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Gerald MacNamara and the Northern Revival
Diaz, Michael ; Pilný, Ondřej (advisor) ; Wallace, Clare (referee)
English Abstract Nationalist movements often utilize aspects of mythology and history in their attempts to create a nationalist ideology. Through a selective emphasis and narrow interpretation of historical events, nationalist groups strive to create a national mythology. In this regard, the nationalist movements in fin de siècle Ireland are no different. This thesis attempts to show how the work of Gerald MacNamara, an Irish nationalist writing from Unionist Belfast during the periods of Revival and partition, was able to utilize the dramatic forms of parody and satire to create an oeuvre that critiqued both nationalist and unionist ideologies and nationalist movements as a whole.
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Later and Foreign Works of Josef Mach
Havlátová, Bára ; Wiendl, Jan (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The monographic thesis mainly solves poetry and prose of Josef Mach, the Czech writer, journalist and clerk. It watches literary progress of his poetics according to the era context, influenc of places, historical and social events and inspirations of other artists who surrounded him. The work look into the texts and lyrics by a diachronic and synchronic way. The section about his original works is followed by a chapter about translations of several novels, because he acted even on this literary field. Then the general outline of the reception of Mach's personality and works since the time of his life until today. The whole thesis is introduced by Mach's biography to which it returns in many topics because his works have an empiric character and it is closely connected to the life. The object of the thesis is to sum information about all these topics and give it as a base for future expert research.
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Modification, or controversy? Svatopluk Čech's Parnassian satire.
ŽAK, Pavel
The work aims to analyse and interpret the Czech satirical output of the second half of the 19th century considering the so called Parnassianism. Following the work Concepts of Satire in the National Revival Literature, the first part introduces the genre of satire, its origination and forming during the literary history, then the concept of Parnassianism is worked out together with its current state of research. In the second part, the initial premises are confronted with the results of the studies of the particular works in which the poetics and the literary genre are implemented. The attention is paid to the pieces written by S. Čech: poems Evropa, Hanuman and Šotek and three prosaic texts with the main character called Matěj Brouček - Pravý výlet pana Broučka do Měsíce, Nový epochální výlet pana Broučka, tentokráte do XV. století and Matěj Brouček na výstavě.
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The reception of the Manuscripts in satire and humour
Hemelíková, Blanka
Czech manuscripts were importantly reflected in humour and satire, the key issues being the cult and myth connected with the manuscripts and controversies in the battles for or against authenticity of the manuscripts. The local echoes of the mainstream of European Ossianism is brought to mind, too.
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Fairy Tales - Non Fairy Tales (Irony and Satire in the works of I. Dankova and O. Friedrich)
VEJŠICKÁ, Martina
The subject of this thesis titled Fairy Tales - Non Fairy Tales (Irony and Satire in the works of I. Dankova and O. Friedrich) is unveiling fairy-tale motifs utilized in books intended for adults. The main task was to dismantle two works of mentioned authors and compare them. In the theoretical part of the thesis I deal with the fairy tale in general, history and I also occupied with dividing the folk and literary fairy tale, including subtypes of these two basic types. Other chapters are devoted just to the South Bohemian Region, which both writers come from and were inspired by this region. Last but not least, I deal with a creation of fairy tales intended for adult readers, after that with the definition of irony and satire, and at the very end of the theoretical part I devoted to life and work of these two authors. The practical part is based on the analysis of two selected books, specifically Machorek from Ilona Dankova and Bedtime Stories star from Olga Friedrich. My task was to bring briefly all stories closer, characterize the main characters, find fairy-tale motifs, and finally highlight components of irony and satire. At the very end I summarize both works, compare them in terms of language and evaluate which one of two authors complied with their task better.
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The small town in a satirical mirror: Píseň míru by Jan Lier
Fránek, Michal
The subject of this study is an analysis of the novella by Jan Lier Píseň míru, Song of Peace, which like its author is unjustifiably neglected nowadays by Czech literary studies inter alia. This is a brilliant satire of small town life and journalistic abuses at the time, the original composition of which (it is made up exclusively of newspaper reports) anticipates the malleable procedures of 20th century literature. This interpretation is inspired by reception aesthetics and reflects the literary and social context of the period.
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Concepts of Satire in the National Revival Literature
ŽAK, Pavel
The work aims to analyse and interpret the satirical output of the first half of the 19th century. Satire, being one of the oldest literary principles, presented a productive and preferred pattern applied to the National Revival?s literary pieces in varied ways. Each of these concepts followed its genre, used its method of communication with the reader and related specifically to the contemporary literary styles (Romanticism, Biedermeier style, Realism). The work deals with selected V. K. Klicpera?s plays, Literatura krkonošská written by F. L. Čelakovský, J. J. Langer?s Den v Kocourkově, Dosloví, a part of K. H. Mácha?s Křivoklad and K. Havlíček?s epigrams.
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Humour in the Campus Novel of David Lodge
VOLDŘICHOVÁ, Magda
The subject of this work is analyses and interpretation of David Lodge´s campus novels. In the concrete, the diploma paper is focused on sources and elements of comicality, especially humour, satire and parody, in Lodge´s free trilogy Changing Places, Small World and Nice Work. The starting point of this diploma paper is characterisation of the genre of the campus novel, with the inclusion of the social situation in the period of the genesis of this genre, and the short outline of its representatives, with emphasis on the novel of Kingsley Amis Lucky Jim. In the following the work considers the ways of the realisation of comicality in the text and from this basis the practical part derives. The main aim is to point out the ways of usage of comic in Lodge´s campus novels and this purpose is achieved in the analysis of the particular texts.
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The 1950s in The Mirror of Czech Satire.
VESELÁ, Alena
The presented bachelor thesis deals with Chechoslovak satire in the first half of the 1950s, specifically in the years 1954 and 1955. At this time, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia started to support the development of satire and it also came into the focus of the Union of Czechoslovak Writers. The thesis shows how the view on this literary form changed due to a conference on satire in 1954 that demanded a new kind of satire (supposed to be uplifting and aiding the development of socialist society) . These demands are then compared with two years of the magazine Dikobraz and the thesis assessess how big an influence they had on the magazine. The bachelor thesis is divided into three parts. The first gives a brief introduction to the development of satirical literature in Czechoslovakia and in the world and to the important terms in the field of satire. The second is about the history of the Union of Czechoslovak Writers and the course and results of the conferences it organized in 1954. The third focuses on the satirical magazine Dikobraz and the social problems it criticized.
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