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War-induced xenophobia in David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars
Šaldová, Ivona ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Topolovská, Tereza (referee)
NÁZEV: War-induced xenophobia in David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars AUTOR: Ivona Šaldová KATEDRA: Department of English Language and Literature VEDOUCÍ PRÁCE: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek ABSTRACT This thesis concerns itself with xenophobia and war induced paranoia and its features and impacts on human behaviour in the work of David Guterson Snow Falling on Cedars. The first part explains the differences in individual terms, describes unification theories and outlines the issue of dual loyalty. The second part identifies features of xenophobia in individual characters of Guterson's work. This analysis is supported by the theoretical foundation from the first section. KEYWORDS American Literature, Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson, Xenophobia, War- induced paranoia, Nativism, Character analysis
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Maria Anna Mozart: historical figure and its literary reception
Shustova, Anastasiia ; Markvartová, Eva (advisor) ; Poimer, Christiane (referee)
This bachelor thesis examines how the figure of Maria Anna Mozart, the older sister of the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is represented in the literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. The first thing that is explored in the analysis is how the authors imagine her response to life events, the hardships, and the injustices of life. An important role also plays in the interpretation of the relationships within the family of Mozart and the family of Berchtold zu Sonnenburg, the spouse of Maria Anna, as these relationships are represented in the novels. An important part of the work is the description of various typologies of literary heroes as well as the methods of interpretation of the characters of a literary work and the specifics of working with heroes who have historical prototypes. In addition, the work contains a brief description of the life and fate of Maria Anna, which must help the reader to better understand the events and living conditions of Maria Anna, on the basis of which a comparison and an interpretation of the heroine in various works are made. It's a deep look at her character and feelings. At the end of this work shows that although the figures of Maria Anna are different in different works, there is always something in common to find. KEYWORDS Maria Anna Mozart,...
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Unfulfilled Desires in the Story Collection Lettipark by Judith Hermann
Bejčková, Šárka ; Glosíková, Viera (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
This diploma thesis focuses on thematic interpretation of the short stories collection Lettipark by Judith Hermann, which was released in 2016 in German language. The Czech translation was published in 2018. Within individual interpretations never realized images, expectations and dreams will be accented. They may be regarded as unfulfilled desires of the main characters of the short stories. One part of this diploma thesis also includes the categorization of the author into German literature since the middle 90's of the last century until today. The prose writer's reception in the Czech Republic is also taken into consideration. KEY WORDS German literature, short story, desire, Judith Hermann, character analysis, thematic interpretation
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War-induced xenophobia in David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars
Šaldová, Ivona ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Topolovská, Tereza (referee)
NÁZEV: War-induced xenophobia in David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars AUTOR: Ivona Šaldová KATEDRA: Department of English Language and Literature VEDOUCÍ PRÁCE: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek ABSTRACT This thesis concerns itself with xenophobia and war induced paranoia and its features and impacts on human behaviour in the work of David Guterson Snow Falling on Cedars. The first part explains the differences in individual terms, describes unification theories and outlines the issue of dual loyalty. The second part identifies features of xenophobia in individual characters of Guterson's work. This analysis is supported by the theoretical foundation from the first section. KEYWORDS American Literature, Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson, Xenophobia, War- induced paranoia, Nativism, Character analysis
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Analysis of the Main Characters in the Novel "Spieltrieb" by Juli Zeh
MIKLASOVÁ, Tereza
Undoubtedly, Juli Zeh is one of the most important and interesting current German female writers, who is gaining her reputation abroad as well. In her pieces, there are current issues and philosophical questions combined together and, therefore, she affects readers on several different levels. Novel ?Spieltrieb? isn´t different. The author introduces questions of freedom, guilt, will, violence and law in this novel ? and the individual characters throw light on the matters from different views. The objective of the diploma thesis is to present the way of these topics ?personalizing?, using a precise character analysis (analysis of the names, languages, private stories, corporalities and features of particular characters). The method which has been used for the analysis is close reading, based on a precise and combinatory reading. The analyses and reflections is supplemented an interview with the author.
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