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Allegory of characters in The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart by Jan Amos Comenius
TRUHLÁŘOVÁ, Veronika
The topic of my thesis is the allegory of the characters in the Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart by Jan Amos Komensky. The best known of Comenius text has been subject to several interpretations conducted on various methodological positions (Philological - Critical, structuralist, thematic etc.) The basis of my work is thus to show existing interpretive trials relating to the composition of the work (treatise by Antonín Škarka and Lubomir Doležel) and allegorical depiction (study by J. B. Čapek and Hana Šmahelová) and their comparison. The focus of the work will be the analysis of key literary figures of the Labyrinth (The Pilgrim, Delusion and Ubiquitous) and their development. J. B. Čapek, Jan Lehár and Věra Vařejková were my main interpretation stimuli.
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Komensky's Labyrinth and Jestřábský's Vision
POSPÍŠILOVÁ, Jana
he goal of my thesis will compare two literary works of Czech Baroque {--} Komensky`s Labyrint světa a Ráj srdce of the work of Valentin Bernard Jestřábský Vidění rozličné sedláčka sprostného. In the introductory chapter I will deal with the Czech Baroque, in which formation of both authors belong. Then focus on their lives, to identify what is led to write these works, and then the two works {--} the Labyrint světa a Ráj srdce and the Vidění rozličné sedláčka sprostného {--} analyze. Focus on how the plot and the definition of genre, language and style. Works then I will compare. First look at the general information such as year of issue, the audience for which the intended work, we compare the Preface, language and composition of works of their genre, split-up into chapters, the main characters and their guide and view the world. Then I will pay particular topics, which are the Labyrint světa a Ráj srdce and Vidění rozličné sedláčka sprostného common, such as marriage, the state learned, head, soldiers and knights, profession, religion, Christians, and the concept of meeting with God. In conclusion, summarizing its findings. The starting point of my work is the study of Milan Kopecký Čtyři pohledy na labyrint světa.
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Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart by J.A.Komensky as a peculiar social utopy
PINTA, Daniel
Jan Amos Komenský is a great figure of the Czech nation. However, despite his fame, he is a much more significant thinker than he is generally regarded to be. Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart has no equivalent in its time or in older Czech literature. Even if Komenský wrote nothing else, this book would guarantee him a prominent place in Czech literature. In Labyrinth, Komenský shows himself as a great believer who exactly uncovers human pride, uncovers imaginary and untrue independence of man and shows exactly and aptly the futility and true face of many human endeavours. Labyrinth is a merciless criticism of man. It is never nihilistic, though {--} it is always based on a deep and realistic sense of purpose, a deep feeling for the ethical. That is why Komenský{\crq}s irony {--} which is the essential accord of Labyrinth {--} is irony of sadness. Some of Komenský{\crq}s ideas are close and understandable to us; however, some are much more distant. It remains a question if what seems to us to be old, outdated or naive in Komenský, is a basis without which it is not possible to understand well and realize what we are no longer willing to identify with. Is the ``critic of rationalism{\crqq} and great believer in Komenský, so distant to us, his most important basis that gives viability and future to his own ideas as well as to all human endeavours? This work briefly describes the ideas and storyline of Komenský{\crq}s Labyrinth. Each chapter of this thesis attempts to find what is most important in the mass of text of Labyrinth and thus to briefly point out the significance of each part of the book. Sometimes exact quotations are used which should show the real sense of Komenský{\crq}s ideas in a better way. Quotations from the Bible which could be a base of Komenský{\crq}s ideas are matched to individual chapters. The attempt is to find those ideas of Komenský which could be used and could be useful in our society. On the basis of an elaboration on the book, this work attempts to point out the importance of real belief and keeping to its rules for the life of a man and a society as a whole.
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