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The theme of honour in Don Quixote
Novotná, Soňa ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Doležalová, Barbora (referee)
The topic of the present Bachelor thesis is honour, in particular its two facets that are distinguished in Spanish by the terms "honor" and "honra", in the Spanish Golden Age, and specifically as described in two works of art - the novella The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities by an anonymous author, and the novel The history of the valorous and wittie Knight-Errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. The aim is to describe how this social topic is mirrored in these two texts, and how the authors treat it. The first part of my work describes the historical context and social climate, the perception of "honor" and "honra" in the Golden Age. The second part is devoted to capturing the reflection of this theme in either work of art.
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Presentation and Deformation of History in the Adaptations of Jonas Jonasson and Winston Groom
Schambergerová, Tereza ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Konrád, Ota (referee)
The thesis deals with the analysis of the popular story with the historical context. Two books have been selected for specification - The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson and Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. The works were analyzed in both literary and film adaptation. Further, the educational impact of this material has been analyzed. The aim of the work was to show the way which both authors present history and to what point does the deformation of the historical subject into a Holywood story affect the viewer. This was verified by a questionnare which besides other things proved the influence of the movie adaptation in particular.
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Realism in picaresque novel
Šebelová, Markéta ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
The topic of this bacherol thesis is realism of the Spanish picaresque novels and it is analyzed on the basis of knowledge of literary theory. The thesis presents various perspectives on realism picaresque novels , the emphasis is primarily focused on the three basic novels constituting the genre - Lazarillo of Tormes, Life and Deeds of the Cunning Rogue Guzman de Alfarache and Quevedo's Buscón; there are presented different approaches of Czech and foreign theorists which was, in the historical context, often changing. The aim is to give a summary of the topic in the Czech language, due to the fact that a number of works dealing with this issue are available only in Spanish. Key words: Picaresque novel, Lazarillo, Realism, Spanish literature
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Jerónimo de Pasamonte's Autobiography in Its Literary Context
Kutová, Jaroslava ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (advisor) ; Marešová, Jaroslava (referee)
This thesis aims to present the military autobiography of Jerónimo de Pasamonte called Jerónimo de Pasamonte's Life and Suffering finished in the XVII th century. Firstly, the genre of autobiography and its specifics are discussed, subsequently autobiographies of the XVIth and XVIIth century, such as the picaresque novel, religious and military autobiographies, are mentioned. Pasamonte's autobiography itself is discussed both formally (its language, style and structure are defined) and thematically - issues such as captivity and picaresque features within the Life are brought up. We shall study also its intention and veracity. Discussion is held about the theory that Pasamonte is the author of the fake second part of Cervantes' Quijote. Along, other topics are raised: the alike fate of Cervantes and Pasamonte or Pasamonte's being ridiculed by Cervantes in his Quijote. The aim of this thesis is to present the work of Jerónimo de Pasamonte's Life and Suffering, compare it to other contemporary genres, point out its formal and thematical characteristics and parting from acquired analysis conclude what its contribution to literature and contemporary reader is.
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The picaresque in Angela Carter
Mečířová, Eliška ; Nováková, Soňa (advisor) ; Wallace, Clare (referee)
in English This MA thesis focuses on the analysis of picaresque elements and traces of the picaresque genre in chosen novels of Angela Carter, namely her two most picaresque novels: The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (1972) and Nights at the Circus (1984). However, as I have strived to prove throughout the analysis, Carter's earlier novels from the sixties, The Magic Toyshop (1967), and Heroes and Villains (1969) are also rich in picaresque themes and motives of the journey and therefore deserve to have their place in the analysis too. In the introduction the dissertation traces the history of the picaresque from its sixteenth-century Spanish roots until its more modern and postmodern development. It also stresses that in relation to Carter's work it is important to take into account her intertextuality. In describing it Linden Peach borrows Julia Kristeva's quotation from Semiotike, Recherches pour un Semanalyse where she observes that: "Every text builds itself as a mosaic of quotations, every text is absorption and transformation of another text."1 For Carter this is especially valid - her novels are hybrid, multi-layered mosaics which use and at the same time subvert mythology, the Bible, European and English literary works, Renaissance drama (Shakespeare), fairy-stories and folk...
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