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The aim of the dissertation is to analyse works of a Moscow conceptualist Dmitrij Prigov. Prigov approached his medially diversified legacy (that was characterized by media diversity and quantitative hypertrophy) as a life-long project Dmitrij Aleksandrovič Prigov. (project DAP). One of the goals of the project was to remain unidentified, which means to suspend the straight-forward relation between an individual media product and the intention of the authorial subject. However, the connection between the media products and the authorial subject preserved. It is the modality of the connection that changed. The dissertation focuses on the analysis of the modality of the connection. The research begins with an analysis of the media products and proceeds toward the issue of authorial subjetʼs identity construction. Nevertheless, it is the media products that the identity of the authorial subject is constructed by. Authorial subject, however, plays the role of the (co-)agent in the production process of the media products together with other non-human agents like iterable patterns, instruments, techniques and semiotic systems. Methodologically, the dissertation emerges from the intersection of media theories, social theories and the theoretical reflection of the phenomena gathered under the umbrella...

(anglicky) The goal of my diploma thesis is to analyze Yury Buida`s prose mainly focusing on his cycle Prussian Bride, in which I will be looking for the elements typical for magical realism literature. Another question I will be exploring in this work is going to be a reflection of a historical memory of Kaliningrad Oblast inhabitants. I will be working with the works about magical realism including the one about the magical realism in Yury Buida`s work specifically, as well as with a selection of materials about historical and traumatic collective memory. The contribution of this work will be in a form of Yury Buida`s work analysis (which has not been properly studied until now) and its` representation in a context of a modern European literature studies. Key words: cycle, magical realism, memory, trauma, Yury Buida, Russian Literature of the 20th century

This thesis focuses on the elaboration and subsequent comparison of the Russian and Czech reception of the prose The Blind Musician by Russian writer Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko. The first chapters contain a brief treatise on the life and work of the author and a brief outline of the content of The Blind Musician. However, the main focus is the elaboration and description of the reception of the selected work, both in the periodic and later criticisms. Firstly, a Russian reception is being elaborated, in which we can see the views and criticisms concerning the main psychological motive of the etudes, the social aspects of the work, and the sounds and the music. This is followed by the processing of the Czech reception, which was heavily influenced by various translation methods and is mainly focused on the artwork of the work itself. In the conclusion is reception of both countries summarized and compared. Keywords: Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko, Russian literature, literary criticism, reception studies, The Blind Musician

This bachelor thesis aims to compare poems 'The Twelve' by Alexander Blok and 'Christ has risen' by Andrei Bely. These poems share certain similarities: they were both written by the leading Russian symbolist poets, both in 1918, and thus represented a reaction on the current revolutionary events in the country; moreover, they are similar in genre and theme. The thesis further explores those common properties, as well as defines the individual features for each of these poems, based on historical and biographical facts, on the analysis of poetic peculiarities and genre characteristics of these two writings, and on the semantics of their key symbols and imageries. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

This bachelor thesis deals with literary analysis of characters in works of Belarusian writer Vasil Bykaŭ. Despite numerous translations, his works are not yet thoroughly researched in czech context. Primary this thesis is focused on contribution of the current narrative analysis which has been neglected. First chapter outlines Bykaŭ's works with emphasis on his approach to shaping the characters in the broader context of the main tendencies of Soviet war literature of the second half of the 20th century. The following chapter explains the most common procedures of the construction of Bykaŭ's characters and describes an analysis of other narrative categories which are essential for complete character modeling. The third chapter focuses on a brief typology of the characters appearing across Bykaŭ's works; in the centre of attention, there are the ways in which the author transforms and enriches the canonical index of socialist realism (war literature) characters.

(anglicky) This bachelor thesis focuses on analysis of chosen works of Sergey Dovlatov based on a cycle theory. Key cycle theories, which are going to be used in our analysis, are explained in the work as well. Represented analysis of Sergey Dovlatov's cycle "The Suitcase" demonstrates how typical aspects of lyric cyclisation are working for prose. We may state that lyric cycle creating elements often work for prose as well, especially theme, plot and lexikon. Key words: cycle, Sergey Dovlatov, Russian Literature of the 20th century

This diploma work is devoted to the personality of contemporary Ukrainian writer Mariya Matios. Particular attention is focused on the analysis of her trilogy including Солодка Даруся, Нація and Майже ніколи не навпаки. The aim of this thesis is to explore ideological and thematic conception of novels and mechanisms used for their mediation. The introductory chapter presents a detailed analysis of the current literary process, issues of gender discourse in Ukrainian literature and characteristics of other discourses which the writer's works belong to. Based on this analysis the personality of Mariya Matios is included in the context of the current literature. The main part analyses specific topics of the trilogy and defines the specifics of author's attitude. The biggest attention is paid to the author's peculiarity in processing of historical issues, depiction of female characters and analysis of particular concepts (village people and sin) dominating in the trilogy. At the end her exceptionality and contribution to contemporary literature is evaluated.

The thesis deals with dramatic work of a contemporary Russian author Nina Sadur (writing since the mid-eighties). Its object is to present main features of her poetics primarily by interpretation of two selected plays - Morokob and Milenkii, ryzhenkii. The first play could be conceived as a metaphysic drama. Its analysis pays attention to two mutually connected levels - those of and of . The second play is based on an older Sadur's subject transposed from the former novel to a radio play. The thesis is concerned with the shifts of meaning caused by this transposition as well as with a critical discussion issued in 2003 and titled Who Is the Cute Little Redhead? exploring various layers of meaning of the novel/radio play. The next part summarizes the available secondary literature, specifies the focus of scholar interest, contains the essential bibliographic data of the author as well as the chronology of her dramas and it lastly mentions the issue of her subsumption under one of the literary movements appearing in Russia since the end of the seventies.

This bachelor work is devoted to the personality of contemporary Ukrainian writer Yuriy Vynnychuk. Particular attention is focused on that part of his work and his non-literary activities which are characterised by using provocation, mystification and breaking stereotypes. The aim of this thesis is, on the basis of these three key areas, to map all of his works which feature provocative elements, to attempt to create their typology and make a deeper analysis of selected works. The introductory chapter presents a detailed analysis of the current literary process, particularly of the elements that are focused on the destruction of the traditional canon. Based on this analysis Vynnychuk's works are included in the context of the current literature. The main part analyses specific works and Vynnychuk's approach is compared with other authors dealing with similar issues. At the end his exceptionality and contribution to contemporary literature is evaluated.

The work dedicates to the conception of movement of magical realism in Russian literature in the second half of the past century. By way of introduction it defines magical realism from the chronological point of view, the model shape of its expression in Latin American literature in the middle of the past century. Afterwards it compares mentioned part with the schema of period literary scene in USSR and its supposed manifestations of magical fiction. In its analytical part the work by way of crucial storyline's motives of Chingiz Aitmatov's novel The day lasts more than a hundred years characterizes the connection between Kyrgyz author's artistic methods and Latin American literature of magical realism. Especially it concentrates on the polemic question whether it is possible from the formal point of view consider Aimatov's cited novel as a peculiar demonstration of Kyrgyz variant of magical fiction, parallel to paradigm of Latin American magical realism.

The desintegration of the USSR, the resulting release of censorship, and the related publication of earlier prohibited texts, as well as the new charakter of the book market entirely tranformed the shape of the literary field of the nineties. This thesis concerns itself with a specific segment of the professional literary production of this period. With its topic, this work aspires to contribute to the serious research of the little explored postcommunist period in the Russian literature. In order to assess and interpret the evolution of opininions in this period of time, the chosen method is the one of commented overview of literary criticism and of literary-theoretical texts published mainly between 1986 and 2000 in Russian publications (mostly in so-called "thick magazines"). The thesis focuses on studies interested in the work of the middle and younger generation of the Russian prose writers, and more precisely on studies concerning the structural aspects of the literary situation in the nineties. On the background of the specific cultural and social situation, the method of the ample commentary is an appropriate way regarding how to interpret the literary theorists' basis of thoughts and opinions, and at the same time how to affect these experts' relationship to the new tendencies in the...

Content of bachelor thesis is the interpretation of drama Ladybirds are Coming Back to Earth (Божьи коровки возвращаются на землю) written by Russian playwright and new drama representative Vassily Sigarev. Drama interpretation was done by analysis of motif elements - space, which is both realistic and universal, childhood, that has a negative effect on characters' life, and violence, that is a dominant mean of communication.

This diploma paper deals with Memories, the personal writings of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, and their influence on the last four plays of A. P. Chekhov, which are The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. It is insisting on the fact that Chekhov possessed and read an exemplar of Marcus Aurelius' Memories and enriched it with his personal comments and notes. The diploma paper is investigating philosophical schools of stoicism and platonism, the personality of Marcus Aurelius and his writings Memories, A. P. Chekhov both as an artist and a thinker, and it is investigating possibilities of revealing Marcus Aurelius' thoughts in the last four plays of Chekhov. It focuses on topics of cosmopolitism and atomization, work and inactiveness, good and evil, the ideas of future and meaning of life.

The thesis consists of an analysis of two selected humoristic stories by A. T. Averchenko and a critical discussion of their translations. The aim of the thesis is to compare two relatively new translations of the stories by Alena Moravkova (translation from 1998) and Libor Dvorak (translation from 2005). The attention is mainly given to the means of expressivity in the stories, analysed first in the original and then in the selected translations. The second chapter is devoted to the life and work of A. T. Avercenko. The third chapter is theoretical and focuses on the means of expressivity in colloquial Russian. The following chapters of the thesis draw on theoretical conclusions made in the theoretical chapter. The fourth chapter analyses the original text of the story A Stone on the Neck with a special focus upon the lexical, syntactical and morphological levels of expressivity used in the story. An attention is also given to the sources of humour in the story. The fifth and sixth chapter deal with the translations by A. Moravkova and L. Dvorak respectively. They present a critical discussion of the translations. The discussion is divided into sections dealing with the source of humour in the story and with the lexical, syntactical and morphological aspects of the story. Similar in its structure to the...

Tématem mé bakalářské práce je ,,Pavlík Morozov a jeho role v komunistické výchově sovětské mládeže". Jejím cílem je analýza mýtu postavy Pavlíka Morozova, která v sovětském období sloužila jako vzor pro výchovu "nového sovětského člověka", v konfrontaci se skutečností. V druhé kapitole, nazvané Pavlík jako vzor sovětských dětí, se budu věnovat významu a vnímání Pavlíka Morozova, který udal svého vlastního otce. Tímto činem dokázal, že si cení více zájmů státu\ než své vlastní rodiny. Díky svému hrdinskému činu se stal vzorem několika generací sovětských dětí. Třetí kapitola objasňuje důvody a popisuje způsoby tvorby mýtu o Pavlíkovi. Sovětská vláda ponechala pouze kostru jeho skutečného životního příběhu, zbytek si dotvořila podle svých potřeb. Je zde uvedeno několik příkladů prostředků, jimiž se snažila socialistická propaganda dostat do podvědomí dětí ( vzor chování, který měly následovat. Ve čtvrté kapitole jsou uvedeny tři odlišné verze Pavlíkova příběhu. Verze spisovatele Jurije Družnikova podrobně rozebírá jednotlivá fakta uváděná v oficiální verzi a na základě důkazů dokládá jejich smyšlenost či popírá jejich pravdivost. Pátá kapitola se zabývá fenoménem udavačství, kterého se stal Pavlík Morozov symbolem. Udávání se stalo každodenním jevem, při kterém docházelo až k absurdním situacím. ~...

Moscow to the end of the Line by Venedikt Jerofejev is frequently mentioned among those literary works that are enumerated while pointing at issue of Russian postmodern literature formation. This novel has become the main topic of a whole number of literary papers that are being analyzed in the first, introductory, chapter of this thesis. Special attention is paid to those works that are dealing with the motifs of the Holy Fool and wandering in the novel. Part one also analyzes various peculiarities of Venedikt Jerofejev's biography and diary, which influenced the novel-writing. Although the novel, which is being analyzed by us, still carries some features of a traditional realistic discourse, it can be discussed from a postmodern point of view due to such features as its hypertextuality, «the death of the author», the usage of «the author's mask», a real language replacement by the «overlanguage» of simulating order, changes that take place in subject-object relationship etc, which are typical for the period when the novel appeared. Those aspects that are characteristic for primary understanding of postmodernism and for its «Eastern» modification are being discussed in the second part. In addition to this, this part analyzes the above mentioned postmodern features of Moscow to the End of the Line. It is...

My intention to devote oneself to write about prosaic writing by Ljudmila Ulickaja arose, when I wrote her fiction Meoea u ee oemu. Although following books are much worse, I am convinced, that Ljudmila Ulickaj a has got a original voice in the russian literature these days, and it costs to speak about her. In my Bachelor-essay I first show analytic survey of history Soviet Union fro111 the year 1953. And I speak there about the main movements in the russian literature these years. Than I show selecting critical views from russian joumals and papers, which analyse various aspects prosaic writing by Ljudmila Ulickaja. I divided these views into three groups based on motives, which they choose - universal Vlew, sociological-psychological approach and religious component. Than I attempted to aplicate these views on my own critical analyse. I took three of short stories by Ljudmila Ulickaja and showed my remarks. 54