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Aesthetic Ideal sabi and Evanescence in Tanizaki Jun'ichiro's Work
Micková, Tereza ; Tirala, Martin (advisor) ; Weber, Michael (referee)
This work describes the way in which Tanizaki Jun'ichiro expresses the aesthetic ideal sabi and the phenomenon of evanescence in his literary work, as well as the means used for this expression. After a short introduction of sabi and evanescence in the context of Japanese aesthetic tradition and a brief author's biography follows an analysis of selected Tanizaki's works. In my thesis I included the analysis of The Makioka Sisters, The Key, Diary of a Mad Old Man, In Praise of Shadows and three short stories (The Tattooer, The Reed Cutter, A Blind Man's Tale). Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Prenatal dreams tchämong in Korea
Mudruňková, Kateřina ; Zemánek, Marek (advisor) ; Löwensteinová, Miriam (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to present tchämong, a specific Korean dream of conception, that if properly interpretated can provide some information pertaining to the conception and other qualities of the unborn child to the dreamer. This thesis contextualizes tchämong into a broader category of dreams of conception, and then focuses on its specific features in Korea's culture. The fundamental aim of this paper is to exemplify the claim that tchämong is embedded in the system of traditional beliefs, practices and myths, which act as a main factor in continuing this tradition into modern times. The primary focus is given to tchämong within the framework of pregnancy practices and beliefs and close relation between tchämong and myths, which is expressed especially in its symbolism.
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Patočka's Philosophy of Literature
Ficencová, Natálie ; Ševčík, Miloš (advisor) ; Dadejík, Ondřej (referee)
The work deals with an analysis of Patočka's conception of literature and writing. It aims to explain basic arguments which are necessary for understanding Patočka's conception of art. It tries to show us the way how literature helps us to see the meaning of the world. The work also deals with the relations between literature and conception of life movements, between language and world and with the relation between literature and myth. The purpose of this work is to demonstrate the uniqueness and exceptionality of literature compared to other types of art in the work of Jan Patočka. Keywords Jan Patočka, phenomenology, literature, resonance, life meaning Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Meeting of the East and the West in the Works of Ahmed Midhat and Rifa'a al-Tahtawi
Hartman, Tomáš ; Kučera, Petr (advisor) ; Malečková, Jitka (referee)
(in English): The main goal of my thesis is to find out the methods that were used by two middle-eastern authors, Rifāʿa aṭ-Ṭahṭāwī and Ahmet Midhat, to present the image of the West to their readers based on analysis of their works. In this thesis I am trying to reach this goal by topic analysis of their source works in the first place. In the second part of this work I included the description of life-fates of these two authors and circumstances under which they realized their journeys to Paris. This part of my thesis is based mainly on secondary literature, but is amended by quotations from source works. The main contribution of this work is based on the fact that this is first work of its kind which compiles works of these two authors. At the same time this work presents the image of the West from two different perspectives that differ a lot from each other and yet provide us with image of the same kind.
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Reflextion of literary output in ČT in 2006, 2010 and 2014 broadcasting and their impact on readership
Cvrkalová, Petra ; Halada, Jan (advisor) ; Štoll, Martin (referee)
A purpose of the Diploma Thesis Reflection of literary output in Česká televize in 2006, 2010 and 2014 broadcasting and their impact on readership is to describe, summarize and compare reports dedicated to literature in selected Czech Television's programs, and then try to identify their influence on book sales and marketability of books. It summarizes the available evidence on the issue of reading culture, reading a book market surveys in the theoretical part, also mentions the definition of reviews and literary critique. In practical part it compares reports dedicated to literature in selected programs according to genre and language first, followed by comparison with the books' titles sales rank, as it is published on Union of Czech booksellers and publishers website. On the base of this comparison, this thesis tries to define the influence of the television broadcasting on books sales.
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Prague and Women in Paul Leppin's Novel "Severin's Journey into the Dark"
Czielová, Simona ; Hadwiger, Julia Nina Vanessa (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
(in English) This thesis deals with the way female characters are portrayed in Paul Leppin's Novel Severin's Journey into the Dark (Severins Gang in die Finsternis, 1914). After the author and his work are shortly introduced, the female characters of the novel are being analysed. Their qualities and their roles and positions in society as well as their relationship to the main male character are being compared to the period scientific papers (mostly psychological and psychiatric works). These influenced the whole society at the beginning of the 20th century and thereby helped to determinate the trends in literature. A part of the thesis also deals with an anthropomorphised picture of Prague. The analysis of the novel should give an answer to the question how much individuality female characters posses and how much the social and psychological premises of turn of the century influenced them.
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The forest in the Late Middle Ages in the light of literary sources
Smlsal, Jiří ; Zilynská, Blanka (advisor) ; Nejedlý, Martin (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the depiction of the forest in medieval literary sources. It focuses on depiction of the forest in different types of sources: exempla, medieval romances, books of travels, chronicles. It focuses on literary motifs of the forest: the forest as desert, border and hiding place, fores as locus amoenus and landed property. The social construction of the forest is based on dichotomy cultura versus natura. The forest as a domain of nature represents the counterpart of the world of civilization. The bachelor thesis discusses the forest in terms of its function in literary text. The socially unacceptable actions are set in the forest. The dichotomy between town and forest is used to illustrate cultural norms. Keywords: forest, Middle Ages, literature, imagination
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Own literary work with comment
Řídká, Milena ; Hník, Ondřej (advisor) ; Peterka, Josef (referee)
The bachelor thesis Vlastní literární tvorba s komentářem (Author's Literary Work with a Commentary) consists of three main parts. First, the author presents her own fairytale named Zvědavé koťátko (Nosy Kitten) in prose as well as a poetry. The fairytale is aimed at preschool children, first written as prose, later made into a poem. The second part consists of author's commentary, concerning the creation process of the piece of work. The author informs about the characters of the story, goals of the text, as well as the final touches to the piece of work. There are three assessments of the work, in the third part of the thesis. There is a literary expert opinion, an opinion of a preschool teacher (a person who knows well the target age-group), and a layman opinion. The final part of the thesis is a reflection on the three opinions mentioned above.
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