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Travelling Painted Pebbles as a Form of Gift in Public Space
Procházková, Alžběta ; Janeček, Petr (advisor) ; Půtová, Barbora (referee)
The thesis focuses on the contemporary cultural practice of painting and picking up travelling painted pebbles in the Czech Republic. These pebbles are left in a public space by their creators as a gift to a stranger. The finder of such a pebble can share photo of fit on electronic social networks and then move it to another place. The aim of the thesis is to determine and interpret the meanings that these pebbles have for both their creators and finders. It does so by proposing a typology of pebbles according to their functions. The thesis further specifies the actors' motivations for creating painted stones as well as for searching them and picking them up. The research has confirmed that by performing the activities associated with this practice, actors exchange gifts, and these gifts can take several forms. Travelling painted pebbles also show signs of objects of serial collaboration of Lynne McNeill's theory.
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The Phenomenon of "Love Locks" in Prague as an Invented Tradition
Procházková, Alžběta ; Janeček, Petr (advisor) ; Půtová, Barbora (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with love locks, individually decorated padlocks with special social function attached in a public space. The thesis examines various aspects of this modern phenomenon in the Historical Center of Prague in order to map the current situation and confirm the classification of the phenomenon of love locks among invented traditions. During the research these methods were used: observation, semi-structured interviews, questionnaire surveys and content analysis of Internet content. Photo documentation and a map of the occurrence of love locks in the Historical Center of Prague were created. An evaluation of academic literature and non-academic texts and results of my own research confirmed that the phenomenon of love locks is an invented tradition.
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The Inaugural Addresses of the Re-elected US Presidents after the WW2: Stylistic Analysis of Selected Features
Procházková, Alžběta ; Lancová, Klára (advisor) ; Ženíšek, Jakub (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with identification, analysis and assessment of the usage of individual style in the inaugural addresses of the re-elected American presidents after the Second World War. The thesis is anchored in the functional approach to style as described by British linguists Crystal and Davy. The analysis focuses on syntactic, morphological, lexical and semantic levels of the inaugural addresses. From each level the analysis selects several stylistically significant features, which influence the style of writing and thus create an individual style. The selected Presidents' addresses are then compared and stylistic similarities and differences are examined.
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