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Meander Publishing House and Media Reflection of Edition Blue Elephant
Pecháček, Jan ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Halada, Jan (referee)
This Master Thesis is about Meander publishing house and media reflection of three choosen titles from edition Blue Elephant. Theoretical part of this thesis introduces the development of publishing houses after the fall of communism in 1989, the development of the literature for children and youth, phenomenon of bilderbuch and the change of reading habits and reader's environment. The analytical part introduces the Meander publishing house and its edition Blue Elephant. Key artist for this edition is Petr Nikl, who is Meander's court artist as well. The analysis of media was performed on titles Záhádky by Petr Nikl, Jělěňovití by Petr Nikl and The Little's Man Great Journey by Lenka Uhlířová and Jiří Stach. The analysed media are literary and cultural magazines, newspapers and digital media.
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Profile of Paseka publishing house and its media image (1990-2018)
Šimková, Karolína ; Halada, Jan (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
The diploma thesis entitled Profile of the Paseka publishing house and its media image (1990-2018) aims to capture the image of the Paseka publishing house, which was founded by Ladislav Horáček more than thirty years ago and which has its firm place on the Czech book market. The first part of the thesis aims to acquaint the reader with the basic concepts and introduce him to the circumstances of the Paseka publishing house. Furthermore, this section describes the initial years of the publishing house, as well as projects and personalities that are inextricably linked with Paseka. The second part focuses mainly on the editorial policy of Paseky, which developed together with those who had just worked as the director of the publishing house. The third part of the work is focused on the current Paseka. Part of this chapter is acquaintance with the current editorial policy, important authors, publications and collaborators, but also with how the publishing house communicates with its readers. Finally, the final, practical part presents a quantitative analysis of selected media, which reported on Paseka in the period after the death of its founder Ladislav Horáček, ie between August 2015 and the end of 2019.
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Media response of the company Knižní klub (1992-2018)
Ročková, Anna ; Halada, Jan (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
The diploma theses named The media response of the company Knižní klub (1992-2018) examines how had the Czech media refered about the publishing house Knižní klub. In the first part of this theses can be found the description of the development of the book market and also of the publishing market throughout the years, starting with the progress of the book printing followed by the description of the historical phases that had impact on the book market. The second part of the diploma theses is dealing with the company Knižní klub and everything related to that. The following chapter describes all the companies that had ever owned the company Knižní klub during the time it has been active on the Czech market. The analysis itself is divided into two big chapters accoring to the time periods. The first chapter analyses chosen printed media that had been active during the years from 1992 to 2013. The second chapter is examining the medialization of the company Knižní klub within the years 2014 to 2019 and for the analysis of the medialization had been used not only printed media but also online media as their influence grew with time. A quantitative analysis has been used to get the results of the analysis in this second chapter.
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Literary reportage of Miroslav Holub and Jiří Mucha inspired by the travelling in the USA in 60's of 20th century
Kubová, Linda ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Cebe, Jan (referee)
This thesis focuses on the literary reportages of Miroslav Holub and Jiří Mucha, who were inspired in their literary works by their travels in the United States during the sixties of the 20th century. The two main analysed texts are Černý a bílý New York by Jiří Mucha and Anděl na kolečkách by Miroslav Holub. The first chapter puts into context the historical and cultural characteristics of the first half of the sixties, when both reportages were published. The next chapter explains the origin and development of the literary genre of literary reportages. The next one is a biographical chapter about the authors with short examinations of their literary style. The last chapter analyses the reportages and compares the cultural and social atmosphere of the US with the situation in Czechoslovakia, which are talked about in the texts. It also compares the stylistical characteristics of the two authors. This thesis comes to the conclusion that Mucha focuses on communities, arts and the cultural scene, while Holub's focus has a wider scope incorporating also modern civilization, science and technology and also warns against the future. The author' literary styles are influenced by their life experiences and careers.
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Fantasy Genre in Czech Publishing Houses
Behenský, Petr ; Halada, Jan (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
The thesis refers to Czech publishing houses publishing fantasy, and to the condition of the fantasy genre in the environment of the Czech book market. This situation is examined through the analysis of the production of three publishing houses - Laser, Polaris, and Straky na vrbě. The aim is to discover how the market with fantasy literature developed during the last decade and to compare the success of the individual publishers and their strategies. The theoretical part deals with the role of the Publisher on the book market, mostly through his function as an entrepreneur and simultaneously as a bearer of culture. Next, it examines the current Czech book market. In the next part, the fantasy genre is defined, as well as its origins, development and the history of publishing fantasy in the Czech Republic. After that, the three analysed publishing houses are examined, with the focus on their publishing strategies. The practical part then compares the books published between the years 2009-2019 and their media response in the magazine Pevnost, online fanzine FantasyPlanet, online book database Databáze knih and the regular sales rankings of the Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers (Svaz českých knihkupců a nakladatelů). First, each medium and the form of its response (review, user rating,...
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Reception of Magnesia Litera in media between 2016 and 2019 and of various winning books
Karešová, Pavla ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
This bachelor theses addresses analysis of literary critical response of four titles which were awarded in one of the categories of the competition Magnesia Litera between 2016 and 2019. The thesis aims to present the profile of the competition Magnesia Litera and subsequently to define the term literary criticism, to describe its development and principles. Furthermore, it addresses four specific winning titles which include two awarded for Prose: Do tmy (2015) by Anna Bolavá and Teorie podivnosti (2018) by Pavla Horáková, one awarded for Journalism: Brnox. Průvodce brněnským Bronxem. Akce Kateřiny Šedé (2016) by Kateřina Šedá and one for Children's and Youth Literature: Transport za věčnost (2017) by František Tichý. Each book is then subject of my own interpretation. The thesis then analyses critical reflection of each book within Czech media environment before and after being awarded in Magnesia Litera competition, regards the quantity of response and compares its content; in both cases it also points out whether the literary critical evaluation had been influenced by the award itself.
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Critical reflection of the winners of Jiří Orten Price in the Czech media in 2013 and 2014
Motyčková, Kateřina ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
This bachelor thesis is dedicated to Jiří Orten Prize and the awarded poetry collections Výjevy by Ondřej Hanuse and Co s tím by Alžběta Stančáková. The subject of interest is their critical resonance in the Czech media in 2013 a 2014. The theoretical part presents the profile of Jiří Orten Prize, defines the concepts of literary criticism and review and interprets the selected poetry collections in the context of contemporary Czech poetry. The second part maps and then analyzes critical response of the collections in the Czech media in 2013 and 2014. The reviews and critics are from cultural journals, servers and radio station shows. The bachelor thesis also includes the interview with Ondřej Hanus focused on Jiří Orten Prize, contemporary Czech poetry and literary critisicm.
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Constitution of the literary magazine Host in the 90s of the 20th century
Kebzová, Barbora ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the constitution, form and development of the literary magazine Host in the nineties of the twentieth century. To be specific, all issues of the magazine published between the years 1989 and 1997 are examined. Particular emphasis is placed on the literary- critical texts published in the Margiana section during the examined period. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on the history of the journal and also describes the transformation of the Czech media after the events of November 1989. The production of the Czech literary magazines in the nineties of the twentieth century is also presented in this part of the thesis. Attention is also paid to the highly variable periodicity of the magazine during the years 1989 and 1997. The editors and editors-in-chief of the magazine are also mentioned. The thesis also deals with the establishment of the journal sections in the early 1990s and focuses on the group of writers who contributed to the magazine. The diploma thesis also includes a description of the graphic form of individual issues of the magazine. The main part of the thesis consists of the analysis of the Margiana section, in which the literary-critical and journalistic texts were published. The quantitative content analysis of the section reveals its genre and...
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Pasparta - publishing company with aim to inform about autism spectrum disorders
Ullsperger, Adam ; Halada, Jan (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
This bachelor thesis has aim to introduce Nakladatelství Pasparta publishing house, which orients its creative power on improving the public's knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorders. The first chapter defines the term publishing house and describes a brief history of publishing business in Czech lands. The second chapter contains detailed information on its founding, its characteristics and contains a chronological overview of its creation, divided into four categories: Fiction, For Children, Specialised literature about autism and Psychology. This review ends in June 2019, but also includes unpublished literature and a brief introduction to future plans of Pasparta. This part is also about Pasparta's social enterprise for employing autistic persons. The third chapter describes how the whole cooperation works in practice and legal terms. It also contains a description of the publishing author's team and comes up with motivational issue of this whole project. The last part is about awards that Pasparta have won throughout its existence.
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