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Orpheus: Comparative Analysis of the Myth
Erhart, Krištof ; Chlup, Radek (advisor) ; Vítek, Tomáš (referee)
Cílem práce je na základě zkoumání pramenů písemného a ikonografického charakteru analyzovat mýtus o Orfeovi a vytvořit podklad pro zkoumání jeho vztahu k orfismu a příbuzným náboženským hnutím. Práce sleduje mýtus na několika rovinách. První je Orfeova genealogie a jeho spjatost s hudbou. Následuje rekonstrukce jeho účasti na výpravě Argonautů a jeho další aspekty, kterými jsou vztah k magii, věštění a iniciace do tajných náboženských obřadů. Poté se práce zaměřuje na téma sestupu do podsvětí za Orfeovou ženou Eurydikou. Závěrečné kapitoly jsou věnovány Orfeově smrti a posmrtnému osudu jeho hlavy, která pronášela věštby. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The phenomenon of music in painting on the example of image by Roelandt Savery "Orpheus charming the animals in the landscape"
Slavíková, Jana ; Zlatohlávek, Martin (advisor) ; Jarošová, Markéta (referee)
The thesis The Phenomenon of Music in Painting on the Example of Image by Roelandt Savery "Orpheus Charming the Animals in the Landscape" treats the work of an early 17th century Dutch painter in the context of the phenomenon of music. The goal of this thesis is to demonstrate both how the phenomenon of music can be represented in painting, using the example of the above mentioned picture, and where its importance resides. The initial section provides the basic characteristics of the painting to be analysed, briefly introducing the painter, bringing forward a pre-iconographic description as well as discussing the problematics of its dating. The next section of the thesis focuses on an iconographic description of particular features of the examined painting, subsequently leading to an iconological analysis emphasising the meaning of the painting with regards to music. The final section deals with the painting and its origin in the historical context.
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The myth of Orpheus in the poetry of the 19th and 20th century
Jupová, Andrea ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
This bachelor thesis The myth of Orpheus in the french poetry of 19th and 20th century deals with the mythological references left in the work of significant authors of the modern French poetry. In the first part of the thesis, the Pre-literary and literary versions of the ancient myth of Orpheus are mentioned. We are focusing on the writings of Ovid and Virgil which are analysed. In the following chapters of the second part, constituent motifs are looked up in works of chosen authors from the period of romanticism to the forties of 20th century in connection with particular literary context. The specifical usage of the myth and his changes are observed and described. In the third part; all authors' adaptations are compared also with indication the importance of ancient mythology in the modern literature.
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Myth of Narcissus in French literature at the turn of the 20th Century
Kučerová, Magdalena ; Pohorský, Aleš (advisor) ; Pechar, Jiří (referee) ; Jamek, Václav (referee)
Mgr. Magdalena Kučerová Dissertation work: Myth of Narcissus in French literature at the turn of the 20th century ABSTRACT: This dissertation thesis based on knowledge of French myth criticism deals with the issue of myths in literature, which is a specific manifestation of human symbolic imagination. In its most general level the work studies the definition of a myth and its social function as well as the matter of opposite notions regarding to the mythos and logos, which have gradually more and more differentiated along with the development of European thinking. The myth of Narcissus has probably been one of the oldest myths in European culture. In its most renowned and most comprehensive form, the myth first appeared in the third book of Metamorphoses by Ovid, which has served as an inspiration for remakes by many later authors. The story of a young man who fell in love with his own reflection on the surface of the water contains a great variety of semantically strong structures (mainly the motifs of a mirror, narcissistic love, passively superior character of a hero, or the final metamorphoses into a flower), which are analysed in this study. The author of this study outlines the interpretational evolution of the myth of Narcissus in French literary history...
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Echoes of Ovid's Metamorphoses
Stašová, Ema ; Pokorný, Martin (advisor) ; Hrdlička, Josef (referee)
The aim of this study is to compare selected episodes of Ovid's Metamorphoses with three works of modern literature containing the theme of metamorphosis, and to follow their intertextual relations, dependency and innovation of Ovidian themes. On the basis of a comparison of the ancient and the modern text it is examined which motives remain constant during centuries and which, on the contrary, are evolving and shifting their meanings. Through the perspective of the Metamorphoses an attempt is made to interpret the works from a less usual angle. The most significant Ovidian characters that are examined in this study are Teiresias, Daphne, Hyacinth, Orpheus, Ceres, Icarus, Callisto and Io.
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Talking Heads: Comparative and Structural Analysis of the Myths of Vital Severed Heads
Sojková, Barbora ; Lyčka, Milan (advisor) ; Chlup, Radek (referee)
The thesis deals with a symbolism of the head and its attachment to knowledge, which will be presented on the Indo-European myths of severed heads with the use of methods of comparative mythology and structural analysis. In the first part of the thesis is introduced general symbolism of the head and its possible transformations in Indo-European mythologies. Nevertheless, the focus of the thesis is in presentation of myths, in which the decapitated head plays the central role. Those myths are formed into three types based on power, which is given to the severed heads. In the second part the thesis deals with three particular myths of the speaking severed heads, namely Greek myth of Orpheus, Welsh story of Bran and Old Norse myth of Mímir, whereas those myths are thoroughly presented, interpreted by using structural analysis, and compared. The results of interpretation are afterwards transposed to the other myths of severed heads and to the general symbolism of a head. The focal point of the text is mainly work with primary mythological sources, even though metodological basis of interpretation is also emphasised.
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