Both a hero and anti-hero in the national interrest (Notes on the typology of literary characters of the Polish Baroque period)

v polske epicke literature 16. a 17. stoleti je velice aktmilni potreba nabidnout do jiste miry tradicionalisticky uvazujici slechte idealni vzor, hodny ll<isledovanL Polska spolecnost na rozdil od zapadoevropske, ktera uz v literarni tvorbe davno tradicni rytifske idealy opustila, diky strategicke poloze v tehdejsi vychodni Evrope, sferam politickeho zajmu a v neposledni rade i zamerne formovanemu m)'tu 0 Polsku jako predsunute baste evropskeho krest'anstva v souvislosti s tureckym ohrozenim, citi potrebu ozivit a novYm obsahem naplnit nekdejsi ideal Kristova rytire. K tomu rna prispet tradicni vypravna literami forma prevzata z antiky. Pfestoze zustalo zachovano vnitfui usporadani tehdejsi polske spolecnosti, z rytire se stal zeman, jeilZ byl v pfipade nejvyssi nouze ochoten vzit na sva bedra tidel vojaka, ale jen na nezbytne nutnou dobu a s nezbytnymi naklady a pak ocekaval, ze se vrati do klidu sveho dvora. Nedafi se tak vytvorit velky narodni epos, ktery by spliioval narocna a spolecensky potrebna kriteria, proto prichazeji ke slovu preklady a parafraze del evropsky proslulych autorU, v nichz se snoubi zvolna se formujici narodni tradice s jazykovou, ideovou a umeleckou originalitou. Vrchol tohoto snazeni predstavovala ve sve dobe parafraze Tassova Osvobozeneho Jeruzalema z pera barokniho polskeho...Polish epic writing of the 16th and 1 i h century shows a marked effort to offer an ideal worth following to the, to a certain extent traditionalistic, aristocracy. Unlike the society in the Western Europe, whose literature had long abandoned the traditional knightly ideals, Poland, owing to its strategic position in the then Eastern Europe, the spheres of political interests and, last but not least, the intentionally formed myth of Poland as the bastion of European Christianity in relation to the Turkish threat, feels a need to revive the ancient ideal of the Knight of Christ and fill it with a new content. The traditionally exquisite literary form taken over from the antiquity is supposed to contribute to this. Although the internal structure of the then Polish society was unchanged, the knights had turned into landowners, who were willing to grasp arms in a situation of utmost need, but only for the necessary period and at the lowest possible costs, expecting soon to return to the quiet of their yards. This makes it difficult to create a great national epic meeting the demanding and socially required criteria; therefore, the period teems with translations and paraphrases of works by illustrious European authors, where the gradually forming national tradition combines with the originality of language,...Institute of Slavonic and East European StudiesÚstav slavistických a východoevropských studiíFilozofická fakultaFaculty of Art

Both a hero and anti-hero in the national interrest (Notes on the typology of literary characters of the Polish Baroque period)

Polish epic writing of the 16th and 1 i h century shows a marked effort to offer an ideal worth following to the, to a certain extent traditionalistic, aristocracy. Unlike the society in the Western Europe, whose literature had long abandoned the traditional knightly ideals, Poland, owing to its strategic position in the then Eastern Europe, the spheres of political interests and, last but not least, the intentionally formed myth of Poland as the bastion of European Christianity in relation to the Turkish threat, feels a need to revive the ancient ideal of the Knight of Christ and fill it with a new content. The traditionally exquisite literary form taken over from the antiquity is supposed to contribute to this. Although the internal structure of the then Polish society was unchanged, the knights had turned into landowners, who were willing to grasp arms in a situation of utmost need, but only for the necessary period and at the lowest possible costs, expecting soon to return to the quiet of their yards. This makes it difficult to create a great national epic meeting the demanding and socially required criteria; therefore, the period teems with translations and paraphrases of works by illustrious European authors, where the gradually forming national tradition combines with the originality of language,..

The Dark Side of Comicality in the Plays of Jára Cimrman

The bachelor thesis will focus on definition and decoding of main elements, that are connected to humor and to concept of comedy as it is. It also strives to capture those elements in creations of the Jára Cimrman Theatre. At the same time it endeavors to befall the elemets, that stand on the opposite pole than the idea of "gentle humor", which is usually highlighted in relation with poetry of said plays (and also with whole work of author Zdeňek Svěrák). The thesis focuses on the means by which is in the comedy of Jára Cimrman Theatre represented female character, character of monster, obscenity, voyeurism and vulgarity. It aims to show that even plays from the pen of Ladislav Smoljak and Zdeněk Svěrák bear in themselves something wicked. Thesis shall as well in a spirit of cultural history ask itself a question about conection between this thematic part with cultural tradition, whose roots are probably in what people admired in 19. century during circus "freak show", during which they were offered a deviant spectacle full of monsters and handicapped people