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Didactic interpretation of the novel Meta
Lacinová, Kristina ; Komberec, Filip (advisor) ; Neumann, Lukáš (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the position of the novel Meta within the contemporary Czech literary scene, its analysis, interpretation from a genre and narratological point of view, and didactic potential. First of all, I deal with the general concept of popular and fantastic literature, its potential significance in teaching and the book categories of young adult and new adult, as the researched novel Meta falls under these genres and categories. I place the novel in the context of Czech and world fantasy literature and present how it is perceived by literary criticism. The main goal of the thesis is to capture the didactic potential of the novel and to demonstrate the wide possibilities of its use in teaching literature. Structural analysis and interpretation of themes and ideas will be used for this purpose. With this detailed literary analysis, I want to prove that the novel Meta should not be viewed only as popular literature without deeper ideas, but that it could differ in its construction, themes and overall meaning from the majority of modern novels for youth and young adults. Not only does Meta provide a powerful reading experience, from a literary point of view the text is constructed of interesting narrative processes, fragmented composition and offers a critical view of today's...
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The characteristics of the popular literature in the novel The mystery of the yellow room by GAston Leroux
Langová, Dana ; Listíková, Renáta (advisor) ; Jančík, Jiří (referee)
TITLE OF THESIS: The characteristics of the popular literature in the novel The mystery of the yellow room by Gaston Leroux SUPERVISOR: Dr. PhDr. Renáta Listíková, MCF AUTHOR: Dana Langová DEPARTMENT: Department of French Language and Literature ABSTRACT: The aim of this bachelor's thesis "The characteristics of the popular literature in the novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux" is to demonstrate why the popular literature is so popular among a broad audience and how it achieves this favour among the readers. The characteristics of the popular literature and its differentiation from belles-lettres are shown in the introductory part of the thesis. The next is a presentation of the main features that attract readers and make this literature so popular. The paratext, a secondary component of the book (title, author, edition, the appearance of the front page ...), the technique of the narration and the characters could be considered as those features. In order to demonstrate these features of popular literature, one representative has been chosen, namely a crime fiction novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux. The conclusions of this thesis should demonstrate how this literature reaches its popularity. KEYWORDS: popular literature, detective novel, paratext, Gaston Leroux, The...
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Typology of characters in novels to continue published in women's magazines
Hrudíková, Iva ; Mocná, Dagmar (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
The aim of this work is the analysis of a typology of characters in the serial novel, which was published in women's magazines in the interwar period. For this thesis were used methodology of quantitative content analysis and qualitative analysis of selected five novels to continue. The work was focused on the period 1931 - 1939. Obtained data were found identical types and features the characters used in contemporary novels to continue. They were found the common aspects of serial novels that formed the primary source material of this thesis. The research was obtained the basic data for working with literary figures of romantic fiction. In this work was prepared model the main male and female character appearing in the novels to continue. In this work was constructed the model of serial novel. Part of the thesis has brought an analysis of novels and their characters have been converted into a movie. This work confirmed the importance of the continuation novels, as a key department of women's periodicals in the interwar period. The contribution of this work is to analyze the most frequently used characters in the novels to continue. Grouping of most commonly used features can be used as a basis for the construction of literary characters red library and sentimental novels. Contribution of the work...
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Reflection of Chinese Writing in Czech Non-Academic Literature
Mecová, Alena ; Zádrapa, Lukáš (advisor) ; Pavlík, Štěpán (referee)
In this work, we focused on a representative sample of the book documents written in Czech popular literature on Chinese characters. We focused on the books published since the early 20th century to the present. Then we analyzed this sample and focused on common themes. We found that the most common topic is the subject of incomprehensibility of Chinese characters. We have shown the view of unprofessional writers on Chinese characters using examples and citations. The analysis was then compared with the scientific knowledge of Chinese characters. We found that awareness of authors of Czech popular literature on Chinese script is not very high and this leads to frequent recurrence of widespread misconceptions.
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Polemics Between Technological Optimists and Pessimists in Popular Literature
Pietraš, Petr ; Jirák, Jan (advisor) ; Bednařík, Petr (referee)
The Rigorous Thesis with the name of Polemics Between Technological Optimists and Pessimists in Popular Literature is focused on the contradiction in argumentation of technological optimists and pessimists in popular literature. With the development of the internet, there has been an ongoing discussion about whether new technologies have a positive or negative impact. At the end of the last century, this discussion began forming in the general framework at first. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the internet and new digital technologies have been becoming part of all human activities more and more. And the discussion between technological optimists and pessimists has also moved, from the general framework to specific topics. The difference in argument between technological optimists and pessimists is shown on the examples of politics, economics and society. Keywords Technological optimists, technological pessimists, internet influence, popular literature, digital technology
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Polariites of young adult fiction in Czech prose in between the wars
Dadáková, Markéta ; Mocná, Dagmar (advisor) ; Brožová, Věra (referee)
This thesis focuses on the variations within the genre of young adult fiction in the period between the two world wars. It explores the forms of this genre depending on the intention of the work and the relationship between the text and its model reader. The thesis is divided into two main chapters; the first is theoretical and is divided into two parts. The second chapter focuses on comparative analysis. The first literary-historical part deals with the life and literary life of a woman, starting at the second half of the nineteenth century and presents the genre of the romance novel with its sub-genres; the starting point is the work of Lenderová and Mocná. The second theoretical part contains the typology of popular and artistic literature and the categories included therein, especially the categories of author, narrator, reader and model reader. This part is based mainly on Eco's concept of literary work. The second chapter interprets and compares always two stories by Czech authors of the interwar and early wartime. Selected texts of the authors belonging to the canon of artistic literature (Benešová, Pujmanová, Majerová) is compared with the texts of the authors of popular literature (Hüttlová, Neubauer, Žďárská-Strejčková). The thesis presents connections between these texts of dual...
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The use of classical and contemporary Children's literature to the reading literacy development of learners at 1st degree of elementary
KLEINOVÁ, Andrea
The thesis deals with the use of classical and contemporary literature for the development of reading literacy at primary schools. We focused mainly on the research of popular literature of third to fifth grade primary pupils. We also investigated what extra-curricular reading materials teachers choose to develop their pupils' reading literacy and how they work with them. In the theoretical part, we present a brief insight into the issue of reading literacy, current research results, methods, strategies and factors influencing reading literacy. In the research part, we present the results of a questionnaire survey of pupils' parents, where the main attention was paid to the preferences of titles, authors and genres of their children. In the practical part, we followed up on the results of these surveys and designed worksheets with activities aimed at promoting reading comprehension and developing reading strategies. We focused mainly on their motivational and entertaining character. Worksheets with activities were verified in selected classes of primary schools and supplemented by rich reflection from practice.
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Popular literature and its place in secondary school
Bogoczová, Markéta ; Králíková, Andrea (advisor) ; Brož, František (referee)
This master's thesis focuses on popular literature and its place on czech secondary schools with a research on how much this kind of literature is involved in the reading lists for the Maturita exam. Based on examples we will try to give some proposals not only for what literature lessons should look like and which questions should be answered by the students but we will also prepare worksheets for the Maturita exam where selected parts from works of popular literature will be used. As initial sources we will use basic dictionary works, guides for elementary and secondary schools, Trávníček's researches on reading and reading culture and also expert works concerning popular culture and literature for children and adolescents.
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Portraying Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice on Film
Kostrouchová, Veronika ; Nováková, Soňa (advisor) ; Beran, Zdeněk (referee)
Thesis abstract This study explores Jane Austen's renowned novel Pride and Prejudice from the point of view of its film adaptations, focusing on five adaptations. Each adaptation interprets the novel differently and embodies a different reading of the novel. The study concentrates on the analysis of the film adaptations of Jane Austen's novel but also evaluates what has changed over time in the perception, understanding, and appreciation of the characters and their actions, through the changes made in each adaptation. While it is apparent that each film adaptation differs from one another and from the novel itself, the questions of why these changes have been made and what purpose they serve will be addressed. The primary focus is on the heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, and on the hero, Mr. Darcy, how their personas have been portrayed in each adaptation and as a result how the expectations of the viewing public are met and created by the film industry. The deployment of characters as well as the portrayal of key moments in the novel are investigated to show the changing perception of the position of women in society, romantic relationships, social and family life. The First part of this study deals with the critical reception and public response of the Hollywood film version from 1940. The Second part of the...
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