesis I demonstrate which main features of Christian existentialism are present in the novel. In the first part I describe existentialism as philosophy. Existentialism came from France to Denmark. It is a philosophy that focuses on the concrete individual. People must create their own existentence by accepting responsibility for their action. The important concepts are freedom, choice and responsibility. They denote the authentic existence. People in the inauthentic existence are passive, they don't act and don't accept responsibility. Existentialism takes up the question of freedom, too. But one is condemned to freedom and can't escape. That's why the world is absurd and incomprehensible. One can find most of the existentialist elements in The Liar. The protagonist Johannes Vig lives an inauthentic existence. He likes to lie to the people. He is passive, he doesn't act. In the middle of the novel he understands that he didn't live right and tries to find a better way of living. It is not easy, Johannes has lost the fight about Annemari (the girl he loves) and slept with Rigmor (the woman who loves him). But now he has...
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The Christian plastic arts and painting - the beginning and the development
STIBOROVÁ, Lenka
The paper deals with early Christian painting. I tis divedid into three main parts. The first part includes the emergence of Christianity and life of Jesus Christ. Also deals with the Christian symbolism in the painting. The second part is primarily devoted to art of the catacombs, where there are lots of murals painting by early Christians. Also includes chapters on biblical topics and techniques of mural painting. The third part is devoted to the further development of early Christian painting. It includes the golden age of Byzantine art, describes the art of mosaics in Ravenna monuments. The objective of my paper is understanding of basic and essential information about early Christian painting and outline its development. The emergence of Christian art is one of the most important historical events in the history of art.
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