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The Work Specifications of a Radio Sports Reporter: Development of the Profession from the 60s until the end of the 90s
Schröderová, Simona ; Maršík, Josef (advisor) ; Lovaš, Karol (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to map the changes to the profession of a radio sports reporter during the sixties and throughout the nineties. The theoretical part focuses on the influence historical events and technological innovations in the period had on the development of the profession. New technology affected the work routines of reporters but also enabled new competition to be created, specifically television, therefore this thesis also focuses on the relationship between the two media. Together with the specifications of the sports reporter profession, this thesis in its research part, also focuses on the development of radio sports genres. The thesis offers definitions of these genres along with analysis of certain sports broadcast from the archive of the radio sports department from Czechoslovak and later Czech Radio. The focus is on the analysis of the specific genres and the used lexical variations. The thesis introduces the most famous names of sports broadcasting such as Stanislav Sigmund and Karel Malina. Interviews with Miroslav Bureš and Aleš Procházka - also well-known sports broadcasters - are a part of this thesis.
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Emersonianism, American Nationalism, and Nature in the Poetry of Robert Frost
Schröderová, Simona ; Quinn, Justin (advisor) ; Robbins, David Lee (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyse three major aspects of Robert Frost's poetry: first his relationship with Emersonianism, second with American nationalism, and third with the natural world. Besides the use of form and the focus on rhythm and meter, these three aspects are to a great extent characteristic of Frost's poetry, recurring in many of his poems. Analysing them provides a comprehensive view of the poet's work and illuminates his unique style distinguishable by its play of imagination, the often unnoticed ambiguity and even obscurity. The analysis will be based on close readings of Frost's poems, available critical material, and comparisons with other authors who deal with the same aspects and have influenced Frost's work. With Emersonianism this will include, besides Emerson's essays, the works of Thoreau and Whitman. The three authors had indubitably a great influence on Frost. Particularly their concepts of individualism, self-reliance and life in society can be traced in some of Frost's best known poems such as 'The Road Not Taken' or the 'Mending Wall'. Frost's take on them however, is much more complex than is generally believed. His development of these themes brings mainly indefinite results. Given that in the U.S. nationalism is a concept that often overlaps with individualism,...
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