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Romantic idealism in George Sand's ''country'' novels
SOCHORKOVÁ, Kristýna
This bachelor thesis is concerned with the work of George Sand, an important French writer of the 19th century. The aim of the thesis is to fathom the writer's rural novels and to determinate the role of idealized elements in these novels. The thesis contains a theoretical and an analytical section. The theoretical section briefly introduces the historical and literary context of the Romantic movement in France and, subsequently, mentions George Sand's biography and literary output. The analytical section consists of analysis of Sand's rural novels (The Devil's Pool, The Country Waif, Little Fadette and Les Maîtres Sonneurs) with emphasis on identifying idealized elements. The analysis focuses on characteristics of main characters and the rural setting where George Sand strove to portray an image of an ideal human being. A summary of all four analyses follows and pursues interconnected themes in her rural novels.
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The female characters in the work of George Sand
Jarošová, Antonie ; Listíková, Renáta (advisor) ; Fučíková, Milena (referee)
This thesis is concerned with an important persone of the first half of the 19th century, French writer George Sand. The main purpose of the thesis is to reveal whether the writer is one of the key authors of French romanticism in Czech schools and whether the Czech schoolchild has an opportunity to acquaint themselves with her rural novels. The thesis contains a theoretical and a practical part. The practical part briefly mentions her biography, gives an overview of the main periods of her work and is subsequently closely concerned with George Sand's rural novels. Since Sand creates an image of an ideal human being in her rural novels, in our analysis of these novels we focused on the characteristics of the main characters and on the realistic and idealistic elements present in the novels. In the end of the theoretical part we dealt with Sand's influence on Czech writers of the 19th century, especially on Božena Němcová and Karolína Světlá. The practical part is based on a research, which was conducted in selected Czech schools (in Pilsen area and Prague). The aim of this research was, as has been mentioned before, to chart the standing of George Sand in the curriculum of world literature. We found out that Sand no longer ranks among the canonical authors, to whom is the teaching of world...
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View of rurality in Czech and Polish prose in 1960s (interpretation of selected literary works)
Bramborová, Marcela ; Poslední, Petr (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
The subject matter of this thesis is the presentation of a typology of rural imagery based on a thematic and interpretative analysis of Polish and Czech literary texts from the 1960s with respect to the ongoing changes made to the original romantic-realist concept of the rural novel. The analysis of specific literary works (Sekyra by Ludvík Vaculík, Smuteční slavnost by Eva Kantůrková, and Čas kopřiv by Josef Knap from Czech literature, and, from Polish literature, Opadaný sad by Wiesław Myśliwski, the novels Na slunci by Julian Kawalec and … až budeš králem, až budeš katem… by Tadeusz Nowak) permits us to create a basic register of elements of rural narrativity which, however, Czech and Polish literatures have different perspectives on. Through this dichotomy we present typical narratives contained in the Czech and Polish rural novel of the given period. The subsequent interpretative analysis of the texts takes inspiration from contemporary narratology with special attention to the narrator and time categories, and by extension to the interplay of these categories with individual themes, symbols and topoi.
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Tradition and Country in the Czech interwar literature
Holeček, Lukáš ; Wiendl, Jan (advisor) ; Brabec, Jiří (referee) ; Vojvodík, Josef (referee)
The submitted thesis focuses on traditionalist conceptions in the Czech interwar literature. In the First Chapter were considered some literary theories, mainly distinctions between continuity and discontinuity in literary history (modernism and anti-modernism). Author consider tradition in the dialogue with the hermeneutic theories (mainly Hans-Georg Gadamer, Paul Ricoeur and New Historicism) regarding tradition as a problem of historical meaning opposite sociological conception of tradition. Tradition suggests interdependence of anti-modern and modern art. The Second Chapter focuses on the polemic about tradition around 1928. Polemics about tradition related with discussions about philosophical sense of the Czech history, revision state and national traditions and also with the traditional character of literature. Further chapter consider tradition in the context of rural literature (ruralismus) and rural novel published in rural library Hlasy země (conception and varieties of time in novels - progress, ancestral continuity, eternity). In this contemporary negotiations over rural themes had an important role regional literature (regionalismus) as a specific variant of the rural novels. On the basis of theoretical disputes and reviews of reception of the French regionalism (Giono, Ramuz, Pourrat)...
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Inovation of rural prose in the work of Edward Redliński
Komínová, Marcela ; Poslední, Petr (advisor) ; Pátková, Jana (referee)
This thesis is focused on the analysis of means and methods, by which Edward Redliński (representative of so called rural stream in polish literature in 1960' and 70') innovates and varies traditional concept of the rural novel genre. These means and methods are characterised through the interpretation of works Listy z Rabarbaru, Konopielka and Awans, the stories and novels containing rural themes. Main attention is paid to Redliński's original approach to classical rural novel and successive introduction of his specific variety, which is formed by the author. Also there is presented the way by which Edward Redliński varies traditional motives, or symbols used in rural literature. In the end of this thesis is author's innovative approach compared to the specifics of statements of other authors of so called rural stream.
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Nature and Man in the novel "Devil´s Pool" by George Sand.
TROJANOVÁ, Lucie
The aim of this thesis was to investigate the relation between a villager and nature in the novel The Devil´s Pool by George Sand as well as to explain their mutual attitudes. It determined the role of the nature in The Devil´s pool in the life of the villager. After that , thanks to some specific situations experienced by leading characters, we were shown to what extent nature influences a man and how the man itself respond to this influence. In the first part of my thesis I extensively described George Sand´s biography to emphasize her intellectual interest in various spheres of an artistic and scientific life. In the next chapter I discussed Sand´s relationship to the nature in Nohant to explain author´s creative background and inspiration. The core of the thesis consists of literary analysis of the novel in terms of composition, theme and language. By means of the analysis I tried to determine the above mentioned aim.
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