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Typical and Atypical Role of Animals in Children's Literature and the Author's Fairy Tale
RABOVÁ, Markéta
The bachelor thesis, Typical and Atypical Role of Animals in Children?s Literature and the author?s fairytale tries to define and explain the term fairytale in general. Its development as a literal genre, different types of fairytale and its origin. It tries to characterize the fairytale?s figures/heroes and heroine with detailed description of animal protagonists. The main aim of the thesis is based on the comparison of the traditional animal fairytales (written by the Brothers Grimms) with modern adaptations of Angela Carter?s short stories. The second chapter introduces the analytic theory by C.G. Jung and the connection of psychology and fairytales and also the importance and necessity of its analysis. From the different points of view specify the role of the wolf and cat in given stories and also animal metamorphosis in The Beauty and the Beast and The Frog Prince. The thesis tries to summarize the psychological influence on (pre-school) children development
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Reading competences of adolescents
Klumparová, Štěpánka ; Lederbuchová, Ladislava (advisor) ; Slavík, Jan (referee) ; Toman, Jaroslav (referee)
Theoretical part of the theses is a compilation of knowledge about reading competence, about most important reader's theories and theory of fiction worlds. At the background of results from research on reading of pubescents and adults basic characteristics of adolescent reading were determinated. 3 cirtuits for internal division of reading competence were built for the needs of the theses and it was realized on interpretation of the fantastic story "The night face-up", which was written by Julio Cortazár and which was used as a initial text for literary questionnaire. In the practical part of theses a mixed research was made. Qualitative methods of research came to light in open questions (pointed at first phase at whole aesthetic judgement and at second phase at various aspects of the piece of work) engaged in the framework of literary questionnaire. Quantitative methods of the research consisted in verification of hypotheses specified by the study of literature and in form of sorting of respondents' answers to the various levels of reading competence determinated in advance. On the basis of results from the research, initial characteristic of adolescent reader was extended and completed and methodological recommendation was created, within the frame of which particular methods and forms for...
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Interpreting ancient Egyptian mythology. A structural analysis of the Tale of the two brothers and the Astarte papyrus
Pehal, Martin ; Janák, Jiří (referee) ; Bareš, Ladislav (advisor)
The work is divided into Part I and Part II. In Part I the author summarises the scholarly methods applied by Egyptology for interpreting ancient Egyptian mythological material - the euhemeristic (historicising) method and the theory developed by the Myth-Ritual school. He shows their main weaknesses and concludes that the historicising method is reductionistic and that the Myth-Ritual school is mistaken in its view of the type of connection between myths and rituals. He states that the structuralist tradition seems to avoid the pitfalls of these two methods. Part II is dedicated to a practical application of the structuralist method on ancient Egyptian mythological material - namely on the so-called Astarte papyrus. The author starts with summarising all the relevant literature published on the papyrus and gives its chronological overview. A theoretical summary of the basic principles and methods of the structuralist theory as proposed by Lévi-Strauss follows. Since his theory in its pure form contains several fallacies, he also presents the objections (relevant to his topic) which directed towards the structuralist method and explains how other scholars (especially Edmund Leach and Terence Turner) have managed to cope with these fallacies, modifying the structuralist theory into a form which the author...
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J.W. Goethe: FAUST / complex costume costume design/
Škandíková, Lucia ; Zbořilová, Jana (advisor) ; Zábrodská, Dana (referee)
The theoretical part of this thesis deals with the image of the Devil in a cultural perspective and historical contexts within figurative art, literature, cinema, theater, Central European folklore and human history. Subsequently, it focuses on the Devil with regards to the contexts of his interpretative forms. The practical part describes my own experience of theatrical interpretation of the character of the Devil through his various translation into dramatic texts. This, with reference to: M. Bulgakov´s the Master and Margarita, F. M. Dostojevskij´s Brothers Karamazov, Petr Boháč´s Dante ? The Light in a Darkness, J. Kráľa´s Wicked Maidens and into specific W. Goethe´s Faust.
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John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids. Artist´s book
RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Eliška
This thesis consists of two parts ? theoretical and practical. The theoretical part is focused on the topics of beautiful book ? i.e. bibliophilia, artist?s book, illustration, and overall literary art. The basis for the practical part of this thesis is figure and work, namely ?The Day of the Triffids? by John Wyndham, as well as meaning and place of science fiction in the world of art. The practical part consists of set of illustrations, a cover design and a typographical solution of the book ?The Day of the Triffids? The aim of this work was to create a book, which could be classified as valuable literature, not only by its contents, but by its appearance as well.
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Cronicle as a literature genre
Pašková, Jitka ; Stejskalová, Anna (advisor) ; Hrabáková, Jaroslava (referee)
The subject of this thesis consists in following the development of the novelistic chronicle genre, which emerges on the common point of a chronicle and a novel at the end of the 19th century. The ground on which the genre is characterised and the survey of its development conducted is the "new chronicle" U nás by Alois Jirásek, "the chronicle of a Moravian village" Rok na vsi by Mrštík brothers and generation chronicle Rozkvět by František Xaver Svoboda. These three novelistic chronicles are connected by the time of their genesis and have several common features, which are associated mainly with their genre determination (the domination of time and place over the characters and the story, the retardation of the time dynamics, being linked to a place and the accent on the poetic of the concrete). However, their authors drew inspiration from different regions (the northeast of Bohemia, the central Bohemia, the borderland of Moravian Slovakia and Haná) and they depicted distinct social backgrounds. The chronicles differ in the time when their story is played out as well as in the way the sources are adapted. Each of them is a realistic work; however, from the thematic point of view and from the point of view of the taken place, each one represents a different type of realism (the historical realism,...
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Forming of space in selected pieces of literature for children and youth
Stejskalová, Tereza ; Brožová, Věra (advisor) ; Hník, Ondřej (referee)
This bachelor's thesis concentrates on building and projection of literary space in literature for children and youth. This work has literary interpretive character and the interpretation is based on theoretical works devoted to literary space. This thesis is divided in two parts. First part covers the theoretical conception of literary space and is focused mainly on the area of literary topology. Second part is focused on interpretation of individual pieces (The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, Through a Glass, Darkly by Jostein Gaarder, Prince and the Lark by Valja Stýblová). The choice of interpreted books is based on the literary space. Pieces that form the representative sample of possible spaces were chosen. The selection is also limited by the topic the books are addressing. Topics are connected by introducing serious issues of human life to children. This work is devoted to the question, how are these topics projected to literary space and how does the space support them. This work concludes that represented topics are significantly projected in the literary space in these pieces and that the literary space supports their importance, or it alleviates their eeriness.
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Astrid Lindgren: The Brothers Lionheart literatury work by way of drama education
Havlíčková, Radka ; Marušák, Radek (advisor) ; Tomková, Anna (referee)
Diploma work is intented on evaluation literatury work of The Brothers Lionheart, looking for (and finding) ways that the work is possible to compile by methods of dramatic education and shift contents into experience of the pupil. It is the way how to take advantage of topics which are compiled in the work for form value orientation of pupils. Work contents analysis of literatury work and analysis in term of dramatic education and description and reflexion of project that results of literature text. The diploma work contents also principle developmental psychology and psychology of children reader.
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Sociological View of the Medieval Family
Škodová, Eva ; Kubišová, Zuzana (referee) ; Holubec, Stanislav (advisor)
The paper offers a historical and sociological view of a medieval family. Primary as well as secondary literature was used in its elaboration. It deals, for example, with the division of roles among men, women, and children. In the Middle Ages, there were strict views of life, strongly influenced by Christianity and, above all, the Catholic church. Household life was strictly patriarchal in the Middle Ages, with the woman and children being subordinated to the man. Unmarried brothers and sisters were often members of the household. After the death of the father, the wife or the oldest son took his place. The Church had a significant impact on marriage and its conclusion, as it had strict rules for engagements as well as an age limit and regulations for marriage. Marriage in the ruler's court was different, as state, political and economic influences prevailed in its preparations. Among nobility, in towns and in rural areas, the selection of partners was determined by parents. The emotional relations of the future spouses were of no consequence. Achieving a divorce was difficult, but examples are known from families of the ruler or higher nobility. The wife was subordinated to her husband and her main obligation was to bear children, above all, to produce a son - a successor to ensure the...
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