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Traditional Czech and British Fairy Tales - The Most Obvious Analogies
Dražková, Michaela ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to demonstrate whether Czech and British fairy tales evince analogies in terms of motifs and narratological structure. The theoretical part explains the origin of fairy tales in both countries and presents definitions of a traditional fairy tale and its main functions. The practical part begins with an analysis of an individual style of writing of the authors Božena Němcová, Karel Jaromír Erben, Joseph Jacobs and Oscar Wilde who are considered to be the main representatives of traditional fairy tales and thus their works enable a more thorough comparison. Subsequently, the author has paid attention to the analysis of traditional fairy tales of both literatures. In addition to their identical features, the comparison has also shown a number of discrepancies. Key Words Fairy tales, analysis, style of writing, children's literature, analogies, contrasts, Božena Němcová, Karel Jaromír Erben, Joseph Jacobs, Oscar Wilde, motifs, narration
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Emigration motif in Pnin and other novels by Vladimír Nabokov
Dubiaga, Daria ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Grmela, Josef (referee)
This bachelor's thesis explores the theme of emigration in Vladimir Nabokov's fiction, primarily through the analysis of one of his English-written novels Pnin. Many works by Nabokov display autobiographical features, which is why a large part of this work provides Nabokov's biography with an emphasis on its possible influence on his career. In the theoretical part of the thesis the biography of Vladimir Nabokov and the typical features of his work are introduced with a preceding short overview of the term emigration and the characterization of the first Russian wave of emigration. The practical part of the thesis provides a deeper analysis of the novel Pnin through the prism of emigration motif and its sub-themes which are realized in Nabokov's work. The last part of the thesis is a brief conclusion about how Nabokov created an image of the Russian emigrant.
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Themes and Motifs in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse
Limrová, Martina ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Topolovská, Tereza (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to elaborate on the thematic and motivic layers of the novel To The Lighthouse written by Virginia Woolf in 1927. The purpose of this work is to find the themes and motifs most commonly used by Woolf. I am focusing in particular on a detailed analysis of the themes and motifs typical of Woolf's writing style. Among other things, the aim of the work is to find a possible link with the author's life, which could have had undisputed influence on the choice of themes and motifs, as well as the other intentions of the author to use the given motifs. KEYWORDS Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, Modernism, themes, motifs
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Czech Art Nouveau jewel
Dušková, Marie ; Mergl, Jan (advisor) ; Matějovičová, Petra (referee)
The aim of this work is to deal with important artists of the Czech Art Nouveau jewel and rate their creation. These important artists are: Emanuel Novák, František Anýž, Václav Němec, Josef Ladislav Němec, Marie Křivánková and Emanuel Karč. While describing these artists I outlined their lives and tried evaluate their work in the field of jewellery from an artistic point of view. First, in my work I depicted the situation and artists in their field in Europe, England and America. I mentioned new materials, techniques and motifs of Art Nouveau, too. In the following part of my work I dealt with the situation in Bohemia, including an education system, with which these artists are mostly associated. In the final part of my work I dealt with these artists and their creation. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Baroque motifs in modern Czech poetry (Jirous, Krchovský, Šiktanc)
Divíšková, Radka ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Hrdlička, Josef (referee)
The theme of this bachelor thesis is the analysis of baroque motifs in modern Czech poetry, namely in works Magorovy labutí písně (I. M. Jirous), Noci, po nichž nepřichází ráno (J. H. Krchovský) and Tanec smrti aneb Ještě Pámbu neumřel (K. Šiktanc). The first part of this bachelor thesis deals with theoretical specification of baroque motifs and baroque form, the interpretative part deals with reflection of these baroque motifs and themes in given works, their importance for poetics of these works and comparison these motifs in particular works.
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Aided Derbforgaill: Recurrent motifs in Early Irish Literature and their Relation to the Status of Women
Němečková, Hana ; Markus, Radvan (advisor) ; Pilný, Ondřej (referee)
THESIS ABSTRACT The main focus of this thesis is the examination of the representation of women in the Ulster Cycle, especially in the instances where they cross the boundaries of their gender and participate in activities usually associated with the world of heroes and kings, such as bragging and competitions to establish one's highest status. As the recurrent motifs in the Ulster Cycle are numerous, this thesis discusses only those present in The Violent Death of Derbforgaill (Aided Derbforgaill), a short yet moving tale about a violent death of the female protagonist. The motifs include bragging, competitions, violence, love-triangles and deaths caused either by jealousy or a strong emotion, but perhaps the most surprising of them all is the motif of urination, which also appears in the longest epic of the Ulster Cycle, The Cattle Raid of Cooley (Táin Bó Cuilnge). Special attention is paid to the way how these transgressions influence the honour of women in the heroic society, as well as to the notion of women's honour itself, e.g. to what extent is their honour dependent on their husbands, what qualities are honoured in aristocratic women and whether the female characters tend to accept their secondary position in the society. A useful comparison is provided by the examples of Otherworldly women, as...
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Emigration motif in Pnin and other novels by Vladimír Nabokov
Dubiaga, Daria ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Grmela, Josef (referee)
This bachelor's thesis explores the theme of emigration in Vladimir Nabokov's fiction, primarily through the analysis of one of his English-written novels Pnin. Many works by Nabokov display autobiographical features, which is why a large part of this work provides Nabokov's biography with an emphasis on its possible influence on his career. In the theoretical part of the thesis the biography of Vladimir Nabokov and the typical features of his work are introduced with a preceding short overview of the term emigration and the characterization of the first Russian wave of emigration. The practical part of the thesis provides a deeper analysis of the novel Pnin through the prism of emigration motif and its sub-themes which are realized in Nabokov's work. The last part of the thesis is a brief conclusion about how Nabokov created an image of the Russian emigrant.
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"Soviet Union - our example!": The influence of Soviet construction novels on the shaping of the basic motives in the Czech construction novels.
Dolejský, Martin ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
Master thesis Soviet union, our model deals with comparison of Soviet and Czech construct novels and focuses on basic motifs in selected novels. For analysis we choose couples of novels to focuse on sphere of ideologically significant aspects in each novels. Its a factory in novels Cement and Cesta otevřená, formation of "new world" in wasteland in novels Dravá řeka and Modré údolí and motivic structure positive hero in novels Daleko od Moskvy a Luisiana se probouzí. Based on text analysis and interpretation this work specifies existing knowledges about influence of Soviet construct novels on formation and development of this genre in Czechoslovakia. Key words: interpretation, motifs, construct novel, socialist realism
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Traditional Czech and British Fairy Tales - The Most Obvious Analogies
Dražková, Michaela ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Červinková Poesová, Kristýna (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to demonstrate whether Czech and British fairy tales evince analogies in terms of motifs and narratological structure. The theoretical part explains the origin of fairy tales in both countries and presents definitions of a traditional fairy tale and its main functions. The practical part begins with an analysis of an individual style of writing of the authors Božena Němcová, Karel Jaromír Erben, Joseph Jacobs and Oscar Wilde who are considered to be the main representatives of traditional fairy tales and thus their works enable a more thorough comparison. Subsequently, the author has paid attention to the analysis of traditional fairy tales of both literatures. In addition to their identical features, the comparison has also shown a number of discrepancies. Key Words Fairy tales, analysis, style of writing, children's literature, analogies, contrasts, Božena Němcová, Karel Jaromír Erben, Joseph Jacobs, Oscar Wilde, motifs, narration
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