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Media coverage of Jaroslav Seifert' s life and work in The Seventies and The Eighties of 20th Century
Mazanec, Pavel ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
The diploma thesis is devoted to the Czechoslovak writer and laureate of the 1984 Nobel Prize for Literature, Jaroslav Seifert. The introductory chapters first present a brief history and ownership background of selected periodicals, which are subsequently used as sources of journalistic texts. Other parts also describe the historical and political context of the defined period of the 1970s and 1980s in the normalized Czechoslovakia. Subsequently, this thesis approaches the life of Jaroslav Seifert with a special emphasis on his later phase after 1968. It is in these chapters that the texts of previously introduced periodicals such as Rudé právo, Tvorba, Vokno, Západ, The New York Times and Le Monde are used extensively. Through commemorative and academic texts or the analysis of journalistic texts, not only the famous Nobel laureate is presented, but also the various ideological and political pressures that the mentioned period brought with it.
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Colonial thinking of Czech travellers at the juncture of teh 19th and 20th centuries
Rychnovská, Anna ; Soukup, Martin (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
The subject of this diploma thesis is to look at the journalistic work of Czech travelers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries through postcolonial theory, using the example of orientalist Alois Musil. It draws primarily on the psychoanalytic reflections of Frantz Fanon, the essays of Aimé Césaire, and Edward W. Said's conception of orientalism. The subject of the thesis is also to look at Czechoslovakia's "colonialism without colonies", especially through two theories: the non-colonial orientalism of Sara Lemmen and the colonial exceptionalism of Filip Herza. The intention of the thesis is also to mention the history of Czechoslovak colonialism, which forms the context of Musil's work, and to summarize research that focuses on the Czechoslovak image of colonies and the colonized. These serve, among other things, as a point of comparison with the results of the analysis of this thesis. The main aim of the thesis is to find out whether Alois Musil's journalistic work contains stereotypes of colonial thinking, or what specific stereotypes are involved. Critical discourse analysis is used to analyze Alois Musil's newspaper articles, with the aim of critically focusing on the power relations in society that both shape and are shaped by discourse. The aim is to highlight the limiting meanings of...
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Media reception of the works of Haruki Murakami in Czech and Anglo-American periodicals
Zlámal, Ondřej ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
This diploma thesis entitled Media reception of the works of Haruki Murakami in Czech and Anglo-American periodicals analyzes the critical reflection of three selected novels by the Japanese writer. The Japanese originals of the novels Norwegian Wood (1987), Kafka on the Shore (2002) and Killing Commendatore (2017) were published fifteen years apart and thus cover a significant part of Murakami's literary career. The time gap therefore made it possible to assess the evolution of critical reception. The theoretical chapters focus on literary criticism, as well as narratology based on the work of theorist Seymour Chatman. The practical part includes the analysis of the narative and interpretation of selected works, followed by the analysis of critical articles published in Czech, British and American periodicals. The thesis aims to answer the research questions focusing on the content of the criticism as well as its potential development between older and newer works. The aim of the thesis is to create a comprehensive view of the critical reflection of Murakami's work in Czech and Anglo-American discourse and possible differences between them, based on the reception of selected novels. The diploma thesis is complemented by an interview with the Czech translator of Murakami's works Tomáš Jurkovič, who...
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The Transformation of the Literary Review in the Age of Social Networks
Kryštofová, Vendula ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
Literary reviews have changed considerably in the current fluid era and are still changing. This is due to new media, and especially social networks, where anyone can become a reviewer and professionalism and knowledge of literary scholarship is no longer needed as it used to be. Therefore, this thesis discusses the transformation of literary reviewing in the age of social media by examining the form, congruence and differences of professional reviews in cultural and social periodicals and instagram posts containing book reviews. The aim of this thesis was to find out what similarities or differences there are between reviews written by literary critics and book reviews posted on Instagram by ordinary users. The evaluation was carried out by analysing several professional reviews and several book posts on Instagram on three selected titles, namely Ostrov by Bianca Bell, Mezipřistání by Matej Hořava and Probudím se na Šibuji by Anna Cima, and then comparing these findings. The research section shows how literary critics and Instagram users express themselves in their reviews, what they consider important to convey, what form of review they write, and whether there is a difference in their final rating. Finally, the final findings of the practical section are formulated, including a description of...
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Portrayal of journalists in selected fantastic novels
Kobzová, Nikola ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
The subject of this bachelor thesis is the analysis of selected novels of fantastical literature and their subsequent interpretation. The aim is to explore how journalists are portrayed in these works and how their work is evaluated. In the introductory part, I focus on the fantastical genre, including its categories fantasy and science fiction and their sub-genres, such as contemporary and portal fantasy, dystopia, and humorous science fiction. The second chapter focuses on the method used in this thesis, describing qualitative research and content analysis of the texts which I used to analyse the selected novels. The chapter also includes insights on literary characters. The main part of the thesis focuses on specific series of novels, including Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Journalism and media topics are prominent in these works, and each of the series deals with a different type of media, making it possible to compare differences in the portrayal of print media, radio, television, or the internet. I describe the central motifs and basic storylines of each series. The subsequent interpretation of the texts focuses on the specific portrayal of journalism in each of the series, analysing at least one...
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The Work and Life of Journalist Elaine Sciolino - biographical study
Chodil, Jakub ; Osvaldová, Barbora (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
This bachelor thesis examines the work and life of American journalist and writer Elaine Sciolino. In the form of a biographical study, it presents her childhood, family life, beginnings in newspapers, decades of journalistic work in the American media, various awards, and her transformation into a writer. The work also uses specific examples to describe the journalistic genres she pursued and discusses the themes and form of the books she wrote in her later years, as well as how they were received. The thesis utilizes the opinion journalism articles and news writing that Sciolino contributed to such publications as Newsweek and the New York Times, as well as her literary works.
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Literary reportage of Petra Procházková: The execution is a public matter and Adžamal
Marcinková, Veronika ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the literary reports of Petra Procházková The execution is a public matter and Adžamal. Its goal is to analyze both texts and find in them the signs of literary reportage. The work also attempts to outline the reasons that lead to the fact that literary reportage is almost non-existent in the Czech Republic. The first chapter focuses on the characteristics of the reporting genre, its origin and development. It also deals with fiction and objectivity in reportage texts. The second chapter briefly describes the current state of written reportage in Czech print and online media. The third chapter is dedicated to literary reportage, attempts to define it, outlines the phenomenon of the Polish school of reportage and also touches on the current state of literary-journalistic texts in the Czech Republic. The second part of the thesis begins with a chapter on the life of reporter and humanitarian worker Petra Procházková. The fifth chapter focuses on the description of the context of the creation of her literary reports, specifically on the situation in Chechnya (where The execution is a public matter takes place) and Afghanistan (the scene of Adžamal) at the beginning of the 21st century. The last chapter analyzes both reports using theoretical knowledge and is supplemented...
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