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Toxic Relationships
Rausová, Terezie ; Rodek,, Václav (referee) ; Rathouský, Luděk (advisor)
In my work I have been working for some time with topics such as anthropocene, parasitism, symbiosis and environmental anxiety. I search for and capture the socio-ecological situation. I ironize the self-destructive behavior of modern people in terms of endangering basic life functions and warn of poisoning the environment, which plays an irreplaceable role in the lives of future generations. My source of inspiration is science fiction stories, which often deal with apocalyptic vision. The starting medium for me throughout the study is painting, which I build on strong and fluorescent colors. Formally, the paintings are made of acrylic paint and spray on canvas. The output of the bachelor's thesis is a series of large-format paintings, supplemented by smaller formats, which should attract with their neon colors and at first glance draw the viewer into a toxic zone. The installation should worry the viewer and not leave you cold in connection with the position of man within the social and natural system.
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Times X
Němec, Jakub ; Jakalová, Zuzana (referee) ; Mikyta, Svätopluk (advisor)
Bachelor thesis time X is a creative science fiction story about a perfect society undefined future, which is built on the necessary global genocide in favor of the existence of life on the planet. The analytical work I examine the origin and development of the new company, global ecological changes, code of ethics and the position of art in this system. I apply the theoretical platform for the visual identity of a fictitious company.
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So far so good
Rariga, Branislav ; Mazanec,, Martin (referee) ; Šrámek, Jan (advisor)
A dystopic game inspired by a children’s monopoly game, with its content, rules, visuals, etc. metaphorically simulating, ironising or criticizing, and at the same time pointing to the issue of capitalist society, whether in the personal or work / corporate life of an individual, and its impact on society and its development.
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Modern Dystopias and Theories of Totalitarianism
Machart, Filip ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Novák, Miroslav (referee)
The diploma thesis Modern Dystopias and Theories of Totalitarianism deals with comparation of this two phenomena. The thesis is based on the concept of Giovanni Sartori. He understands the phenomenon of totalitarianism as ideal ending of the axis totalitarianism- democracy. Extreme points of this axis fulfill the role of unrealizable ideal regimes. In reality we can only move closer to them but modern dystopias may represent these ideal regimes. The diploma thesis is divided into theoretical and practical section. There is the analyse of five books in the theoretical section which deal with the theory of totalitarianism. The analysis contains the work of Sigmund Neumann, Hannah Arendt, Carl J. Friedrich and Zbigniew K. Brzeziński, Giovanni Sartori and Juan J. Linz. Each theory of totalitarianism is supplemented by reflection from other authors. There is the analyse of five dystopias (J. Zamjatin - We, A. Huxley - Brave New World, G. Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-four, M. Atwood - The Handmaid`s Tale, A. Moore, D. Lloyd - V for Vendetta) in the practical section. The analysis contains the storyline of the book, elements of totalitarian regime in the dystopia and inspiration of author for the world of dystopia. There is elaborated final comparation between theories of totalitarianism and modern dystopias...
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Dystopia genre in contemporary youth literature
Váchová, Kateřina ; Komberec, Filip (advisor) ; Soukupová, Klára (referee)
The thesis is focused on dystopia genre in contenporary youth literature and its use in literature classes. First chapters are focused on function of youth literature, popular genres in last 10 years, dystopia and utopia genre and comparation of dystopian fiction and dystopian reality. The main topic of this thesis is didactic treatment of the thematic unit on the topic dystopia, which includes 6 teaching hours. The result of this unit is use dystopia genre in primary schools.
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Critical and reader response to the diversity in young adult literature
Hetešová, Anna ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the critical and reader response to sexual and racial diversity in young adult (YA) literature. First of all, It tries to define the terms YA literature, diversity and review. It describes the specifics of this literary category and its readers, together with a description of the dystopia and fantasy genres. It also focuses on the diverse representation of race and sexuality in adolescent literature. Subsequently, it analyzes the diversity of the books Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Six Crows by Leigh Bardugh, including their Czech and foreign media coverage. The publications are first described in terms of plot, then the characters and their environment are examined from the point of diversity, and finally reader and critical comments on the topic of representation of selected diversities are taken into account. In this thesis the Czech media scene is represented by the readers website databazeknih.cz, the literary magazines Pevnost and XB-1, as well as the website iDNES.cz. The reader website Goodreads and the literary sections of The New York Times, Publishers Weekly and KIRKUS magazines represent the foreign reviews. Last but not least, the media coverage of the given books is compared. The aim of the thesis is to find out how significant is the response...
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The Theme of Manipulation in George Orwell´s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Joseph Heller´s Catch-22
RAUSCHER, Tomáš
The goal of this diploma thesis is to analyse the motif of manipulation in the most renowned dystopian work of the 20th century, that is in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by the British author George Orwell and in the anti-war satirical novel Catch-22 by America's Joseph Heller. The thesis opens with a chapter dealing with the theoretical matters of the work. This part briefly discusses the concepts related to the analysed novels. The next part of the thesis introduces the authors of the novels in question, their life journeys and development leading to the creation of their most famous novels. The final two chapters contain the analyses of the works with Orwell's novel coming in first place, followed by Catch-22. In conclusion, the author compares manipulation in both works. While analysing manipulation in the said works, the author focuses not solely on its societal impact, but also on the ways in which manipulation influences individuals in the universes created by Orwell and Heller.
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Y. I. Zamyatin's novel We and its reception in Western literature
Sokolová, Dominika ; Hlaváček, Antonín (advisor) ; Vasilyeva, Elena (referee)
This bachelor's thesis describes Zamyatin's novel We and its influence on Western literature. The theoretical part of this thesis further defines the genre of dystopian fiction and examines its main features, introduces the author, his life and the historical and social contexts of this novel. It also delves into the specifics of other literary works that have been strongly inspired by We. The practical part deals with the literary analysis of the novel and compares it to various other influential dystopian fiction works of the 20th century, from both the thematic and linguistic point of view. The goal of this thesis is to show the timelessness of Zamyatin's novel, emphasize his legacy for the future generations and find similarities or differences in the interpretation of totalitarian regimes in Eastern and Western literature. KEYWORDS dystopia, totalitarianism, 20th century, literary analysis, George Orwell, 1984
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Toxic Relationships
Rausová, Terezie ; Rodek,, Václav (referee) ; Rathouský, Luděk (advisor)
In my work I have been working for some time with topics such as anthropocene, parasitism, symbiosis and environmental anxiety. I search for and capture the socio-ecological situation. I ironize the self-destructive behavior of modern people in terms of endangering basic life functions and warn of poisoning the environment, which plays an irreplaceable role in the lives of future generations. My source of inspiration is science fiction stories, which often deal with apocalyptic vision. The starting medium for me throughout the study is painting, which I build on strong and fluorescent colors. Formally, the paintings are made of acrylic paint and spray on canvas. The output of the bachelor's thesis is a series of large-format paintings, supplemented by smaller formats, which should attract with their neon colors and at first glance draw the viewer into a toxic zone. The installation should worry the viewer and not leave you cold in connection with the position of man within the social and natural system.
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Depiction of Media in British Dystopian Fiction
Bakič, Pavel ; Clark, Colin Steele (advisor) ; Veselá, Pavla (referee)
The thesis aims to give an overview of the treatment of media in texts that have formed modern dystopian writing and to which new additions in the genre necessarily relate. This set of texts consists of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and When the Sleeper Awakes by H. G. Wells; first chapter substantiates this selection and proceeds to define the concepts of "media" and "dystopia". Second chapter is concerned with the understanding of history in dystopian societies and shows that the very concept of historicity is undesirable for a totalitarian state, which seeks to blur history and reduce it to a three-point schema "before the Event - the Event (revolution) - after the Event". Closer analysis then shows that the Event itself can be divided into a further triad that has to be completed in order to pass into eternal post-Event society. Third chapter describes the use of citizens as media and shows that while Huxley's society uses what Michel Foucault calls "biopower" to achieve this goal, Orwell's society rather uses the concept of "discipline". Fourth chapter turns to printed media a the privileged role they are ascribed in the novels: The authors see literature as an embodiment of individuality and, at the same time, as a guarantee of tradition established by an...
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