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Using Nothing We Want to Change the the World
Lacina, Štěpán ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Heczková, Libuše (referee)
This work focuses on the evolution of Dada and its manifestation in Czech literature, especially in the twenties of the twentieth century, but, of course, it focuses on later manifestations too. It focuses on the main features of dadaism, like abhor technics, mysticism and rituality, destruction, universality, dada language or humour. Application of dada to czech discourse would be unable, without defining these features. This work focuses on real or potential dadaistic manifestations and theoretical reception in the czech discourse, which is represented by Karel Teige on the side of oppositors and the Devetsil group of Brno on the side of propagators. The last chapter is about the relations between dadaism and carnival culture, that wat theoretically formulated by Bachtin. I focuses especially on identical properties. Key words: Dadaism, carnival culture, humour, destruction, manifesto.
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Masquerade balls and masks in early modern culture
Popovicka, Jekaterina ; Oulíková, Petra (advisor) ; Sládek, Miloš (referee)
The bachelor's thesis is divided into two parts. The first deals with the phenomenon of the masquerade ball as a popular court festivity of the Baroque period. The second focuses on masquerade masks and masquerade costumes based on examples of selected Baroque paintings and portraits from the European region. The first part begins with tracking of the origins of the masquerade ball in the folk carnivals, studies their common starting points but considers their different goals. Then, there are defined three main sources of the inspiration for the masquerade. At this part are presented some particularly important masquerade festivities. The second part is focused on a study of masks, their iconography and meanings. The innovation of this work lies in the theme itself; which at least, from the art-historian position, has not yet been devoted a separate systematic study. The aim of this thesis is to summarize already existing pieces of knowledge on the given topic based on specialized Czech and foreign literature studies, and then through the analyses of individual cultural-historical facts to present an image of masquerade festivity from the point of view of the main inspiration sources, which led to its establishment. Keywords Carnival, commedia dell'arte, court festivities, disguise, mask,...
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The Mexican Feast of Día de Muertos: Ist Evolution and Perception Via the Perspective of Mexican Identity
Kalkusová, Tereza ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
The thesis follows a thematic line in selected works dealing with the celebration of the Day of the Dead and various manifestations of the Mexican attitude toward death. It focuses both on its alteration in time and on the sources from which Mexican perspective of the death, as a part of the national ideological construct, springs from (existentialism, rural fatalism, Mexican Revolution, "philosophy of the Mexican character", tradition of the calaveras poems and graphics). The studied writings or sectors, which the thesis deal with, are: Nahua's lyric poetry, tradition of the calaveras poems and graphics, the large metaphysic poem of José Gorostiza Death Without End; chosen chapters of the essayistic creation of Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes and Carlos Monsiváis; Juan Rulfo's novel Pedro Páramo and Carlos Funtes's novella Aura.
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Festival of Defiance? "Majáles" in 50s and 60s of 20th century in Czechoslovakia.
Šťástka, Jan ; Himl, Pavel (advisor) ; Roubal, Petr (referee)
In this thesis based on research of historical sources I try to reconstruct the Prague festival of majales in 50s and 60s of 20th century and understand if they were truly meant as an act of defiance against the communist "régime" as some historians say. My point of view is base around the theory of Michail Bachtin and carnival as form of culturally creative force which act as form of social order negotiation. Worlds of play and laughter exist as a parallel to the official mundane world with their own different rules and they can be used as a form of social negotiation even in totalitarian or strongly conservative "régimes". Majales is a form of carnival that grants the transition into the world of play. Students in Czechoslovakia could use this possibility to negotiate about many otherwise taboo topics. Even if the worlds of play and mundane seem to be separated they influence each other in many ways and even the rules of mundane world can be changed through play and carnival. Students are also protected by their liminal status between being a child and an adult. Which grants them more rights than children but less duties than adults.
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The critic of the dukes in Don Quixote
Vítková, Tereza ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Škodová, Denisa (referee)
The present thesis deals with an analysis of the direct and especially the indirect critism of the duke and the duchess, the characteres of the second part of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, and it identifies the techniques to achieve that. A literary-scientific framework treating the mentioned issue is used for the analysis. Moreover it is supported by the quotations from the book in most cases.
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The phenomen of madness in Don Quijote de la Mancha and its time
Ludvíková, Anna ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Zatlkajová, Katarína (referee)
(in English) Initially this Bachelor Degree Thesis studies the conception of the phenomenon of madness through different centuries. It analyses the ancient tradition of the medical aspect of this concept and it also elaborates in detail its symbolism in the so-called culture of folk humor. These dimensions, which evolved mostly in the Renaissance period, are explored due to its influence on meaning of madness in the masterpiece of Miguel de Cervantes The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. Some other relevant pieces of art and literary works, which could have potential influence on the Cervantes' book, are also expounded. Finally, the existent interpretations of don Quixote's madness are summarized. Key words madness, melancholy, laugh, culture of folk humor, carnival, don Quixote, Cervantes, Bachtin, Foucault, Erasmus
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The Changes of the Sociocultural Role of Carnival and Charivari in the Historical Perspective
Hillebrandová, Olga ; Horský, Jan (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
The thesis discusses the changes of the sociocultural role of Carnival and Charivari in the Western culture from the Late Middle Agges to the end of the early modern period. The thesis is graunded in the analysis of secondary literature about the carnival and charivari , which is considered to be paradigmatic in history. The analysis follows the thesis of theoretical concepts of N. Elias and M. Foucault. Both of these authors deal with establishing specific individuality of modern man based on the necessary self-control a courtesy codified by social consensus. Carnival and charivari are examples of ritualized collective transgression, which helps create the values and norms of society. Carnival is primarily an expression of popular culture, which includes ritual, play and festivities. It celebrates human nature; the bodily pleasure food, drink, sex and violence, everything that should be civilized by culture. The goal of the thesis is to examine the process of civilizing or disciplining carnival , to determine the initiators and agents of this change. Following the previous then to check whether originally spontaneous carnival festivities, games and rituals in the historical development, which is characterized by a loss of spontaneity, commercialization and professionalization, completely lost their...
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Using Nothing We Want to Change the the World
Lacina, Štěpán ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Heczková, Libuše (referee)
This work focuses on the evolution of Dada and its manifestation in Czech literature, especially in the twenties of the twentieth century, but, of course, it focuses on later manifestations too. It focuses on the main features of dadaism, like abhor technics, mysticism and rituality, destruction, universality, dada language or humour. Application of dada to czech discourse would be unable, without defining these features. This work focuses on real or potential dadaistic manifestations and theoretical reception in the czech discourse, which is represented by Karel Teige on the side of oppositors and the Devetsil group of Brno on the side of propagators. The last chapter is about the relations between dadaism and carnival culture, that wat theoretically formulated by Bachtin. I focuses especially on identical properties. Key words: Dadaism, carnival culture, humour, destruction, manifesto.
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Polysemy of the Courtly Love: Inversion in the Aucassin et Nicolette
Herčíková, Barbora ; Christov, Petr (advisor) ; Sarkissian, Alena (referee)
Purpose of my thesis is create a precise register of inversion in chante-fable from XIIIth century: Aucassin et Nicolette. Main point of view is connected with a converse of woman and man part. This noticeable destabilization brings an inversion of further rules defined by literary discourse of medieval literature, above all by courtly culture. The first part included a basic definitions of misogyny, courtly love, chivarly and carnival principle. Following analysis of Aucassin et Nicolette indicates medieval need to show aberrations from social order and tries to find way to cure that "illness" of age.
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CARNIVAL (project Carnival)
NOVOTNÁ, Lenka
The Diploma Paper with topic of Carnival (project "Carnival") is outlined in order to show the reader one of the possible ways of how to familiarize children with the folk tradition of carnival celebrations. The first, theoretical part clarifies the historical development of carnival celebrations in the south of Bohemia and the events connected with them. The second, methodical part contains essey about the history of project method, ways and extent of its usage, controversary in these methods. It is mainly oriented to information which pedagogue perforce need in preparation and guidance of art project. The design of the Carnival project also belongs into this part, in which there are concrete motives for improvement of carnival and carnival processions in classes of art at lower primary schools brought up.
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