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Henri Beyle as a public intellectual
Chrpová, Barbora ; Tomalová, Eliška (advisor) ; Matějka, Ondřej (referee)
The term public intellectual has been used to describe the engagement of writers and other public figures in France since the end of the 19th century. However, this concept of engaging in public debate in order to influence public opinion has appeared decades before. In the first half of the 19th century, the French writer Henri Beyle, known under the pseudonym Stendhal, was active. Beyle's engagement in the cultural and political field was exceptional at the time as the active role of writers in society was yet to be established. He complies with similar characteristics that define intellectuals as Émile Zola, such as public engagement, liberal beliefs, or a positive attitude toward democracy. This thesis expands on the hypothesis that Henri Beyle can be viewed as a predecessor of the public intellectual. The intention is to examine Beyle's works and activities and to support this hypothesis with specific evidence. In the theoretical part of the thesis, the concept of the French intellectual and the criteria that define it are introduced. In the analytical part, these criteria are then applied to the role of Henri Beyle in order to find out to what extent his engagement fits into the idea of a public intellectual, as understood since the end of the 19th century. For the analytical part, primary...
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Concept of woman in André Breton's works written between 1928 and 1937
Veverková, Martina ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
This paper explores the concept of women in prosaic writings of André Breton, a key figure of French surrealism. The writings included are Nadja (1928), The Communicating Vessels (1932), Mad Love (1937) and Arcane 17 (1944). To Breton women were those who enable a poet to reach freedom and surreal and he wanted to love and celebrate them. However, many critics see the notion of women in his (and surrealist in general) work as isolated from a real woman, expressing only desires and ideas of a man and giving women only a passive role. In the analytical part of this paper the specific women in Breton's work are examined to evaluate the above mentioned criticism. The aim is to assess how accurate this criticism is. Also, coherence of the Breton's actual portrayal of women and his theoretical concepts is reviewed. Keywords French literature, surrealism, André Breton, woman
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Le bateau ivre in Czech translation
Merhautová, Marie ; Pohorský, Aleš (advisor) ; Šarše, Vojtěch (referee)
This thesis is focused on the Drunken Boat poem by J. A. Rimbaud and its Czech translation. In particular, it focuses on the content of the poem and the meaning of specific images. It seeks an answer to a question to what extent does the preservation of poem's formal elements adversely affect its content and the vividness of its images. For this purpose, an original Czech translation of the poem is introduced, which is in turn analysed together with the other pre- existing translations. The study finds a parallel between Rimbaud's own path to freedom, leading from formal aspects to content, and his work, reflecting the same principles. For this reason, the formal aspects of the original poem and its Czech translations (e.g. Čapek, Hrubín, Neznal, Kadlec) do not represent the primary topic of this work. Instead, the study focuses on preserving the content of the poem and its new interpretations. Finally, the thesis also provides a review of the Czech translations of the poem.
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Surrealism of the "Écrits Bruts": Comparison of André Breton's and Jeanne Tripier's Poetics of Madness
Jonczyová, Michaela ; Jirsa, Tomáš (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
This dissertation is focused on phenomenon of madness in French surrealism and genre called "écrits bruts". The main theme is confrontation of surrealism aesthetics madness with written production of psychotic and mostly schizophrenic patients. The primary outcome is presented by analysis and interpretation of two chosen literary works, which are collection of experimental poetry by André Breton and Paul Éluard called L'Immaculée conception (Immaculate Conception, 1930) and diary entries, known as Premier Cahier: de l'ordre des messages, mai 1935, written by one of the most significant French women representatives Jeanne Tripier,. The aim of this analysis is on one hand to identify and characterize forms through which simulated and "real" madness in texts presented are, and on the other hand to describe its poetic function. The methodology part is based on structural and genre analysis of both aforementioned movements and moreover is formed on outcomes of the phenomenologically oriented psychiatry and psychoanalysis.
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The role of secondary characters in Molière's comedies
Řádková, Tereza ; Šuman, Záviš (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
This Master's diploma thesis deals with the work of French playwright Molière, to be more precise, with types of characters in his plays. The thesis is not only based on Molière's main works Don Juan, Tartuffe or The Miser but it also studies characters in comedies like The Bourgeois Gentleman, Scapin's Deceits and others. It distinguishes two categories, major and minor characters. Nevertheless the attention is particularly focused on the minor characters. The goal of the thesis is to show what importance the characters have in Molière's plays and what is their role. Keywords: Classicism, Comedy, Molière, Character, French Drama, French Literature, Secondary Character
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Prague as a Literary Topos by French authors
Šimr, Patrik ; Fučíková, Milena (advisor) ; Listíková, Renáta (referee)
This master thesis written in French language "Le topos de Prague dans la littérature francaise" is analysing literature pieces: Le Passant de Prague and Zone, Guillaume Apollinaire, L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être, Milan Kundera, HHhH, Laurent Binet, La vie brève de Jan Palach, Anthony Sitruk, Mémoires d'outre-tombe, René de Chateaubriand, Les Lettres, Prosper Mérimée and poem Charles Bridge from Cycle de Prague, Serge Patrice Thibodeau. In the main part of the work emphasis is placed on the use of the unique topos of Prague, the purpose of its selection, its role and function in the literary text, as well as intertextual interconnection with other works working with the motifs of Prague. In the introduction, a literary theoretical concept is defined and demonstrated on other examples than this capital city, as there are more definitions and ambiguity in the understanding of this concept could cause difficulties in interpreting the results of text analysis. The result of the work is a limited number, yet three centuries and several genres covering a set of francophone texts that work with the topos of Prague. This is at the end enriched of work with a didactic outline of the use of results, actually the topic of this work in general, in French language lessons in Czech schools. KEYWORDS topos;...
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A Return to Classicism? Proust's Thinking about Love
Šťastná, Kristýna ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee)
A Return to Classicism? Proust's Thinking about Love A sceptical approach to love has always been represented in French literature, especially during the Classicism era. This work is an in-depth analysis of Charles Swann and his romantic relationship with Odette - as it is depicted in the first part of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time. This paper attempts to verify if Proust, a 20th century author, remains anchored in the moral literary tradition and to what extent. The work examines Proust's understanding of love and compares it with the ideas of Classicism, which the author often references. The work also delineates how this pessimistic approach to love was further developed in French literature and philosophy. To what extent can, for example, Jean-Paul Sartre or Maurice Merleau- Ponty be considered as Proust's disciples?
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