The Becomings of Narrative: Transformation and Transmutation in the Tibetan and Mongolian 'Enchanted Corpse' Cycle

• Thesis title in Czech: Devenir Narativy: Transformace a Transmutace v tibetských a mongolských cyklusech přiběhů Kouzlené mrtvoly
• Thesis title in English: The Becomings of Narrative: Transformation and Transmutation in the Tibetan and Mongolian 'Enchanted Corpse' Cycle
• Key words: Kouzelná mrtvola, Vetála, Gilles Deleuze, nomadologie, nomadský narativ, kultura překladů a transmise, střední Asie, Mongolsko, Tibet
• English key words: Enchanted Corpse, Vetala, Gilles Deleuze, nomadology, nomadic narrative, culture of translation and transmission, Central Asia, Mongolia, Tibet
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2010/2011
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Institute of Asian Studies (21-UAS)
• Supervisor: PhDr. Mgr. Alena Oberfalzerová, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 30.04.2011
• Date of assignment: 08.06.2012
• Administrator's approval: not processed yet
• Date and time of defence: 12.09.2012 00:00
• Date of electronic submission: 10.09.2012
• Date of proceeded defence: 12.09.2012
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: Mgr. Veronika Zikmundová, Ph.D.
• Advisors: PhDr. Jugder Luvsandorj

Guidelines

Cíl této práce spočívá v zkoumání narativy původně indického cyklu příběhu o Kouzelné mrtvole (sanskrt: Vetālapañcavinśati, tibetština: ro sgrung, mongolština: siditu’ kegu’r-un u’liger) v jejím překladání a kulturním přenosu do Tibetu a Mongolska. Především tato práce zabývá ty přiběhy z teoretického hlediska podle francouzského filosofa G. Deleuze, jehož pojem "nomadologie" se jeví jako vhodné pro zkoumání zásadné odlišnosti všech jazykových mutacích. Zejména Deleuzova analýze jazyka, nomadského prostoru, "stávání se" (devenir), těla bez orgánů (corps sans organs), mluvy a mlčení, se může velice plodně aplikovat na interpretaci těch povídek v novém kulturním prostředí mongolského i tibetského.

The goal of this thesis is the investigation of the narratives of the originally Indian cycle of tales of the Enchanted Corpse (Sanskrit: Vetālapañcavinśati, Tibetan: ro sgrung, Mongolian: siditu’ kegu’r-un u’liger) in their translation and cultural transmission to Tibet and Mongolia. Primarily, this work addresses these tales from a theoretical standpoint based on the writings of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, whose idea of "nomadology" appears highly suitable for investigating the striking differences of all of the various linguistic mutations. In particular, Deleuze's analysis of language, nomadic space, "becoming" (devenir), the body without organs (corps sans organs), speech and silence, can be very effectively applied to the interpretation of these tales in the new cultural environments of Mongolia and Tibet.

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