The subject of this diploma thesis is Cellini's literary work The Autobiography. Firstly, his profile is introduced within the cultural and historical context as well as the events that mostly influenced his artistic career. Secondly, other prominent biographers of his era are introduced and the most important issues of The Life as well as Cellini himself, as a unique exponent of Italian Cinquecento, are analyzed. In the next chapter The Life is confronted with The Lives of the Artists written by Giorgio Vasari, especially with the life of Michelangelo Buonarroti who was Cellini's lifelong teacher. The final chapter is dedicated to the Renaissance concept of an artist regarded as a god. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

This study deals with some of the recent theory of autobiography. Methodologically, it is based on literary narratology but, as part of interdisciplinary research, it also draws on insights provided by philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science. It shows that an autobiography does not reflect an author's identity but helps construct it by narrative means. As far as the truthfulness of an autobiography is concerned, the study takes into account the issues of autobiographical memory and its reliability; it also deals with collective memory in the context of genre norms. Drawing on positioning theory, the study offers a conception of autobiography as a formally and narratively complete work that, however, reflects the current situation and position of the author who is writing it. This master's thesis demonstrates its suggestions using autobiographical texts from Czech as well as world literatures. Keywords autobiography, memory, narrative identity, referentiality, positioning theory

Julien Green (1900-1998) was the famous novelist of the 20th century. He was dealing with spiritual and moral dilemmas in his novels, which were among others due to his life experience with several faiths. He was also the author of an extensive diary and autobiographical works. He was keeping diary from young age and covers almost the entire 20th century. His aim was not to describe events, rather to let his thoughts, observations and dilemmas took shape. This work aims to explore that angle of Green's work and reveal its character. It will thematically examine specific centers of interest through this work, focusing on the relationship that exists between the diaries and autobiographical prose, whether by consensus or differences in the content, but also in the form of works. The final goal is to transcribe a specific form of statements about himself, which Julien Green created. Keywords autobiography, introspection, christianity, history, intimacy

This thesis is concerned with the specific genre of biographical literature - autobiographies of czech rock musicians. Since the terminology in the topic of the thesis is unclear, the author is first going to define it. Furthermore it asks the question of who really is a old-timer as well as who is a rocker. The material studied are texts in which the narrator recalls his past life and tries to reconstruct their path of life. The author seeks thematic and formal parallels in the chosen autobiographies. Using these the author intends to define the specifics of the rock autobiography genre in the Czech Republic. Key words: rock, autobiography, old-timer, rock musician, stereotype

Ve své práci ukazuji na svědeckých záznamech přístupných v Malach jakými způsoby je utvářeno svědectví. To ve své práci vnímám jako specifický žánr, který je ovlivňován zároveň diskursem a pravidly vyprávění. Ve své práci se pokouším ukázat způsoby, tomu dochází, a tím přispět k lepšímu pochopení svědectví jako takového. Důvodem této snahy je pak mimo jiné i vzrůstající míra využívání svědectví k vzdělávacím účelům, ve kterých se původně doplňkové funkce ve vzta historiografii dostává svědectví stále více prostoru i jako vlastnímu zdroji informací. Skrze výpovědi pamětníků je svědectví schopné přenášet nejen prosté informace, ale díky své autenticitě také emoce a morální apel. Ve své práci na materiálech USC Shoah Foundation Institute ukazuji způsoby, kterými dochází jak k omezování vyprávění diskursem, tak příklady, ve kterých nachází vyprávění v diskursu oporu, či taková, ve kterých se projevuje moc vyprávění nad diskursem. K tomuto závěru docházím na základě analyzování oficiálních dokumentů nadace USC Shoah Foundation Institute. Mezi ně patří podklady pro tazatele a pamětníky, které mají zmiňovaní k dispozici dříve, než je videozáznam pořizován. Dále pak návody pro katalogizování a indexování získaných svědeckých záznamů a příručka pro uživatele archivu. Ve druhé části analýzy se pak soustředím na obsah...

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This thesis aims to examine the representative of classic Enlightenment self-help text, Benjamin Franklin's Way to Wealth, and two representatives of the slave narrative genre, Frederick Douglass's and Olaudah Equiano's works, in terms of their possible affinity. The thesis compares and contrasts the individual texts and seeks to find analogies in structure and content which would indicate the influence of the self-help genre in American literature on the narratives and demonstrate the presence of the self-improvement element in the reading of slave narratives. The thesis consists of two key parts, the theoretical introduction onto the issues and practical part which analyses the texts themselves. KEY WORDS Frederick Douglass, Olaudah Equiano, Benjamin Franklin, slave narratives, self-help books, self-improvement, US history, uplift, autobiography, slavery, Enlightenment, 18th Century, 19th Century

This thesis focuses on the work of two Prague natives: Karolina Světlá and Jan Neruda and their conception of image of the Prague. The thesis target is to find out, which role prague motives play in the work of both writers due to a fact, that both writers were born in Prague. At Jan Neruda we concentrate on his feuilletons, at Karolina Světlá we focus on her autobiographical work except two of them. First part of thesis focuses on the life and fate of both writers and their entering in the literature. Second part is concentrated on the analysis of their representative works.The target of these analysis is to find, which role Prague plays in particular works. In the final part we try to compare the interpretation of Prague motives of both writers. We try to find the diferrences and identical features as well. Karolina Světlá approaches Prague history, with all its forgotten tales. On the other hand Neruda's Prague is current and alive. Also the diference of both conceptions lies in the themes. Světlá has a aims toward romanticism and nobility, Neruda is consistently realistic and he embraces the stress of everydayness. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Nathalie Lamprecht Abstract Class, Sexuality and Nationalism: Identity Building in the Prose Writings of Brendan Behan focuses on Irish author, playwright and rebel Brendan Behan's prose fiction. It uses notions of Irish autobiography, memory and narrativity in order to analyse his collected short stories, his only crime novel The Scarperer and his columns, originally published in the Irish Press, as well as his most extensive work, the autobiographical novel Borstal Boy. Due to the autobiographical nature of most of these texts, throughout this thesis biographies of the author function as co-texts. The aim of this thesis is to find out how Behan uses the themes of class, sexuality and nationalism in order to create identity in his prose. Mostly, the author is critical of his time's accepted version of Irishness, creating characters principally based on himself that do not fit the mould.

This Masters thesis is based on the qualitative content analysis of four autobiographies of film directors Krzysztof Kieslowski, Vojtech Jasny, Roman Polanski and Juraj Herz. The main goal of his thesis is to find out what are the most important aspects of the craft of directing for the selected directors of fiction and documentary films. The second goal is to point to similarities between the craft of journalists and the craft of film directors. The thesis consists of two central parts. In the first part, the craft of the director is analysed from the perspective of personal character traits of the directors. In the second part, the craft is analysed from the perspective of making a film with focus on coming up with ideas, creating scripts and directors the actors. This thesis is written from the perspective of an author who wishes to follow a career in making documentary films. UNIVERZITA KARLOVA FAKULTA SOCIÁLNÍCH VĚD Institut Komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky Katedra Žurnalistiky Filmové řemeslo v autobiografiích filmových režisérů Diplomová práce Autor práce: Lubomír Ballek Studijní program: Žurnalistika Vedoucí práce: prof. MgA. Martin Štoll, Ph.D. Rok obhajoby: 2020