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The History of Translating Terence into Czech
Vojtíšková, Nicole ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the Czech translations of the comedies of the Roman poet Publius Terentius Afer. It offers an overview of the staging of his plays in Czech area and of all the known Czech translations, which are described not only from a quantitative, but also from a qualitative point of view. The first part of this thesis describes Terence's life and work together with a linguistic characteristic of his plays. The second part presents different phases of Czech translational tradition and the individual authors of the translations. The linguistic features of the translations of Terence's plays are then analysed, showing the main characteristics of the used translation methods. The translations of Eunuchus, which was translated into Czech twice, are compared.
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The Figure of Apollo in Ovid's Work
Málková, Kateřina ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
This thesis focuses on Ovid's concept of Apollo, because during formation of his works, the concept of Apollo has changed. The first part of this thesis concerns itself with a historical view of Apollo in Rome and with the change, that was caused by Augustus, including its motives and consequences; it also focuses on its manifestations in contemporary Roman literature. The goal of this thesis is to determinate by analysis of Ovid's works, how Ovid reacts to this change in individual stages of his work: in love, mythological and exile works. This thesis also tries to determinate if Ovid's treatment of Apollo reflects his viewing of Augustus and might have contributed to reasons of his banishment.
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Elements of Irony in the Bucolic Works of Calpurnius Siculus
Stříbrná, Adéla ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
This bachelor's thesis focuses on the Latin bucolic poet Calpurnius Siculus and his collection of eclogues. Firstly, it summarizes the complex and hotly disputed topic of the dating of the author and his oeuvre. The thesis then offers a brief résumé of the primary arguments favouring the two main time frames: the Neronian times (1st century AD) and the 3rd century AD - the rule of Emperor Severus Alexander. The subsequent chapter details the formation and evolution of the bucolic genre and the lives of its two main representatives in Antiquity: Theocritus and Virgil, both of whom Calpurnius drew upon in his work. The following chapter contains a theoretic analysis of the term irony and of the means and ways it is expressed in a text. The thesis centres on an interpretation of select extracts from Calpurnius's work, focusing on irony and the methods of irony used by him.
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Forms and Function of Refrain in Roman Lyrical Poetry up to the End of the 1st Century AD
Valenta, Petr ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
This work focuses on refrains in Latin lyrics texts, from the beginning of Latin literature until the end of 1th century AD. At first, the term "refrain" will be determined, with its different forms, which can be found in Latin lyrics; afterwards individual examples of refrains will be stated and put in contrast to their Greek models, if they exist. The thesis will try to determine the function of refrains in a concrete literary genre and the difference between them. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The History of Translating Martial into Czech
Pavlíková, Anna ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the Czech translations of epigrams of the Roman poet Marcus Valerius Martialis. It maps the translation activity of Czech authors concerning this epigrammatist, especially from the end of the 18th century to the present time. It also describes the way Martial has been presented to the Czech reader throughout history. The first part of this thesis composes a chronological summary of the translations, and characterizes the nature and the context of their publication: it presents different phases of Czech translational work and theory, authors of the translations, quantity of the translated epigrams, the principles upon which the originals were chosen for translation and media through which Martial's work was brought to the Czech area. The following part of the thesis is based on the comparison of the translation methods and procedures used in case of particular epigrams. Moreover, the Josef Dietrich's selection, which is not well known, is described here. Finally, the contribution to the issue of this thesis lies in the summary of all founded Czech versions of Martial's epigrams.
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Forms and Function of Refrain in Roman Lyrical Poetry up to the End of the 1st Century AD
Valenta, Petr ; Bažil, Martin (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
This work focuses on refrains in Latin lyrics texts, from the beginning of Latin literature until the end of 1th century AD. At first, the term "refrain" will be determined, with its different forms, which can be found in Latin lyrics; afterwards individual examples of refrains will be stated and put in contrast to their Greek models, if they exist. The thesis will try to determine the function of refrains in a concrete literary genre and the difference between them. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Erasmus Desiderius, Dialogus Ciceronianus . Translation and Commentary
Morávek, Jan ; Kuťáková, Eva (advisor) ; Svatoš, Martin (referee)
The main aim of this diploma thesis is to bring to Czech readers an appropriate translation of selected passages from Dialogus Ciceronianus sive de optimo genere dicendi by Erasmus of Rotterdam. By this work, Erasmus significantly afftected the history of disputes over the form of imitation of M. Tullius Cicero, which started among humanists at the end of the 15th century and continued, with varying intensity, for a hundred following years. Erasmus rejected pedantic imitation of formal features of Cicero's language which he considered a threat for Christian religion and education. The thesis is divided into two parts, a theoretical and a practical one. The theoretical part briefly describes the development of opinions on the imitation of Cicero from the ancient times to the 16th century and deals with the analysis of the contents of the dialogue as a whole with an emphasis on stating the most important Erasmus' ideas. The second part comprises of a translation of selected passages accompanied by factual and translatological notes.
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Valerius Maximus and Exemplum
Černá, Julie ; Kuťáková, Eva (advisor) ; Šubrt, Jiří (referee) ; Mouchová, Bohumila (referee)
Valerius Maximus' exempla collection, Facta et dicta memorabilia, has for a long time stayed out of focus of modern literary science. Viewed rather as a practical handbook for orators, it had earned criticism for its allegedly low literary value, especially in the first half of the 20th century. Although this view was later revised at least to some extent, and Valerius was admitted to have literary ambitions in so far that his work was characterized as an original literary achievement of an author who in his collection presented a summary of moral values and standards of his time, the interest in his work has stayed rather fragmented, with researchers preferring to analyze only its specific aspects (such as ethics, religion, historical reflection, etc.). This thesis aims for a comprehensive view of Valerius' collection as a whole against the analysis of theoretical interpretation of exemplum as preserved within the Roman theoretical rhetorical writings. The interpretation is performed by the analysis of the whole, examining the way the entire collection is arranged, through the description of the structure and division of individual chapters, down to the level of the core structural unit, the exemplum. It emphasizes information related to the work's focus or to the inclusion of specific topics that Valerius...
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Staius' Descriptive Poems and Artistic Style of his Period
Kocurková, Magda ; Kuťáková, Eva (advisor) ; Bažil, Martin (referee)
The author of this thesis examines the style of P. Papinius Statius'poetics in two of his descriptive poems from the Silvae. In the Introduction she puts forth basic data of his life and works. Then she describes Flavian building program and activities of Roman élite in relation with Statius' other descriptive poems. The author consequently puts separately both poems in question, that is Silvae 1.1. and 4.6, in historical and artistic context, then she summarizes existing research on the poems, then she defines genre, style and literary background of each poem and examines their structure. At the end of each chapter the author presents latin text and czech translation, commentary and analysis of typical elements of Statius's poetics in particular sections of the poems according to their structure. In the Conclusion the author summarizes what she has learned about the style of Statius' descriptive poems in relation to the people and objects described.
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Vulgus, populus, turba in Seneca's Moral Epistles
Dittrich, Šimon ; Mouchová, Bohumila (advisor) ; Kuťáková, Eva (referee)
In his Epistulae morales, Seneca as philosopher and teacher guides his pupil towards moral self-improvement. In his teachings, which lead towards this goal, it can be seen that in the process the philosopher must take a position regarding other people whose values are completely different. Seneca terms these groups of people vulgus (occurs 21 times in the Epistulae), populus (occurs 56 times) and turba (occurs 44 times). The negative characteristic most frequently ascribed to all three groups is being subject to error. The highest degree of negative connotation is found in the case of vulgus, whereas populus and turba are judged somewhat less negatively. The measure of negative connotation calculated in percentages and shown in diagrams shows that this degree is lowest in the case of turba.
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