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Thematic Constants in Pirandello's works through Intertextuality
Borovanová, Lenka ; Flemrová, Alice (advisor) ; Sieglová, Tereza (referee)
The aim of the thesis called Thematic constants of Pirandello's literary production through intertextuality is to illustrate inner thematic and mental interconnection of Pirandello's writing with intertextuality quotations which can be found in whole production of Luigi Pirandello across all genres to which he devoted. The main text will be the essay On humor, particularly the second part, wherein the author declares his poetics. The dissertation will observe the inception of his poetics in the texts preceding the essay (e.g. The Late Mattia Pascal) but also developing of the essay in texts created in period between two versions of On humor (e.g. So It Is, If You Think So), and also texts which were written after 1921 (Six Characters In Search of an Author, Henry IV, One, No one and One Hundred Thousand). In this work, we will focus on thematic constants which come from Pirandello's poetics of humour. I will also pay attention to exceeding or demolishing of borders between the genres: essay-prose-drama and also shifts as a result of transition (rewrite) from one genre to another one (e.g. short story Leonora, addio! → drama Tonight We Improvise; novel The Notebooks of Sarafino Gubbio, Cinematograph Operator → drama Each In His Own Way, and the like).
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Thematic constants in Palazzeschi's novels
Hendrychová, Jana ; Flemrová, Alice (advisor) ; Pelán, Jiří (referee)
This diploma thesis is concentrated on the novel production of the original author of the 20th century Aldo Palazzeschi (1885 - 1974). The aim of the thesis is to reveal the common thematic motives and attributes in his three novels: Il codice di Perelà (Man of smoke, 1911), Sorelle Materassi (Materassi sisters, 1934) and Il doge (The doge, 1967). Firstly the thesis acquaints with its aim, subsequently submits the chronology of the author's biography. Then briefly outlines the important events of the 20th century. Afterwards the thesis offers a summary of the evolution of Aldo Palazzeschi's production in the cultural-aesthetic context of the 20th century. The thesis is mainly devoted to the textual analysis of the three above mentioned novels. The analysis are focused on the function of the protagonists and on the main thematic motives. In the final chapter are summarized the common thematic motives and attributes of the three novels - abstract character and isolation of the main protagonists, conformity of the masses, dramatic attributes of the novels, opposition between anarchy and rules, provocation of the provincial moral, criticism of the prejudice or the absurd. The appendix brings the photos of Aldo Palazzeschi.
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