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Satire in Classical Arabic Poetry
Pletichová, Anna ; Ondráš, František (advisor) ; Oliverius, Jaroslav (referee)
Satirical poetry is generally considered as a one of the most important genres of the classical Arabic literature. Genre of poetry was in the pre-Islamic and early Islamic society highly appreciated and the Arabs used to regard it as the only form of the real literature. Unlike prose which was limited to the folklore and educational literature esteemed the Arabs poetry as a real art expression and the poet hold also very strong position within the traditional Arab society. Arabic satirical poetry is believed to grow up from curses and lampoons declaimed by traditional Arab wizards, kāhins, and due to the fact that faith in the power of word was still very deeply rooted in people's minds, Arabic satirical poetry was ascribed a very good reputation. The development of society after the rise of Islam also had a very strong impact upon the function of traditional genres of the Arabic poetry. From its original function of discouraging and threating enemies satirical poetry developed into the means of poet's subsistence, political propaganda and society entertainment. Arabic satirical poetry became an independent genre of art. This thesis deals with the origin and the development of Arabic satirical poetry from its emergence in the pre-Islamic period until it reached its peak during the reign of Umayyad...
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The period issue of the satirical signs of socialism of the work "Black Barons" from the perspective of Lotman's works
Dovhanič, Pavel ; Češka, Jakub (advisor) ; Kapičiak, Jakub (referee)
This thesis attempts to clarify the period issue of satirical signs of socialism of the prose "Black Barons" with regard to the Czechoslovak normalization culture. It focuses primarily on the historical role of the work and its artistic components. It studies them with a particularly semiotic perspective of Lotman's texts culturally and literary. Its core is then an analysis of the literary structure of mentioned book. It is realized with regard to the partial characters and aims to find out which specific parts of the world of the story are ridiculed and for what exactly the title is (at the time of its first publication) censorial unacceptable. Keywords: sign, language, system, structure, culture, socialism, satire, Black Barons
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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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Humor and Satire as instrument of reconciliation with the holocaust experience on the example of T. Borowski and E. Hilsenrath works
Šulcová, Veronika ; Zelená, Alena (advisor) ; Nieć, Grzegorz (referee)
Although the combination of humour and holocaust may seem rather startling, further analysis of humour characteristics brings to light its significant functions, which, according to the survivors, humour in the holocaust truly fulfilled. Whether it is a matter of being able to see the object of one's attention from several perspectives, from an emotional distance or being able to release accumulated frustrations, there is clear evidence of humour's appreciable role during the holocaust and in the aftermath. Within the framework of coping with the trauma caused by the holocaust experience also emerged holocaust literature dealing with the subject from a humorous perspective, which motivated a lot of debates developed about appropriateness of humour in the holocaust representation. To other controversial works from this area also belong the short stories by Tadeusz Borowski and the novel The Nazi & the Barber by Edgar Hilsenrath. This master thesis follows humour, satire and cynicism as means of coping with traumatic holocaust experience based on the example of the above mentioned works of Tadeusz Borowski and Edgar Hilsenrath, which, according to many critics, tested the limits of holocaust representation thanks to their unusual humorous approach. Thus, the aim of the thesis is to analyze these...
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Czech Political Satire on Social Networks
Amiridis, Marek ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Soukup, Martin (referee)
This thesis focuses on the topic of Czech political satire on Facebook. It presents an overview of most followed Facebook pages covering the topic and analyses the degree to which their content can be considered a political satire, how the authors use satire and to what impulses they usually react. The theoretical part introduces the concept of satire as a genre and the criteria it should meet in order to be considered as such. Next part of the thesis introduces theories focusing on political satire and their historic development in the Czech Republic. The thesis also presents expert opinions on the question of to what degree can sharing and interacting with political satire content on Facebook be considered as political participation. The analytical part describes the selected Facebook pages in a certain time period and evaluates their content, activity and authorship of its posts. After selecting a representative sample of the pages, three pivotal socio-political events of 2019 were chosen. The thematic focus of the posts and methods the content authors use to achieve satire is analysed for the period these events took place. For each of the events, a sample posts are provided as well as the most commonly satirised public personas and the context in which they are satirised. The goal of the...
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Selected Late Night Shows as a Source of Information and their Convergence with Journalistic practice
Pecháček, Václav ; Moravec, Václav (advisor) ; Lokšík, Martin (referee)
This master's thesis focuses on the relationship between late night shows, a specific type of talk show popular mainly in the United States of America, and journalism. It primarily aims to reveal the details behind the convergence of these shows and journalism, find out how this convergence manifests and how significant it is. The thesis describes the history and the present of these shows, including their function as an important information source for the American public. The thesis then clarifies the influence of satire and infotainment in the American media landscape and defines some of the most important journalistic methods and genres. It deals with the concepts of investigative, explainer and constructive journalism. The thesis then examines, using both qualitative and quantitative analysis, three late night shows: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. In these three case studies, methods and genres used by these shows are examined, and it is shown how they deliver information to the viewer and what kind of information it is. The thesis also, if possible, assigns each of the shows to the overarching concepts. Finally, the shows are compared, and the thesis determines the rate of their convergence with journalistic...
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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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Kancelář Blaník: Political satire as a mirror of real politics
Jirouschková, Karolína ; Novotný, David Jan (advisor) ; Štoll, Martin (referee)
Diploma thesis "Kancelář Blaník: Politická satira jako zrcadlo skutečné politiky" aims to discover what image of politics the satirical series "Kancelář Blaník" presents to the audience and how it achieves it. After the necessary theoretical anchoring of the researched issue follows a practical analysis of the series, which focuses on the characteristics of main and secondary characters, objects of satire and dramaturgical structure of episodes and the whole series. The final part of this thesis also describes the movie "Prezident Blaník", which follows the series and shows the differences in the processing of one theme in different formats.
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Satire and parody on social networks: fake Czech profiles
Poloch, Jiří ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Jirků, Jan (referee)
The aim of this work is to map fake Czech profiles on social networks Facebook and Twitter. "Fake profiles" in this case mean those where authors are acting as a well-known person, company or institution. Best known Czech profiles are Twitter's @schwarzenbergk, @kardinalvlk or @ovcacek_jiri and Facebook profile @jiriovcacekunofficial. After a general introduction to the topic, which includes, among other things, a brief look at the topic of political satire and the introduction of social networks, including the regulation they take to protect personality, the main part follows. It analyzes 8 different Czech false profiles. The content of the posts, the account statistics, the most successful posts and possibly other related information are presented. An important part of the work are interviews with authors of these profiles as well as with counterparts: real people or companies. This offers a close look at the backstage of the creation and running of the profile and, on the other hand, the possibility to gain the reaction of the concerned party. A comparative analysis of false and real Jiří Ovčáček's Facebook profiles is conducted in this part as well. The next section is included in order to bring a wider view of the issue. It is devoted to similar profiles abroad, which gives the possibility...
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