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The plays R.U.R. and And So Ad Infinitum in the hands of British censors, theatre managers and publishers
Šaričová, Draga ; Kudlová, Klára (advisor) ; Charypar, Michal (referee)
The plays R.U.R. and And So Ad Infinitum in the hands of British censors, theatre managers and publishers The thesis examines the transformations of the texts of the plays R.U.R. and And So Ad Infinitum (The Insect Play), especially their earliest Czech editions, and compares them with their English editions and the versions used as scripts for the first theatrical adaptations in the United Kingdom. Utilising archival materials from Oxford University Press and the British Library Archive, the thesis also traces the closely interconnected processes of publishing both plays and preparing their theatrical adaptations in the United Kingdom. The thesis seeks to provide new insights into Paul Selver's personality as a translator and to demonstrate that, given the material on which he drew, he did not make such extensive interventions within the translations as some of his critics have suggested; here the thesis builds on the research of Robert M. Philmus. The thesis also provides an insight into the interferences (presumably unknown in the Czech Republic) extorted by the British censorship, and introduces other individuals who influenced the form of the various versions of the plays, such as Nigel Playfair, Clifford Bax and others.
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Czech fairy tale in the 30s of the twentieth century and its present as a source of inspiration for the creation of artist's books.
HUMHALOVA, Anna
The master thesis ,,The czech authorial fairy tale in the thirties of the twentieth century and her actual situation as inspirational source for making an authorial book´´ consist of two parts theoretical and practical. The theoretical part is about history of the authorial fairy tale, fairy tale charasterictics, form and progress. The work is mainly about the authorial fairy tale chiefly in the Czech Republic, it is from the thirties of the twentieth century until now. The practical part is about the authorial book inspired production of the writer and the illustrator Petr Sís. This autor is the main inspirational source for making the authorial book and text and illustration.
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Work with Čapek's Noetic trilogy on the high school
Skorkovská, Markéta ; Hník, Ondřej (advisor) ; Peterka, Josef (referee)
Graduation thesis conserns possibilites of working with Karel Čapek's work in teaching literature at high school. Its essence is veryfiing proposed activities in praxis and reflexion of results achieved. Source publications for proposed activities are Hordubal, Povětroň, Obyčejný život. Common goal of those activities is to get pupils in direct contact with literature and its interpretation by attractive and understandable way. Conclusions of the thesis are derivated from results of activities, observation and pupils reflections. I give reason for proposed activities by partial goals that I want to forfill with them. In reflections I evaluate the process, reaching goals.
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Libretto versus drama based on the Čapek's Makropulos affair
Mudrová, Jitka ; Mocná, Dagmar (advisor) ; Brožová, Věra (referee)
We compare the features of drama and libretto, based on the text The Makropulos Affair by Karel Čapek (drama) and Leoš Janáček (libretto). We would like to show not only common dramatic features, but also the specific librettist features, which Janáček used by transformation Čapek's drama into opera libretto. We demonstrated, that dramatic features are in libretto at the level of structure and the specific librettist features are at the level of story, single figures and its constellation. The analysis confirmed the preliminary hypotheses.
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Origin of the Czech Detective Novel
Šoltésová, Tereza ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
Abstact This bachelor thesis called Origin of the Czech Detective novel focuses on the genre of the Czech Detective novel in the beginning of its formation. The thesis includes the theoretical part which is an attempt to provide some definitions of the detective genre. The following part describes an evolution of the detective novel. It includes summarized history of the genre in international literature but is concentrated mostly on the Czech Detective fiction. Last part analyses the work of some specific authors who had crucial impact on the genre development in the Czech area. The thesis follows how the Czech Detective novel was evolving since the beginning of the twentieth century till 1960ˈs, its source of literal inspiration and the impact of Anglo-American Detective fiction. The work also analysis some Detective novels of Karel Čapek, Emil Vachek, Eduard Fiker, Jan Zábrana and Josef Škvorecký and describes their contribution to development of the Czech Detective novel. Some of their works are analysed more, it is focused mainly on the style of narration and the figures of detective and his assistant.
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Journalism Karel Capek and his "quiet voice" at the time of threats to democracy (1935-1938)
Nováková, Michaela ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
In my bachelor thesis on "Karel Čapek and his ‚quiet voice' at the time of danger for democracy" I will analyze his journalistic texts published between 1935-1938 in the journal Lidové Noviny, České slovo and the magazine Přítomnost. I'll be watching Čapek's development in specific years while noticing how his journalistic work was transforming with the approaching year 1938. Particularly, I will watch Čapek's activities related to the fight to save democracy in Czechoslovakia during the gradual expansionof fascism. To better understand the significance of the texts I give the socio-historical background as well. The aim of the work is mainly to find out how the Čapek's literary works reflected the historical events of that time and if Čapek's "silentvoice" was sufficient warning, concise and striking. This work does not deal comprehensively Čapek'swork, it only selects the most significant texts of a certain period.
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Meaning of life in the work of Karel Čapek
Hodinková, Marie ; Blažková, Miloslava (advisor) ; Rybák, David (referee)
The thesis named "Sense of Life in the Work of Karel Čapek" treats the problems of raison- d'etre of life seen by Karel Čapek. At first this thesis is preoccupied by Čapek's personality and character of his era. Karel Čapek is characterized as an author in whose works were projected his philosophical views influenced mainly by pragmatism. The thesis analyses Čapek's works treating issues of sense of life. Particularly these are two proses by Čapek "Obyčejný život" (Common Life) and "Život a dílo skladatele Foltýna "(The Life and Work of Composer Foltýn). These two novels are at first analyzed separately and then compared.
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Nikos Kazantzakis, Karel Čapek and their travel writings on England (England & Letters from England)
Stružková, Petra ; Šípová, Pavlína (advisor) ; Vořechovská, Dita (referee)
Kazantzakis' Ταξιδεύοντας. Αγγλία (England: A Travel Journal) belongs to the most significant pieces of travel writing both in Greece and abroad. Referring to Czech literature it is the travel journal of Karel Capek Anglické listy (Letters from England) that suggests itself for comparison as a literary piece of a similar relevance. The present thesis aims to compare particularly the way both authors - journalists - perceive the country and how they convey their experience, what they have in common and what the main differences are. This was accomplished by exploring the main topics referred to. Mixing genres is typical for both examined books. Capek writes in a form of playful feuilleton, Kazantzakis uses a serious reflection essay blending fact with fiction. Kazantzakis focuses on history of the nation and politics, Capek avoids these topics.
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Authorial fairy tales by the brothers Čapek
Tomanová, Kateřina ; Mocná, Dagmar (advisor) ; Komberec, Filip (referee)
The thesis deals with authorial fairy tales by the Čapek brothers. The first part focuses on theoretical characteristics of fairy tale regarding its genre development and typological distinction. It describes the features and historical development of authorial fairy tale as of a special type of fairy tale. It also indicates the significance of Karel and Josef Čapek's fairy tale work in the context of the first great expansion of Czech authorial fairy tale in the 1920s, and it introduces other fields in which the brothers collaborated. The following part points out "modern" features in fairy tales by applying analysis and interpretation on the collections Povídání o pejskovi a kočičce and Devatero pohádek. This bachelor thesis aims to support the theoretical characteristics of the authorial fairy tale genre by highlighting the reflections of the modern world in the Čapek brothers' fairy tales, such as contemporary realities and lifestyle, and autobiographical features. KEYWORDS authorial fairy tale, Karel Čapek, Josef Čapek, Devatero pohádek, Povídání o pejskovi a kočičce
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