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The limits of autobiography in Nebe nemá dno
Svobodová, Lucie ; Češka, Jakub (advisor) ; Fulka, Josef (referee)
This thesis, The limits of autobiography in Nebe nemá dno, explores the limits of the genre of autobiography, using the novel by Hana Androniková as an example. Using selected examples, it attempts to capture the motifs and references in which this novel transcends the defined conception of the autobiographical genre and thus stands on its borderline. Theoretical concepts dealing with the limits of the autobiographical genre and its contradictions is applied to this text. In its next part, this thesis follows selected story lines and contrasts them with real events in the author's life. The records and testimonies of the author herself, as well as those of her family and close friends, are also important material for this research.
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Nostalgia in the 1930's prose by Joseph Roth
Tužilová, Michaela ; Tvrdík, Milan (advisor) ; Glosíková, Viera (referee)
This thesis explores the feeling of nostalgia found in the works by Joseph Roth from the 1930's, namely in two novels (Radetzky March, The Emperor's Tomb) and one novella (The Bust of the Emperor). The main concern of the thesis is the Habsburg nostalgia and the longing for the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy that the author of these works experienced. The first part describes nostalgia (not only from a psychological but also from a philosophical point of view) and its occurrence in literature, especially in the German-written literature of the period after the First World War. The next chapters deal with the author and the historical context of the period. Joseph Roth's views and opinions were greatly influenced by various historical events and his life experiences, so this section outlines an overview of Austrian history relating to each of the three books, as well as the author's life journey. The second part of the thesis analyses the three above mentioned books from the perspective of the Habsburg nostalgia and the longing for the Austro-Hungarian monarchy through the eyes of the author but also from the perspective of the nostalgia of the individual characters who appear in the books. Some of the characters even share the author's attitudes and opinions. The analysis is supported by excerpts...
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Peter Pan's Film Adaptations and Their Didactic Use
Šplíchal, Josef ; Neumann, Lukáš (advisor) ; Komberec, Filip (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with three film adaptations of J. M. Barrie's famous novel Peter and Wendy (1911), better known under its later shortened title Peter Pan. It first focuses on a brief biography of the author, then summarizes the individual film adaptations and the novel's position in the Czech context - it presents all Czech translations with regard to their relationship to the original text and covers reception, including translations into other art forms. The main part then analyses three films: Hook (1991), Wendy (2020) and Peter Pan and Wendy (2023), in regard to making thematic comparisons with the source text. The final part is devoted to specific didactic suggestions for the three films mentioned above, as well as to working with the novel itself.
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The History of Salvation by Gregory of Tours and Eusebius of Caesarea
Holeček, Adam ; Lášek, Jan Blahoslav (advisor) ; Ventura, Václav (referee)
This thesis deals with the comparison of theological approaches of classics, such as Eusebius of Caesarea and Gregory of Tours. The aim was to compare their conception of salvation in a given historical period and to find out whether there is any relationship between them. The result was an action based on a thorough examination of both works. The result itself is: Both authors have an identical view of who is the saving force in their time period. However, Gregory came to this end on the basis that Eusebius' empire, in his time, was already extinct and was only a shadow of its former glory.
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Construction of character in selected socio-critical prose
Novosad, Benjamin ; Neumann, Lukáš (advisor) ; Kubíček, Tomáš (referee)
The goal of this paper is to analyze the manner, in which the main characters in the books Tři kapitoly and Přípravy na všechno. Due to the nature of the narration the paper also analyzes the relation between a character and the narrator. The narratological methods, with the help of which I realise the analysis are presented in the theoretical part. A special attention is paid to similarities and differences in the manner of character and narrator construction and their potential use for social criticism.
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Portrayal of journalists in selected fantastic novels
Kobzová, Nikola ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
The subject of this bachelor thesis is the analysis of selected novels of fantastical literature and their subsequent interpretation. The aim is to explore how journalists are portrayed in these works and how their work is evaluated. In the introductory part, I focus on the fantastical genre, including its categories fantasy and science fiction and their sub-genres, such as contemporary and portal fantasy, dystopia, and humorous science fiction. The second chapter focuses on the method used in this thesis, describing qualitative research and content analysis of the texts which I used to analyse the selected novels. The chapter also includes insights on literary characters. The main part of the thesis focuses on specific series of novels, including Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Journalism and media topics are prominent in these works, and each of the series deals with a different type of media, making it possible to compare differences in the portrayal of print media, radio, television, or the internet. I describe the central motifs and basic storylines of each series. The subsequent interpretation of the texts focuses on the specific portrayal of journalism in each of the series, analysing at least one...
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The Novel as Moment of In-Between. Oikological Considerations on the Where of Belletristic Prose
Vanbrabant, Jonas Kristiaan ; Sepp, Hans Rainer (advisor) ; Nielsen, Cathrin (referee)
The Novel as Moment of In-Between. Oikological Considerations on the Where of Belletristic Prose Jonas Vanbrabant Abstract This master's thesis addresses the phenomenon of belletristic prose from an oikological point of view, on the question of the place of reading and writing. Considering the novel, and in the same breath the novella and the short story, as multiple moments of 'in-between' opens up perspectives beyond the phenomenologically superseded dichotomy of receptionist aesthetics on the one hand and productionist poetics on the other. Drawing on a wide variety of thinkers from the broader field of Husserl's legacy, notably Adorno, Bakhtin, Blumenberg, Derrida, Eco, Henry, IJsseling, Kundera, Levinas, Palmen, Richir, Ricœur, Schapp, Schütz, Sepp and Stein, the in-betweenness of the novel is explored in three chapters. Firstly along the selves of the reader and writer and the characters, showing, with focus on the role of empathy and affective phantasy, that these figures cannot but be configured inside the in-between of the literary work. In the second chapter regarding the problem of fiction, in which, minding the realistic and the imaginative preserved in fiction, the novel is being depicted as woven or weavable fabric, which precisely because of its in-betweenness leads to meaning and sympathy....
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Theme of Return in the Novels of Milan Kundera
Šimr, Filip ; Kubíček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Soukupová, Klára (referee)
This work analyzes the motifs constructing the theme of return in three novels by Milan Kundera. The main and pivotal part of the work consists of the chapters Joke, Unbearable Lightness of Being and Ignorance. The aim is to use individual motifs to construct the theme of return in a comparison of individual novels. Construction of the theme, the role of narrative components in its construction, interpretation within individual fictional worlds and as a key theme connecting Kunder's fictional worlds. Information is drawn from primary and professional literature. Key words Milan Kundera, novel, thematic, analysis, narrative
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Andersonville, the Auschwitz of the Civil War in the United States, in Word and Film
LHOTÁK, Jakub
This bachelor thesis focuses on Andersonville. This location served as a concentration camp of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. The main focus of the thesis is the description of how Andersonville was described in the historical novel of MacKinlay Kantor, and other books written about this subject. This description from the books is then compared to the movie made by John Frankenheimer, it is then noted what are the similarities or differences of both adaptations and how faithful they are to the historical facts.
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