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The Female Protagonists' Dreams of Social Advancement in Irmgard Keun's Gilgi, One of Us and Elfriede Jelinek's Novel Women as Lovers
Zittová, Adéla ; Broukalová, Jindra (advisor) ; Markvartová, Eva (referee)
This thesis concerns the theme of female protagonists' dreams of social advancement in two novels, Gilgi, One of Us by Irmgard Keun and Women as Lovers by Elfriede Jelinek. It is divided into three main parts, with the introductory part focusing on the novel Gilgi, One of Us, the second part on Women as Lovers, and the final part on a comparative analysis of the protagonists' dreams of social ascent. Before the analysis itself, the first two chapters initially offer a theoretical background to the books in the form of a cultural and literary context and an introduction to the author's life. Thus, in the case of Gilgi, One of Us, the focus lies primarily on society during the Weimar Republic, the concept of the new woman is introduced, and as far as the literary context is concerned, the literature of the new objectivity is discussed. The analysis shows that the protagonist Gilgi corresponds to the concept of the new woman. Her inner attitude, built on diligence and discipline, is the basis for her ambitious dreams of getting as far as possible through her own efforts. In the case of The Women as Lovers the status of women in the second half of the 20th century is underlined, the feminist-oriented literature of the 1970s is introduced, and the protagonists Brigitte and Paula are portrayed as women...
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Women Protagonists in Selected Works by Xu Dishan. Thematization of Emancipation of Women in Early Phase of Modern Chinese Literature
Bašová, Hana ; Andrš, Dušan (advisor) ; Lomová, Olga (referee)
Thesis abstract This thesis provides a comprehensive typological characterization of the main female protagonists in the work of a Chinese writer Xu Dishan (1893 - 1941). By way of introduction issues of literary figures and a typology of female characters are presented. The compilation part of this thesis includes writer's biography and an overview of his literary work. The main part of the thesis presents a list of the moral, philosophical and religious aspects of Xu Dishan's protagonists. According to the results of this analysis Xu Dishan is an author, who differs in many ways from his contemporaries and uses his woman protagonists to explain his world view.
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Woman Writer - Traditional vs. "New" Woman in China and Finland in the 1st half of the 20th century
Podzimková, Jana ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Parente Čapková, Viola (referee)
In my thesis I deal with phenomenon of the so-called new woman in the literature of Finland and China in the first three decades of the 20th century. This phenomenon is presented on the example of the life and literary works of three Chinese (Ding Ling, Ling Shuhua, Bing Xin) and three Finnish (Aino Kallas, Maria Jotuni, L. Onerva) women writers, which seem to be the most representative. In the case of each of the above-mentioned writers I first briefly depict her life, which possibly could have influenced her writings, and then I analyze the selected literary works, in which the topic of new woman is most pronounced. I strive for setting the literary works analyzed into the concrete social, historical and cultural context of the development in both countries, and in the final part of the thesis I attempt at comparison of the similarities and differences between the topics of Chinese women writers on the one hand and Finish on the other. I then explain reasons for the similarities and differences found with regard to the social and cultural situation in China and Finland. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Women Protagonists in Selected Works by Xu Dishan. Thematization of Emancipation of Women in Early Phase of Modern Chinese Literature
Bašová, Hana ; Andrš, Dušan (advisor) ; Lomová, Olga (referee)
Thesis abstract This thesis provides a comprehensive typological characterization of the main female protagonists in the work of a Chinese writer Xu Dishan (1893 - 1941). By way of introduction issues of literary figures and a typology of female characters are presented. The compilation part of this thesis includes writer's biography and an overview of his literary work. The main part of the thesis presents a list of the moral, philosophical and religious aspects of Xu Dishan's protagonists. According to the results of this analysis Xu Dishan is an author, who differs in many ways from his contemporaries and uses his woman protagonists to explain his world view.
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