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Charles Dickens and Mark Twain, the English and American Perspective on Child Heroes Portrayal
MACKOVÁ, Vanda
This diploma thesis deals with the portrayal of child heroes in English and American literature, in works of Charles Dickens and Mark Twain. The chosen novels are Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. These novels are analysed in the themes of child labour and poverty, racism, religion, the view of the world by children in contrast to the adult perspective, upbringing and education. The last chapter deals with the humour of both novelists. Thus the emphasis is put on the social aspect of the literary output of Dickens and Twain. The main aim of the thesis is to depict these child heroes and their acting in the literature of the 19th century, and to reflect the life experience of both authors.
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The Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany and Reaction to them in Czechoslovakia
Zemanová, Barbora ; Veselý, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Spirit, Michal (referee)
The main concern of this bachelor´s thesis was to outline the reaction of the Czechoslovak press to the Nuremberg Laws. This bachelor´s thesis is divided into five chapters - the first chapter describes definition of racism and anti-semitism, the second chapter analyses the rise of Nazism in Germany, the third chapter explains the measures preceding the Nuremberg Laws, and most importantly makes an analysis of the actual nature and impact of the Nuremberg Laws. The fourth chapter focuses on the implementation of the Nuremberg Laws to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia - the territory that became occupied by Nazi Germany. The most important part of the whole bachelor´s thesis is chapter five providing the analysis of the reaction of the Czechoslovak press to the Nuremberg Laws.
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Negative social phenomenons in the workplace
Budinská, Dagmara ; Hubinková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Půbalová, Kateřina (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with conflicts, mobbing, bossing, staffing,sexual harassment and racism in the workplace. The thesis consists of two parts. The first one, theoretical part, explains and clarifies these negative social phenomenons. Its task is to provide comprehensive information concerning the causes, discourses, stages and impact of negative social phenomenons on the individual and organization. In the second part, practical one, there is analysis and summary of survey that has been done among pedagogues in three primary schools. The objective of this part is to find out the appearance of negative social phenomenons described in the teoretical part in the school workplaces.
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Right-wing extremism in the context of democracy
ŠLEMENDOVÁ, Barbora
The thesis deals with right-wing extremism in the context of democracy. In the first part, democracy, its development and basic values are characterised. The following part describes extremism and its rudimentary typology, historical roots of right-wing extremism and its strategy. The final part focuses on the fight of democracy against extremism. In this part, possible anti-extremist measures are proposed, including critical reflections on the principles of right-wing extremism. Furthermore, a concept of so-called militant democracy is introduced, along with the analysis of its application in the Czech Republic and its critical reflection.
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Návrh výukového materiálu pro střední odbornou školu v rámci multikulturní oblasti se zaměřením na mongolskou národnost
Hladík, Ivo
The topic of this bachelor's thesis is to focus on teaching of themes which are connected with multicultural education at secondary schools and at the same time to propose measures for pedagogical practice which will have a beneficial effect on specific school. In theoretical part of this bachelor's thesis, the current situation of multicultural education together with main goals and content of multicultural education will be presented. Subsequently the basic segments of multicultural education will be clarified. The method of theoretical part will be analysis, synthesis and comparison of professional resources. The theoretical part will be followed by the empirical part. The main goal of the empirical part is to suggest the educational project within multicultural theme for selected secondary school in Blansko. The topic of the educational project concetrates on Mongolian nationality. There is a great number of Mongols living in Blansko.
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The Problem of Slavery and Race in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
ŠTĚPÁNOVÁ, Adéla
The thesis deals with the problem of race and slavery in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It shows Huck's ambivalent attitude towards the problem of slavery. It examines his struggle to free himself from the conventions and racial prejudice of the then society, by which he has been formed. Another important part of the thesis contains an indepth analysis of Jim as a literary character. In this section Jim is presented not as a caricature coming from the minstrel tradition but as a complex character.
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The image of ethnic minorities (Roma) in the printed media
ORHOLZ, Pavel
Abstract These bachelors work is about gypsy´s minority in media, which influence the mood in whole company. There are explained basic term like xenpohobia and racism in theoretiacl part of composition. There is written about Romany like nation including Romany´s history and this compositin contains topic with influence of media on company. The practitc part of composition is focused on tv news and newspaper´s news with Romany´s topic. This group of media are not chosen randomly. Media are selceted according rating and I use exact criterion for analysis of articles and report as well.
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The issue of extremism at high schools in the District of Prachatice and subsequent preventive measures.
MARTÍŠKOVÁ, Petra
This bachelor?s thesis addresses the issue of extremism in the secondary schools in the Prachatice District and the preventative programmes that the schools implement in order to combat this social phenomenon. The objective of the thesis is to identify the attitudes and opinions of the secondary school students in Prachatice about the issue of extremism and to find out how much information the students have about this issue. The thesis also aims to determine whether there are any differences between the attitudes of male and female students with regard to extremist behaviour in society, either positive or negative. In addition, the thesis explores any differences, if any, in the knowledge and attitudes held by students about this social phenomenon on the basis of the type of secondary school they attend, specifically grammar schools vs. vocational schools. The thesis includes a description and evaluation of the effectiveness of the preventative programmes that have been implemented in the secondary schools. These programmes are evaluated both from the perspective of the secondary school students as well as from that of the non-profit organisations that prepare these programmes for the schools. The results from the research and the evaluation of the findings are presented in the conclusion of the thesis.
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View of the Vietnamese pupils from the perspective of teachers and classmates (with a view of the age of pupils and location of school)
ČEKALOVÁ, Petra
The goal of my diploma thesis is to find out, what kind of relations exists between minority and majority at Czech primary schools. Vietnamese minority was chosen for this thesis. We research differences in perception between girls and boys and between older and younger pupils. We also research differences between formal and informal situations. Another goal is to find out if pupils have some basic knowledge about native land of this minority. The thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part includes the explanation of basic terms about minorities at all, historical and cultural information about Vietnam, information about life and distribution of Vietnamese in the Czech Republic and also information about Vietnamese pupils in Czech schools. In the practical part the questionnaire method is used for pupils and the interview is used for teachers. Results of these research studies are processed into graphs and tables, which are supplemented by relevant comments.
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The views of man in Nazism and neo-Nazism in the ethical context
GRBAČOVÁ, Lenka
This thesis addresses the controversy of Nazism as a political ideology in an ethical context, with emphasis on the role of man. The descriptive section looks at the origins and history of Nazism, its formation as a political party (NSDAP) and its main attributes. The topics of the prescriptive section are disputations the question of how Nazism stands in the context of various historical periods from antiquity to the peak period of Nazism. This section also deals with the problems of neo-Nazism. Two controversial publications of the major neo-Nazism promoters are subjected to examination and criticism. These publications and their promoters are ?My Awakening? by David Duke from the context of the world, and ?Taboos in the Social Sciences? by Petr Bakalář from the context of the Czech Republic.
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