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Masculine and feminine view of the Colonial War. (António Lobo Antunes and Lídia Jorge)
Márföldi, Nicole ; Dufková, Vlasta (advisor) ; Grauová, Šárka (referee)
The present thesis, "Masculine and Feminine View of the Colonial War (António Lobo Antunes and Lídia Jorge)" concerns the peculiarity of the masculine and feminine view of the colonial war in Portuguese colonies in Africa. This thesis focuses on two world-wide known novels: Os cus de Judas by António Lobo Antunes and A costa dos murmúrios by Lídia Jorge. The aim is to reveal that the standpoint was influenced by different social status that women and men held in Salazarian Portugal and in the colonial war itself. The introductory section is devoted to a brief summary of the Portuguese history which had a major impact on the contemporary national identity. The era of the Estado Novo, the Colonial War and the Carnation Revolution was outlined. The literary situation in Portugal after the Revolution was also shortly observed. The main part began with the introduction of António Lobo Antunes & Lídia Jorge and listed out their principal writings, concentrating primarily on Os cus de Judas and A costa dos murmúrios. Afterwards the focus turns to the different position of the women and men in the colonial war, comparing how it influenced their respective lives. While Lídia Jorge observes the destructive impact of the war on its surroundings, António Lobo Antunes views the injustice on the personal basis....
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Indian chronicles of Fernão Lopes de Castanheda and Gaspar Correia
Znamenáček, Richard ; Binková, Simona (advisor) ; Dufková, Vlasta (referee) ; Binková, Simona (referee)
This PhDr. work is a comparative historical work comparing two of five most important chronicles of the Portuguese India of the 16th century, History of the Discovery and Conquest of India by the Portuguese (História do Descobrimento e Conquista da Índia pelos Portugueses) by Ferno Lopes de Castanheda and Legends of India (Lendas da Índia) by Gaspar Cor- reia. The work is divided into three sections. The first section is an introduction to the topic selected. It outlines the causes of the huge Portuguese ultramarine expansion and what preceded it, as well as its progress. In this section there is a chronological overview of Portuguese expansion to Asia, which was initiated and implemented to a decisive extent by Governor Afonso de Albuquerque (1509-1515). Thanks to him, the so-called Estado da Índia founded by his precursor, Francisco de Almeida, got firm foundations and expanded territorially enormously. A brief characterization of Estado da Índia is in the second part of this section. The very conclusion of the first section is dedicated to the rich literature of ultramarine discoveries. The first section is followed by two crucial sections, which are dedicated to the above- named chroniclers and their works, i.e. to Ferno Lopes de Castanheda and his History (the second section) and to Gaspar Correia and...
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Post-Colonial Mosambic Narrative: Constants and Singularities
Banasiak, Marta ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Dufková, Vlasta (referee)
The present thesis analyzes the tendencies of the contemporary Mozambican narrative prose (novel). Taking into account the fact that Mozambican literature is an emerging and post-colonial one, the analysis is focused on the issue of how a literature participates in the process of consolidation of the national/cultural identity of this country. This thesis studies three important subjects of the Mozambican narrative prose: language (parting from the work of Mia Couto), history (based on the works by Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, João Paulo Borges Coelho and Lília Momplé) and tradition (examining two novels by Paulina Chiziane). Key-words: Mozambique, Post-colonial, 20th century Mozambican Literature Language, History, Tradition, Mozabicanity
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The noise of death: Raul Brandão's Humus and the problems of its translation into Slovak
Štubner, Juraj ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Grauová, Šárka (referee) ; Dufková, Vlasta (referee)
Raul Brando's Humus is incontestably one of the most important works of fiction in Portuguese literature of the beginning of the twentieth century and it brings a number of innovations on the formal as well as on the ideological level. The specificity due to these innovations makes it a book the translation of which represents very particular difficulties. The paper, based on a philological analysis of the novel, identifies these difficulties and searches for usable solutions, bringing a translation of selected parts of the book into Slovak. It is divided into three parts. The first is a brief presentation of the author's work and places him in the context of portuguese and european literature. The second analyses Humus with regard to the aspects of the novel which are crucial for the understanding necessary as a base for a translation attempt. The third part exposes the general conception of the translation and its theorical bases not omitting the explanation of the choice of tha parts of the text to be translated. Expected specific problems of the translation are presented as well as suggestions of possible solutions to these. Follows the translation itself, several encountered problems are subsequently analyzed and the choices of solutions reasoned and exemplified. The conclusion establishes a hierarchy...
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History and myth in the novel Terra sonâmbula by the Mozambican author Mia Couto
Trsková, Klára ; Dufková, Vlasta (advisor) ; Grauová, Šárka (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the way categories of history and myth project into the novel Sleepwalking Land, as well as discuss the importance of Mia Couto's work for the mozambican cultural renewal during the post-civil war period. The study presents a syntesis of primary sources, focusing mainly on mozambican history in the signification of the myth, mythic time, animism, animatism, religious fetishism and ancestor reverence and their projection into the novel.
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Concrete Poetry: the Case of Augusto de Campos
Korpaczewski, Pavla ; Grauová, Šárka (advisor) ; Dufková, Vlasta (referee)
The dissertation is divided into sevenparts. The opening part is about the phenomenon of the experimental poetry in general. The second one describes the historical background, the roots of the experimental poetry in Brazil. The third part is devoted to a poet group Noigandres - I write about its foundation and bring a brief synopsis of the editing of the magazin-book noigandres. Main body of my work is about the creative activity of a brazilian poet Augusto de Campos as is summoned in a compilation Hail to the shout (VIVA VAIA Poetry 1949-1979). I focus on his first book of a concrete poetry without a poet (poetamenos, 1953) which presents a new way of organizing the words on a page and the book Bestiarium (Bestiário, 1955) in which appears a transformation of a lyrical subject. From the original point, where the poet expresses himself through the fragments of text, to the point where the poet defines himself through his absence as a situation lyrical subject. He calls himself a designer, who designs/casts the structure of a poem, like in "Tension" (Tensão) analyzed in this dissertation. In 60's the poet gets more interested in a political and performs so-called step of participation (salto participante) - he exploits the form of a montage and a collage to create an immediate and direct impact on...
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Portuguese Identity and Azorianity in João de Melo's oeuvre
Kolbach, Nicole ; Dufková, Vlasta (advisor) ; Grauová, Šárka (referee)
The diploma thesis examines the oeuvre of João de Melo in view of the fundamental topics of his poetics, namely the tragic sense of life, ancient space-time, ontological metamorphosis of humans and animals, escapes, peculiar religiosity, isolation and imagination, shared marginalization and language distance. The Azoriatity is estimated on the basis of the chosen topics and on comparison with Portuguese identity, and the correlation between center and peripheral areas is analyzed. Abstrakt Diplomová práce se zabývá studiem nosných rysů v díle Joãa de Mela, zejména tragickým pocitem života, odvěkým časoprostorem, ontologickými metamorfózami zvířat a lidí, útěky, specifickou religiozitou, izolací a imaginací, sdílenou marginalizací a jazykovou vzdáleností. Následně jsou tyto rysy klasifikovány z hlediska jejich azořanství, které je nahlídnuto také z hlediska portugalské identity a ve vztahu centra a periferie. Klíčová slova: azořanství, identita, ostrov, moře, sopka, emigrace, koloniální válka
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Space Symbolism in Clarice Lispector's Short-Stories
Šatavová, Hedvika ; Grauová, Šárka (advisor) ; Dufková, Vlasta (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the question of space in short stories of Brazil writer of the 20th century Clarice Lispector (1920-1977). At first, the author is briefly introduced, then the theoretical part continues to define the concept of space as a literary category. Emphasis is laid mainly on the approach of G. Bachelard and his Poetics of Space (1957), but attention is also paid to findings of Czech scholars. Finally, chosen concepts of the space of home and garden are outlined. Taking into account the semantic aspect, the analytical part looks into archetypical forms of space in the text sof two chosen stories published in the collection of short stories entitled Laços de família (Family Ties), in particular Amor (Love) and Mistério em São Cristóvão (Mystery in São Cristóvão).
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Post-Colonial Mosambic Narrative: Constants and Singularities
Banasiak, Marta ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Dufková, Vlasta (referee)
The present thesis analyzes the tendencies of the contemporary Mozambican narrative prose (novel). Taking into account the fact that Mozambican literature is an emerging and post-colonial one, the analysis is focused on the issue of how a literature participates in the process of consolidation of the national/cultural identity of this country. This thesis studies three important subjects of the Mozambican narrative prose: language (parting from the work of Mia Couto), history (based on the works by Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, João Paulo Borges Coelho and Lília Momplé) and tradition (examining two novels by Paulina Chiziane). Key-words: Mozambique, Post-colonial, 20th century Mozambican Literature Language, History, Tradition, Mozabicanity
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