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Expressionism in Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz's play The shoemakers
Logunova, Maria ; Poslední, Petr (advisor) ; Pátková, Jana (referee)
Aim of this bachelor thesis Expressionism in Stanisźaw Ignacy Witkiewicz's Play The Shoemakers is finding and defining elements of expressionism in the work of a significant Polish writer, theorist and painter Stanisźaw Ignacy Witkiewicz. For this goal, the author assesses his play 'The Shoemakers'. Firstly, for the aim to be achieved, development of expressionism in Europe, notably Poland, needed to be briefly described. Furthermore, Witkiewicz's relation to art was mentioned, and his theory of artistic creation, so called Theory of Pure Form, was examined. By interpretation of 'The Shoemakers', present expressionistic and formistic components were illustrated and further assessed.
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The Jewish mystique in Bruno Schulz's prose
Benešová, Michala ; Poslední, Petr (advisor) ; Med, Jaroslav (referee)
Diplomová práce Židovská mystika v próze Bruna Schulze se věnuje vztahu Schulze, polského autora meziválečného období, ke kabale, tedy židovské mystické tradici. Je pokusem analyzovat vybrané aspekty Schulzovy prózy ve světle kabalistických představ. Hlavní tematické okruhy tvoří jednak textualizace světa a metafora světa jako textu, včetně symbolu Knihy, jednak otázka (s)tvoření a obrazy, s jejichž pomocí Schulz buduje svůj literární svět. Součástí práce je rovněž stručný přehled dosavadního stavu bádání týkajícího se daného tématu, představení metodologických východisek a krátké shrnutí vztahu Bruna Schulze nejen ke kabale, ale k židovství obecně.
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The "World Order" in Gustav Herling-Grudziński's short stories
Petránková, Michaela ; Poslední, Petr (advisor) ; Benešová, Michala (referee)
v anglickém jazyce Reading a story typically involves a question where did this story come into being, where it arose from. Reading Gustaw Herling-Grudziński's short stories involve the answer as well. His texts after a novel A world Apart imply well-founded world order, which suggests, that stories exists in variations yet for centuries in old chronicles, files on historical events, commentaries written by historian and in famous European paintings and other works of arts. The plausibility of such stories is supported by their incessant repeating. Never can they be forgotten inasmuch as they can emerge anytime in present events, most often in the place where the previous story took place. In Gustaw Heling-Grudziński's short stories even the seemingly real place is never the purely mimetic image of a real place. Described landscape combines a representation of real European places with the imaginary space of fiction. In Herling-Grudziński's short stories it means that places have their own inner memory reflected in genius loci. As the narrator perceives them not by vision alone, but also by smell, sound, and so on and they interface with other spaces in literature as well, may such a narrative present itself as a projection of the memory engaged to a particular place. It may fully comprise of...
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A writer's diary as a genre (Diaries of Polish writers Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Leopold Tyrmand and Witold Gombrowicz from the year 1954)
Kněžourková, Lucie ; Poslední, Petr (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
The thesis is focused on diaries of Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Leopold Tyrmand and Witold Gombrowicz from the year 1954 and tries to reveal genesis and structure of these texts. In the first part are presented several problems, which are connected with theory of a diary and autobiographical literature - the relation between empirical author and subject in the text and cathegories of narrator and hero. The second part is aimed at the situation of described authors mainly in the year 1954, function of peritexts of both author and editor and the problem of two versions of the Leopold Tyrmand's diary. The last part is focused on analysis of chosen diaries, the construction of the text, the view of the hero and the reflection of the text itself. The thesis is based on comparison of three various diaries and tries to reveal different approaches to the genre diary.
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View of rurality in Czech and Polish prose in 1960s (interpretation of selected literary works)
Bramborová, Marcela ; Poslední, Petr (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
The subject matter of this thesis is the presentation of a typology of rural imagery based on a thematic and interpretative analysis of Polish and Czech literary texts from the 1960s with respect to the ongoing changes made to the original romantic-realist concept of the rural novel. The analysis of specific literary works (Sekyra by Ludvík Vaculík, Smuteční slavnost by Eva Kantůrková, and Čas kopřiv by Josef Knap from Czech literature, and, from Polish literature, Opadaný sad by Wiesław Myśliwski, the novels Na slunci by Julian Kawalec and … až budeš králem, až budeš katem… by Tadeusz Nowak) permits us to create a basic register of elements of rural narrativity which, however, Czech and Polish literatures have different perspectives on. Through this dichotomy we present typical narratives contained in the Czech and Polish rural novel of the given period. The subsequent interpretative analysis of the texts takes inspiration from contemporary narratology with special attention to the narrator and time categories, and by extension to the interplay of these categories with individual themes, symbols and topoi.
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In The Light of Kabbalah: Jewish Mistique in Polish Literature in The Interwar Period
Benešová, Michala ; Poslední, Petr (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee) ; Sobotková, Marie (referee)
Thesis In the Light of Kabbalah: Jewish Mystique in Polish Literature in the Interwar Period deals with different models of reflection of Jewish religious and mystical tradition in the Polish interwar literature (on the example of three authors representing different ways of perceiving their own Jewish roots as well as the processing of themes based on the tradition of Jewish mysticism). Aleksander Wat, originally a futurist, was critical of the Jewish religious tradition - but still cannot his own "Jewishness" escape; prose writer Bruno Schulz offers an unique vision of cosmogony and eschatology reminiscent of - besides other things - selected concepts of Kabbalah; Bolesław Leśmianʼs relationship to this tradition is the looses, but on the other hand his method of working with motives which can interpreted in the context of the Jewish religious tradition is very original. Literary work of all three - as the heirs to the "people of the Book" - is marked by a specific relationship to language and the written word. In addition to this theme we deal with e.g. the Golem motive, the idea of the creation of the world or the idea of God. These analytical chapters are preceded by a theoretical and methodological introduction based on the traditions of literary hermeneutics, but also on selected concepts of...
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Inovation of rural prose in the work of Edward Redliński
Komínová, Marcela ; Poslední, Petr (advisor) ; Pátková, Jana (referee)
This thesis is focused on the analysis of means and methods, by which Edward Redliński (representative of so called rural stream in polish literature in 1960' and 70') innovates and varies traditional concept of the rural novel genre. These means and methods are characterised through the interpretation of works Listy z Rabarbaru, Konopielka and Awans, the stories and novels containing rural themes. Main attention is paid to Redliński's original approach to classical rural novel and successive introduction of his specific variety, which is formed by the author. Also there is presented the way by which Edward Redliński varies traditional motives, or symbols used in rural literature. In the end of this thesis is author's innovative approach compared to the specifics of statements of other authors of so called rural stream.
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The "World Order" in Gustav Herling-Grudziński's short stories
Petránková, Michaela ; Poslední, Petr (advisor) ; Benešová, Michala (referee)
v anglickém jazyce Reading a story typically involves a question where did this story come into being, where it arose from. Reading Gustaw Herling-Grudziński's short stories involve the answer as well. His texts after a novel A world Apart imply well-founded world order, which suggests, that stories exists in variations yet for centuries in old chronicles, files on historical events, commentaries written by historian and in famous European paintings and other works of arts. The plausibility of such stories is supported by their incessant repeating. Never can they be forgotten inasmuch as they can emerge anytime in present events, most often in the place where the previous story took place. In Gustaw Heling-Grudziński's short stories even the seemingly real place is never the purely mimetic image of a real place. Described landscape combines a representation of real European places with the imaginary space of fiction. In Herling-Grudziński's short stories it means that places have their own inner memory reflected in genius loci. As the narrator perceives them not by vision alone, but also by smell, sound, and so on and they interface with other spaces in literature as well, may such a narrative present itself as a projection of the memory engaged to a particular place. It may fully comprise of...
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The Analysis of the Portrayal of the Region in the Works of the Teschen Silesian Writers via Kubisz's Writings
Kurová, Jana ; Poslední, Petr (advisor) ; Pátková, Jana (referee)
The goal of this thesis entitled The Analysis of the Portrayal of the Region in the Works of the Teschen Silesian Writers via Kubisz's Writings is to bring the life's work of Jan Kubisz-known writer, educator, and community organizer-into public discourse, and to demonstrate the aspects which have influenced both his creations and a Teschenian mentality. We begin with presenting a historical research of the region whose basis rests in Kubisz's works, primarily in Pamiętnik starego nauczyciela. We also discuss the literary characteristics of Teschenian Silesia in order to pinpoint distinctive local tendencies and issues. We proceed to examine Kubisz's approach to Germanization of the region and his handling of nationalism. The analysis of the Teschenian anthem illustrates Kubisz's legacy for the future generations. In order to facilitate the understanding of the terms used in this thesis, the additional chapter outlines their meanings and connotations. Finally, we show the impact of Kubisz's works on local population and its understanding of identity by introducing separate study and interpreting its outcomes. Keywords Teschenian Silesia, Region, Kubisz, the Issue of Nationality, Nationalism, Memorial, Identity
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