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The Czech Reception to Emile Zola
Štefanová, Helena ; Šotolová, Jovanka (advisor) ; Belisová, Šárka (referee)
This thesis analyzes the Czech reception to the French writer Emile Zola. It is based on the research of the contemporary press, the investigation of the translations of Emile Zola's novels and the frequency of their publication, including possible paratexts, studies dedicated to the author's work and naturalism. Furthermore, attention is given to the cover of the books and how the works are presented to readers. The research is preceded by a large theoretic section that explains the methods for the research conception. Lastly, there is a chapter describing the author's life and reception in France.
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The media image of danish director lars von trier in contrast to popular and professional magazine
Šára, Filip ; Novotný, David Jan (advisor) ; Štoll, Martin (referee)
The topic of the bachelor thesis is "Media Image of The Danish Director Lars von Trier in Contrast of A Professional and A Popular Magazine." Media image is a very broad term that deserves a more detailed explanation. It contains several aspects of the media as well as cultural and social areas: a construction of the text, a way of how to work with information, services for the readers, the elements of art journalism or the principles of the proper use of the Czech language. Last but not least, objectivity, the semiotic semantic encoding of texts, the policy of selected printed periodicals and ultimately, the personal and the professional life of the films' creator including his works. The thesis represents the controversial filmmaker Lars von Trier in the context of his work and personality. Emphasis is placed on journalistic work at the weekly periodical Reflex and the quarterly magazine Film and Time (Film a doba). Selection is not random - its purpose is to highlight the diversity of styles of the popular and specialised periodicals, as indicated by the term "contrast" in the title of the bachelor thesis. Analysis of individual materials, mentioning von Trier (and consequent approaches) is the core of the thesis. My goal is to summarize the results of reporting about the director and the...
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The rise of television political satire in the USA, the Czech Republic and Germany in the new millennium
Janák, Antonín ; Kruml, Milan (advisor) ; Jirák, Jan (referee)
The work "Rise of television political satire in the USA, Czech Republic and Germany in the new millennium" maps the development of television political satire in the United States, Germany and the Czech Republic in the period from 2000 to the present days with a look at the history of this genre in each respected country. Special attention is focused on the programs that had the greatest influence on the current form of this genre and influenced it the most. The first part of the work presents the history of television political satire in each individual country and introduces their current representatives of this genre, which have the greatest influence in the modern day. This section also introduces the obstacles of their cultural environment in which the shows were created to provide a more holistic view on obstacles that these shows have had to overcome in today's media world. In the second part, selected shows will be analysed from a technical and formal point of view and attention will also be focused on their hosts. The role of host in these shows is one of the most important elements which determine their future success. Furthermore, the work will examine other elements that individual programs share with each other and, conversely, the elements in which individual programs of political...
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The reflection of war and notion of duty and dignity in A.L.Tennyson's The Charge of the Light Brigade in comparison with selected poems of The First World War
Lychman, Illia ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Higgins, Bernadette (referee)
The main theme of this thesis is English war poetry. The thesis refers to two particular wars, the Crimean (1853-1856) and World War One (1914-1918), and analyzes their reflection in English poetry. By doing so, it compares the war poems from these periods and inspects the writers' messages behind them. The thesis aims to scrutinize how the depiction of war had changed through time, alongside with the reasons affected it. In terms of structure, the theoretical part describes the different contexts (historical, cultural, and literary) of the chosen poems, while the practical part features scrutiny of these works. KEY WORDS Poetry, soldier, duty, death, attitude, criticism, propaganda
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The reflection of war and notion of duty and dignity in A.L.Tennyson's The Charge of the Light Brigade in comparison with selected poems of The First World War
Lychman, Illia ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Higgins, Bernadette (referee)
The main theme of this thesis is English war poetry. The thesis refers to two particular wars, the Crimean (1853-1856) and World War One (1914-1918), and analyzes their reflection in English poetry. By doing so, it compares the war poems from these periods and inspects the writers' messages behind them. The thesis aims to scrutinize how the depiction of war had changed through time, alongside with the reasons affected it. In terms of structure, the theoretical part describes the different contexts (historical, cultural, and literary) of the chosen poems, while the practical part features scrutiny of these works. KEY WORDS Poetry, soldier, duty, death, attitude, criticism, propaganda
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The reflection of war and notion of duty and dignity in A.L.Tennyson's The Charge of the Light Brigade in comparison with selected poems of The First World War
Lychman, Illia ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Higgins, Bernadette (referee)
The main theme of this thesis is English war poetry. The thesis refers to two particular wars, the Crimean (1853-1856) and World War One (1914-1918), and analyzes their reflection in English poetry. By doing so, it compares the war poems from these periods and inspects the writers' messages behind them. The thesis aims to scrutinize how the depiction of war had changed through time, alongside with the reasons affected it. In terms of structure, the theoretical part describes the different contexts (historical, cultural, and literary) of the chosen poems, while the practical part features scrutiny of these works. KEY WORDS Poetry, soldier, duty, death, attitude, criticism, propaganda
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Online movie reviews of a biographic Bohemian Rhapsody and users comments in Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Frank, Lukáš ; Novotný, David Jan (advisor) ; Zavřelová, Monika (referee)
The bachelor thesis Online movie reviews of a biographic Bohemian Rhapsody and users comments in Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze compares and analyzes domestic and foreign selected movie internet reviews and user comments on Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze and foreign databases. The first part of the thesis deals with the theoretical definition of the genre of review, criticism and commentary, the biographical film is defined and the dramatic structure of the film work is described. Following is the characteristics of the media that will be monitored in the thesis. The thesis describes Czech and foreign websites from which the reviews were drawn and also describes the essence of Czech and foreign film databases. The second part is dedicated to the Queen, its beginnings and successes and the life of the frontman of the band Freddie Mercury is analyzed. The thesis further analyzes the film Bohemian Rhapsody, compares reality with the depiction in the film and deals with the complications that arose during the shooting. The final part is focused on the analysis and comparison of internet film reviews, which were published by various Czech and foreign websites, and user comments on the Česko- Slovenská filmová databáze and foreign databases. Reviews and user comments are compared from a linguistic,...
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Czech Satire TV Shows: Current Status
Kořanová, Adéla ; Jirák, Jan (advisor) ; Štoll, Martin (referee)
Diploma thesis Czech satire TV shows: Current status aims to discover how contemporary television production works with satirical genre. Using qualitative analysis of sample of three selected shows regarded as satirical: Cosmic, Gnome and Nadrazi, it tries to describe and answer questions what topics are brought to the audience and what image of these motives the series present. After the necessary theoretical anchoring that defines satirical genre, its status in certain critical approaches and a brief history of satirical production on Czech television screens after the Velvet Revolution follows a practical analysis of plots and formal structures of the series. The analysis focuses on identification and description of satirical objects as they are shown in each of the shows. In conclusion, the thesis connects results of the analysis and findings from the theoretical part to research questions.
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Czechoslovak Housing Estates in the Late Socialism: Ideology, Practice, and Criticism
Sirisornpattapon, Ponpassorn ; Emler, David (advisor) ; Šmidrkal, Václav (referee)
Czechoslovak housing estates built in the last two decades of state-socialism can be viewed as a socialist spatial entity with its own uniqueness and local characteristics specific to the circumstances of socialist Czechoslovakia during the "normalisation" era. These housing estates appeared from the beginning of the 1970s in big cities such as in Prague and Bratislava provided a new kind of living space for the residents. The ideas behind the creation of these estates were not only related to their physical appearance which shows the direct connection to modernist architecture, but also the aspiration of socialist ideologues to make a positive change in the name of socialist modernisation. Although the post-war socialist centralization of the Czechoslovak state and architectural practice endorses the notion of collective endeavour, the construction of housing estates for all as a part of the "building of socialism" program was attacked by contemporary critiques as providing the premises for the citizens' retreat into the private sphere. These estates could be argued to have caused a psychological impact and worked to shape a new lifestyle and mentality of the residents whose lives epitomized the main theme of normalisation-era: the quiet lives away from politics. Different poles of criticism to...
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Between structuralism and New criticism. (Theoretical consequences in the work of Rene Wellek).
BOROVKOVÁ, Gabriela
This bachelor's thesis deals with the Czech-American literary scholar René Wellek's literary theory. It attempts to put it into the context of the two most notable theoretical schools, which was René Wellek directly influenced by and whose discourse he participated in, namely Czech Structuralism and Anglo-American New Criticism. Based on selected body of Wellek's theoretical work, I point out the similarities to the ideas of both critical groups' most eminent representatives as well as differences from them. The main subject of my attention is Wellek's programme of criticism as an academic discipline and his conception of literature and literary work of art as a subject of research, but I also consider Wellek's writing style and his methodological approach in analysing and interpretation of specific literary works of art. The objective of my thesis is to point out to mutual relations rather than "classify" the scholar as either a Structuralist or a New Critic.
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