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Comparison of Narrative Methods in Features Published by Respekt and New Yorker
Janauerová, Barbora ; Hájek, Roman (advisor) ; Krobová, Tereza (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyse narrative strategies in the texts of the feature genre in two periodicals. Feature genre is longer genre of journalistic (opinion) character regularly used in printed world media, especially magazines. It is a genre which combines elements of two genres - report and analytical article. This thesis compares features in Czech and American environment, the latter being a more tradiotional for the genre. The two periodicals in question are Respekt and New Yorker. The choice is influenced by the fact that the chief editor of Respekt claims the medium to be inspired by New Yorker. The research method of the work is narrative analysis. Analysed categories are then narrator, focalization, description of a character and a alternating of the report and contextual parts of the feature genre. An important part of the work is analysis of intentionality of the use of certain type of narrators and focalization. Some of the narrative strategies, types of narrators and focalization used in the context of the journalistic texts influence the degree of objectivity/subjectivity of the narrative. Through analysis the comparison of the feature genre in Czech and Anglo-American journals is made, how they differ and what they have in common.
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Hyperrealism of Frank Tashlin: Neoformalist Film Analysis of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Koutesh, Marek ; Bláhová, Jindřiška (advisor) ; Přádná, Stanislava (referee)
The aim of this thesis was to analyze the film Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? by the director Frank Tashlin. The initial hypothesis was that this film goes beyond the contemporary Hollywood production and uses highly self-reflexive practices. For the analysis of the film, the approach of neoformalist analysis was chosen, which methodology was defined by Kristin Thompson in the publication Breaking the Glass Armor: Neoformalist Film Analysis. The first section provides a theoretical and methodological reflection of the tools of neoformalist analysis. Following on from this, the methodological approach to film history is reflected, based on the concept of the classical Hollywood cinema and on the book by Robert C. Allen and Douglas Gomery Film History: Theory and Practice. The next chapter summarizes the historical context and influences that have contributed to the shape of the artistic work. In the analytical part, the exposure of popculture structures is described as the central principle of the movie, and with the help of the tools of neoformalist analysis, the author tries to demonstrate how it manifests itself in the different components.
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Comparison of fictional world of computer games and of their literary artworks
Kovaříková, Šárka ; Klumparová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Kubíček, Tomáš (referee)
The main goal of this thesis is to explain the relationship of literature and computer games. The first part deals with the definition of computer RPG genre and literary fantasy genre. It considers aspects which leads players to play computer games and connect between the literary work and the computer game. It deals also with the experience: the experience of the game and reading while specifically dealing with the flow effect and concept of immersion. A central part of this work examines both media through narrative approach. Interpretation and literary analysis of The Witcher Saga by Andrzej Sapkowski and computer game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt follows the specifics of the construction of the story in two different media through narrative figures (events, characters and space) and their possible modifications. Furthermore, it tracks purposes and methods for these variations and their impact on the recipient.
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"A Ball of String Full of Knots": Narrative Strategies in Jeanette Winterson's Early Novels and Their Later Development
Krejčí, Patrik ; Nováková, Soňa (advisor) ; Beran, Zdeněk (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to describe the employment of narrative strategies in the novels of Jeanette Winterson with the focus on their development over time. The specific novels to be addressed are: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, The Passion, Sexing the Cherry, Written on the Body, Art & Lies, Gut Symmetries and The PowerBook. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit serves as the thematic source for all the other texts, thus determining the sustained concentration on the issues of storytelling, time history. It also contains first narratological experiments, most notably the embedded narratives that are arguably the most crucial of the strategies Winterson utilizes, for they appear in some form in all of her novels. A significant contribution of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry is their historical setting, which accentuates the clash between fantasy (storytelling) and facts (history). Moreover, they introduce a second narrator in order to enrich the texts with an additional perspective and they use the ensuing duality of the narrators to problematize gender. In the last four novels, Winterson reaches the peak of her experimentation, since they take the themes of the previous novels even further, as if exploring what are the limits of storytelling. The complexity of the narrative structures has deepened,...
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Narrative strategies in Japanese detective prose from 60s to 80s of the 20th Century
Cima, Anna ; Tirala, Martin (advisor) ; Weber, Michael (referee)
(anglicky): In this thesis, two representative works of two post-war schools of Japanese detective fiction are analysed based on the knowledge of modern narratology. Two mentioned schools are so called social school of detective fiction (shakaiha 社会派), which appeared at the beginning of 60ties, and new authentic school of detective fiction (shin honkakuha 新本格派), which appeared at the beginning of 80ties. This thesis focuses on a theoretical understanding of the term "detective fiction", it describes the development of the detective genre in post-war Japan while focusing on the debates on "authentic" and "inauthentic" detective fiction and describes typical features of two previously mentioned schools. The by using a theoretical apparat suitable for analysing works of very schematic detective genre, two works - Points and lines (Ten to sen 点と線, 1958) written by Matsumoto Seichō 松本清張 (1909-1992) and Tokyo Zodiac Murders (Senseijutu satsujin jiken 占星術殺人事件, 1981) written by Shimada Sōji 島田荘司 (1948 - ) - are analysed. Analyses focus on composition schemes of both works and on the example translated from original works, existence or absence of elements typical for both schools are demonstrated while a different usage of these elements is showed.
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Narrative Strategies in Japanese Commercials
Birnerová, Aneta ; Tirala, Martin (advisor) ; Sýkora, Jan (referee)
(anglicky) The aim of the bachelor thesis is to analyze respected narrative strategies applied in Japanese commercials. Thesis is divided into two main sections. Firstly, there is a theoretical part which offers not only a historical insight into Japanese commercials within given time period, but cultural and sociological insights as well. This chapter applies not only theoretical facts but also a practical output given by experience from working in the world of advertisement. The next subchapter is oriented on narratology and the use of narratology as an analytical tool, especially in the field of filmmaking theories. The third subchaper represents the three main studies about Japanese advertisement. By using those studies the main elements of the Japanese advertisement in the given time period are discovered. The second part of the bachelor thesis is a realization of an original quantitative researchbased on a hundred chosen Japanese TV advertising spots analysis. The aim of this part is to support the results of the three respected studies mentioned in the theoretical part. Plus the qualitative narratological analysis is the main theme of the next subchapter. Those commercials were chosen to represent each fundamental characteristic of the Japanese advertising. To sum up, this thesis provides us...
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From Metafiction to Self-reflexive Narration ( Theory and Praxtice of Self-disclosing Fiction in Czech Literature)
Trpka, Vladimír ; Trávníček, Jiří (advisor) ; Češka, Jakub (referee) ; Kubíček, Tomáš (referee)
From Metafiction to Self-reflexive Narration (Theory and Practice of Self-disclosing Fiction in Czech Literature) Mgr. Vladimír Trpka Abstract The doctoral thesis deals with metafiction as a key theoretical concept influencing both theoretical contemplations on self-reflexivity in narrative fiction and interpretation of the development of self-reflexive practice in literature. The main objective, based on an analysis of the most influential theoretical approaches to narrative self-reflexivity, is to propose such concepts of metafiction and self-reflexive narration that could be applied in the analysis of the self-reflexive practice in the Czech narrative fiction. The theoretical part focuses on examining the relationship between metafiction and narrative self- reflexivity. Metafiction is viewed as a concept that has not only replaced the concept of self-conscious novel, but it has also adapted it to the postmodern conception of fiction. The concept of fictionality in the theoretical concept of metafiction is directly related to postmodern discourse in which this concept was born. Consequently, an explicitly formulated and/or hidden relationship with constructivist philosophy of language, performativity, and linguistic nature of reality is found in the existing approaches to metafiction. Thus if the...
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The Calamity: Neoformalist Analysis and Narratological Analysis
Podskalský, Matěj ; Svatoňová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Klimeš, Ivan (referee)
In my thesis I analyze narrative structure and style of THE CALAMITY (KALAMITA, Věra Chytilová, 1981). The aim of my analysis is to discover what kind of techniques Chytilova uses to violate norms of classical narration and style, how she uses film form to reflect upon lapses in morale and tries to disrupt social tendencies of the Normalization Period. I use neoformalist theory (David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson) and narratology (David Bordwell). I briefly discuss economical, cultural and historical context related to the Normalization period and I also study production history and censorship of THE CALAMITY. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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A Child, an Adult, and an Elder in the Literary Work of Jan Čep
Hájek, Matěj ; Wiendl, Jan (advisor) ; Heczková, Libuše (referee)
The bachelor's thesis focuses on character in early short stories of Jan Čep. It studies the character from the standpoint of narratological categories as well as factual and inner content. It pursues typologization of the characters - from the formal as well as contentual point of view. Further the physicality is explained and structured as another creative principal of Čep's poetics. Two chosen short stories are subject to a coherent and careful interpretation.
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