This doctoral thesis is concerned with autobiographical forms, their general characteristics as well as with three examples of Czech works of art that prove how difficult it is to make that general characteristics and show various kinds of autobiographical narrative. It aims to show the often heterogeneous character of the so- called autobiographical genres, and present some approaches in their study. In the opening chapter, we define the term autobiography or autobiographical form in regard to literary history and theory, and special attention to Czech research in this field. We concentrate on the genre specifics of autobiographical forms, the opposition of "literary" and "authentic" diary, the term "autobiographical pact" coined by Philippe Lejeune and several patterns of autobiographical memory introduced by James Olney. The key aspect of our study is the nature of autobiographical form derived from the subject's style and illocutionary acts, i. e. stylization as defined by John Searle followed by Jean Starobinski or Paul de Man. Out of the wide spectrum of issues connected with autobiography we focus on the description of the subject's narrative structure, mainly on its language, style, frequent motifs, its memory and relationship to other characters in its text. The complexity of the very...

Notre travail se propose d'analyser les formes et les fonctions que peut revêtir le paysage dans un corpus de textes épiques posthomériques. Les Argonautiques d'Apollonios de Rhodes et leur réécriture tardive anonyme, les Argonautiques Orphiques, les Posthomériques de Quintus de Smyrne, la Prise d'Ilion de Triphiodore et les Dionysiaques de Nonnos de Panopolis nous offrent un champ d’investigation fructueux pour analyser les représentations littéraires du paysage de manière transhistorique. Nos textes opèrent une première transformation du paysage épique archaïque qui est d'abord l'image du monde avec laquelle il se confond (adéquation posée entre bouclier, île et monde) en détachant de cette équation le paysage pour lui conférer une plus grande autonomie. Le monde devient une mosaïque de paysages autonomes qui gagnent en épaisseur du fait qu'ils se chargent d'une dimension identitaire. La polymorphie du paysage donne alors sa texture mouvante au monde des Grecs : c'est la dimension plastique et artiste que le texte de poésie épique emprunte pour mettre en mots ces images du monde qui révèle les formes du paysage épique. Une diversité de schèmes paysagers émergent et ouvre l'intertexte littéraire à l'hétérogénéité des formes artistiques. De cette fusion de processus et de formes naît une singularité bien antique de perception et de traduction du paysage : la merveille. Paysage et merveille s'entremêlent étroitement au point de se substituer l'un à l'autre : c'est là une définition possible du paysage antique à partir de la période hellénistique. Mais le paysage ainsi identifié et construit appartient aussi au monde dont il contribue à imager la forme. Il est clairement localisé d'un point de vue géographique : image vivante d'une partie du monde il lui offre son identité par ses caractéristiques topiques singulières. Il est une forme d'identification régionale et confine au vernaculaire. Le paysage devient un instrument de promotion intellectuelle et culturelle. Entre diversité formelle et singularité locale, le paysage voyage entre fiction et réel : ses modalités de construction empruntent au littéraire et à l'artistique et s'étendent ensuite grandeur nature. Le genre épique, marqué par l'intertextualité innovante, fait du paysage l'image même du processus de transposition et d'adaptation. Manifestation de l'exercice d'une subjectivité antique singulière puis collective, instrument de mesure du travail de l'imaginaire à l’œuvre dans les processus complexes de réception littéraire et culturelle, le paysage antique entre transmission et invention, s'ouvre à l'expérience quotidienne et sociale. Son existence antique est effective. / The undertaking of this work is to analyze the forms and functions that the landscape can take in a corpus of posthomeric epic texts. The Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes and its late anonymous rewriting The Orphic Argonautica, the Posthomerica of Quintus Smyrnaeus, the Ilioupersis of Triphiodorus, and The Dionysiaca of Nonnus Panopolitanus provide us with a fruitful field of investigation for the analysis of the literary representations of the landscape as transhistorical. Firstly, our texts operate one transformation of the archaic epic landscape that is first the image of the world with which it merges (the conformity placed between shield, island, and world) by separating the landscape from this equation and giving it greater autonomy. The world is a mosaic of autonomous landscapes that gain texture as they take on a dimension of identity. The polymorphism of the landscape then gives its moving texture to the world of the ancient Greeks : the plastic and artist dimension is borrowed by the Epic text to put into words the images of the world, which reveal epic landforms. A variety of landscape patterns emerges and opens the literary intertext to the heterogeneity of artistic forms. From this fusion of process and forms, a singularity arises, a singularity particularly antique of the perception and the translation of the landscape : wonder. Landscape and wonder mingle so narrowly as to substitute one for the other : this is a possible definition of the ancient landscape from the Hellenistic period. But the landscape as thus identified and constructed also belongs to the world the image of which it contributes to form. It is clearly localized in a geographical perspective : the landscape becomes a vivid picture of the world and the former offers the latter its identity by its unique topical characteristics. It is a form of regional identification and it is sometimes confined to the vernacular. The landscape becomes an instrument for intellectual and cultural promotion. Between formal diversity and local singularity, the landscape travels between fiction and reality : its construction methods borrow from the literary and artistic and then extend to nature. The epic genre, characterised by innovative intertextuality, makes the landscape the image of the process of transposition and adaptation. As a manifestation of the exercise of a singular and then a collective ancient subjectivity, the landscape is an instrument for measuring the unfolding of the imagination at work in the complex process of literary reception and cultural transmission ; the ancient landscape between transmission and invention, opens itself up to the everyday and social experience. Its ancient existence is effective.

La simulation du procédé de fabrication de renforts fibreux secs est un enjeu majeur pour l’étude de l’élaboration de matériaux composites, dont l’utilisation dans les industries de pointe s’intensifie rapidement. Ainsi, l’influence du métier à tisser sur la qualité des renforts est primordiale dans la caractérisation de leurs propriétés mécaniques. Une campagne d’essais expérimentaux est tout d’abord réalisée, de manière à identifier les phénomènes physiques mis en jeu. Les différents modes de déformation de la mèche sont ainsi étudiés : élongation, compaction, cisaillement et distorsion. Est étudié également le comportement en flexion et en frottement, afin de mieux appréhender l’effet du procédé de tissage sur les mèches. Deux types de lois de comportement élastiques sont envisagés : une loi hypoélastique et une loi hyperélastique. Sont développées les propriétés de chacune d’entre elles, ainsi que les grandeurs caractéristiques nécessaires à leur implémentation dans le logiciel commercial ABAQUS/Standard. Les algorithmes de deux subroutines sont présentés, correspondant à l’une ou l’autre de ces lois. Le choix est fait de modéliser le comportement mécanique de la mèche à l’aide d’une loi hyperélastique isotrope transverse de type St-Venant, par l’intermédiaire de la subroutine ABAQUS/Standard UANISOHYPER_INV. Enfin, une identification des paramètres matériau à l’aide d’une méthode inverse est proposée. Sont comparés les résultats obtenus par simulation avec les résultats expérimentaux. La loi de comportement alors déterminée permet de mettre en place des simulations de procédé de tissage. / Simulating the manufacturing process of woven preforms is a major stack for understanding the development of composite materials, used in high performance industries. The effect of the weaving loom on the preforms is very important to caracterize their mechanicals properties. Experimental tests are realised to identify the physical phenomenon. Different deformation modes are studied : elongation, compaction, shear and distortion. The bending and friction behavior are also important to understand the effect of weaving process. Two constitutive laws are considered : a hypoelastic law and a hyperelastic law. An analyse of their properties is presented, and their implementation in a commercial software, ABAQUS/Standard, is detailed. In this purpose, two subroutines can be used. The modelisation of the mechanical behavior of the tows is finally realised with a transversely isotropic hyperelastic St-Venant model, with the subroutine ABAQUS/Standard UANISOHYPER_INV. To conclude, an identification method is presented and the simulated results are compared to experimental tests. The obtained consitutive behavior is finally used to simulate the weaving process.

This thesis builds on previous work on an Institute of Roads FAST VUT dealing with modifications of road I/43 Brno – Svitavy. A conversion of the existing temporary three leg single lane roundabout to egg turbo roundabout with four legs, is proposed there, in accordance with local plan of Lipůvka. The intersection of road I/43 and II/379 can be characterized by large congestions in the morning peak hours during weekdays and afternoon peak hours on Saturday and Sunday. That is the reason for implementation of capacity assessment of designed turbo roundabout and comparison with current situation. Construction of fourth leg is motivated by the planned expansion of residential area and the development of industrial zone on the south-western outskirts of the village and rerouting of the county road II/379 out of built-up area as well. Road I/43 is an important thoroughfare north of Brno, so it is obvious effort to eliminate the bottlenecks on the route. The thesis also includes a theoretical introduction dealing with the design of turbo roundabouts abroad.

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The lives of women are largely hidden in the Old Testament. New archaeological investigationsinto the households of Iron Age I have brought forward new evidence that sheds light on theauthority status and roles of women in the pre-monarchic tribal community. Conventional theory perceives that women were always oppressed and marginalised under a malevolentsystem of male rule in the Bible. The evidence indicates differently. Investigations in thedomestic sphere, where the household processes were under women’s control and management, imply that women held authority that was equal to male power in the public domain. It has been revealed that women held significant positions in the public sphere as well.This study, therefore, is an investigation into women’s status and the wide-ranging socioeconomicand religious roles they held within a system of male rule that allowed women theirauthority and autonomy in a unique period of Israelite history. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / M. Th. (Biblical Archaeology)

This thesis describes a history of Bedřich Reich's mechanical weaving - which was established on the turn of 19th and 20th century in Česká Skalice, a textile region in East Bohemia, by his father Karel Reich. From the historical sources of East Bohemia's archive are in the work mentioned technical proposals related to the factory construction, financial statistics and documents relating to the production of textile. In a separate section is presented the story of a Jewish family of Bedřich Reich, describing an idyllic life between two wars, however, at the time of the protectorate tragically touched by factory aryanization and transport to Terezín and Auschwitz. The main period occurs after the war, when the daughter of Bedřich Reich, Eva, returned as the only one home to Česká Skalice. In years 1945-1989, the factory became part of the national corporation Lina Jaroměř and later Mileta Hořice. The final part covers the beginning of the 90s, when the factory was returned in restitution to the descendants of Mrs. Reichová - Zelená.

Through research, inquiry, and an evaluation of Recovery By Design, a ‘design therapy’ program that serves people with mental illness, substance use disorders, and developmental disabilities, it is my assertion that the practice of design has therapeutic potential and can aid in the process of recovery. To the novice, the practices of conception, shaping form, and praxis have empowering benefit especially when guided by Conditional and Transformation Design methods together with an emphasis on materiality and vernacular form.