Proefschrift Universiteit van Amsterdam. / Met lit. opg., reg. - Met samenvatting in het Engels.

Diss. Stockholm : Stockholms universitet, 2007.

Proefschrift--Nijmegen. / At head of title: Joannes Stalpart van der Wiele. Texts of madrigals by Italian authors (with Dutch translations) and madrigals in Dutch by Stalpart: p. [69]-267. "Stellingen": [2] p. inserted. "Aanhangsel 1: Bio-en bibliografische gegevens betreffende de componisten van wie Stalpart voor zijn madrigalia muziek gebruikt heeft" : p. 268-278. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [116]-130).

Rede--Amsterdam. / Summary in English. Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis examines Jan Kochanowski's vernacular verse translation of the Psalms, Psalterz Dawidow (Krakow, 1579), in terms both of its formal composition and its content, and illustrates the poet's debt to western Europe. It will be seen that his innovations in versification owe much to developments in the vernacular literatures of Italy and France, while the content of Psalterz Dawidow shows evidence of Kochanowski's use of neo-Latin works. Following the methodology employed by scholars in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the author of this thesis has reexamined the question of Kochanowski's use of sources. A comparison between Kochanowski's text and vernacular and Latin translations (prose and verse) and commentaries published in or before 1579 broadly confirms the findings of earlier studies while at the same time identifying a new source of Psalterz Dawidow, John Calvin's commentary on the Psalms (In librum Psalmorum, Iohannis Calvini commentarius (Geneva, 1557)). Furthermore, this thesis attempts to challenge the view expressed in previous studies that Kochanowski's use of Protestant sources, and the use of his translation by Protestants, is evidence that the poet himself had Protestant sympathies. Having established that the character of the Reformation and Counter Reformation in Poland was markedly different from that in the rest of Europe, that Calvinism was not suppressed and, indeed, won the support of the majority of the szlachta, the author of this thesis suggests that Kochanowski's choice of Protestant sources was motivated by the merits of the individual works rather than, necessarily, by any firmly held religious convictions. Indeed, an analysis of his oeuvre as a whole reveals that Kochanowski's works owe much to the humanist tradition and rarely provide any clear evidence of whether he was a Catholic or a Protestant.

The purpose of this thesis is to acquaint the reader with the possibilities of usage of puppets in film, both animated and hand-held. It concentrates mainly on productions made in the Czech Republic. This thesis contains the division and description of individual techniques and types of puppets, a brief history of Czech and and international puppetry and a brief insight in to film and the beginnings of animation and the history of Czech puppet film. It contains analysis of specific films, compares animation and theatre techniques from different perspectives and also concentrates on specific qualities of puppets and some means of film communication. The conclusion of this thesis contains an interview with Jan Švankmajer.

This thesis explores the phenomenon of the landscape and its changes in relation to poems by Jan Skacel. Closer analysis focuses on two selected collections of his poems, especially the seven poems, to be followed later their artistic interpretations done in two ways. The work also includes photographic attachment associated with the topic. Supervisor: Věra Vejsová, academic painter Department of art education

This thesis examines various aspects of Jan Vychytils' personality. Above all, he was a cellist, a teacher and the director of the Music School of Prague. Thus we have three main topics to be talked about: Vychytils artistic interpretation, his pedagogical legacy and a separated chapter is devoted to the Music School of Prague and the circumstances of founding musical classes of Jan Neruda grammar school. In addition, this work captures Jana Vychytil as a poet and a composer in an effort to illustrate his diverse personality.

The subject of this thesis is a continuation of the already begun educative prose from the second half of the 17th century. Barner's first translation of Knihy hospodářské (Agricultural Books) Kryštofa Fischera (1706) is used as a source of the analysis. The theoretical part describes features of Czech baroque as well as typical genres of the given epoch. Additionally the thesis gives some information about the author of the book, Kryštof Fischer, and about the translator, Jan Barner. The thesis briefly defines Knihy hospodářské. The practical part is focused on the explanation of lexical elements which can be described as terms. The lexical analysis is divided into three thematic fields: pond fish culture, brewery, wine culture. The meanings of the terms are explained in the context of the mentioned themes. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the level of vocabulary of the language in educative prose and to obtain a list of used terminological units.