Tematicko-motivická analýza a interpretace Hry doopravdy Richarda Weinera

Bc. Radek CIMPRICH

Master's thesis

Literary Analysis and Interpretation of The Work Hra doopravdy by Richard Weiner

Abstract:

Magisterská diplomová práce se zabývá tematicko-motivickou analýzou a interpretací Hry doopravdy Richarda Weinera. Na základě seznámení s autorovým životem a klíčovými událostmi, které jeho tvorbu nejvýrazněji ovlivnily, se postupně soustředíme na dobovou recepci, kontext literárního prostředí a východiska, na nichž byla Weinerova poslední publikovaná kniha vystavěna. V samotné analýze a interpretaci se za účelem definování základních specifik Weinerovy komplikované poetiky soustředíme na detailní charakterizování fikčního světa, pro Weinera typická témata dvojnictví, mnohoznačnosti, oscilace mezi realitou a snem aj., specifika a funkce postav, pozici vypravěče, formální výstavbu textu, využití prvků různých uměleckých směrů (expresionismus, surrealismus, existencialismus, kubismus), či mísení literárních žánrů a postupů. Práce si klade za cíl v rámci analýzy a interpretace poukázat na dominantní znaky autorovy poetiky a zdůvodnit, jaký význam Hra doopravdy představuje pro Weinerovo dílo jako celek.

Abstract:

This master's thesis deals with the thematic-motivic analysis and interpretation of Richard Weiner's Hra doopravdy. On the basis of familiarization with the author's life and the key events, which influenced his work the most (primarily first-hand experience of the first world war and the influence of the parasurrealistic group Le Grand Jeu), we gradually focus on the genesis and the period reception of the work, the context of the literary setting and the starting point upon which Weiner's last published book was based. The analysis and interpretation are conducted gradually on both proses of the book (Hra na čtvrcení, Hra na čest za oplátku) and on the basis of the final comparison of both, the primary theses of the overall work are set. During the analysis and interpretation in order to define the fundamental specifics of Weiner's complicated poetics we focus on detailed characterization of the fictional world, typical themes for Weiner such as duality, ambiguity, oscillation between reality and dream, love, irrationality etc., specification and function of characters, position of the narrator, formal structure of the text, the usage of elements of various art movements (expressionism, surrealism, existentialism, cubism) and the merging of literary genres and procedures. As the most important themes we deem time, space in the form of a loop, the subject's existence and the polarity of the fiction world. In Hra doopravdy time is expressed as a never-ending flow in which causality does not exist and all actions are in progress simultaneously in an infinite number of realizations. The space is constructed as a circle which interprets the omnipotence of the fictional world and the inability of determining the end or the beginning. For the suitable function of the fictional world is necessary the existence of the subject through whom searching for one's identity is themed, the feeling of alienation from the irrational world and search for the purpose of life - the absolute. The fictional world is then for the entirety of the work split between the real world and the dream world that collide through the prose which creates a space for paradoxical and irrational situations. Within the analysis and interpretation, the thesis aims to point out the dominant elements of the author's poetics, define Weiner's autonomous method of creating literary text and to substantiate what meaning Hra doopravdy holds for Weiner's overall work.

Keywords

Richard Weiner, Hra doopravdy, expresionismus, existencialismus, surrealismus, kubismus, Le Grand Jeu, experiment, absolutno

Language used: Czech

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 14. 6. 2021

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Lubomír Machala, CSc.

Palacký University Olomouc

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
Czech Philology / Czech Philology