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Mushrooms and Slag Heaps: Symbolic Processes and Practices of Group Boundaries Defining in Kukolice
Hrčková, Jana ; Grygar, Jakub (advisor) ; Frantová, Veronika (referee)
Presented paper is concerned with the issue of symbolic processes and practices used for creation of group boundaries of Kukolice community. The village inhabitants use various images and narratives in order to enact the boundaries in relation to the neighbouring Polish group. The main objective of the work is to analyze and understand the aforementioned practices. The paper uses theoretical background based on Cohen's Symbolic Construction of Community, Said's Orientalism and Elias's foreword to the Established and the Outsiders to interpret and analyze the empirical data. The research was carried out in a village inhabited by 390 people, located on the border with Poland in Frydlant area. Unstructured interviews, participant observations and analyses of media and official documents were mostly used during the research. Over the course of the analysis, Poles seem to merge with the images of mine and power plant, dirt, poverty and lesser degree of civilization that are all ascribed to the Polish territory behind the border, following Taussig's concept of mimetic faculty.
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Nature in the work of María Luisa Bombal
Bačíková, Andrea ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
The central theme of this thesis is to discuss the depiction of nature in the work of the Chilean author María Luisa Bombal and to show how she introduces a woman's perspective into these texts. The emphasis is on finding t ypical symbols which are used in the author's novels and short stories and to focus on their specific usage and connotations. For greater clarit y, the author's work is divided into 3 major thematic units: seeking for love in vain, the cosmic connection of female characters wi th nature, and her interpretation of the relationship between life and death.
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The Idea of Desert in Modern Arabic Short Stories
Šifaldová, Gabriela ; Ondráš, František (advisor) ; Oliverius, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis examines the theme of desert as literary environment in modern Arabic short story. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the short story's texts dealing with the desert. This topic will be approached in terms of semantic-symbolic analysis, which will be matched by the relationship between nature and the environment as a landscape, and nature as a source of mythological and fantastic ideas, which are reflected in the life of literary figures and story construction. The work includes a search for an answer to the question of what is the diference between the author who has direct access to the desert and the other one who deals with urban or other environments according to the geographic origin. The work is divided into three parts, which then develop symbolic, mythological and anthropological analysis of selected texts. Key words: desert, Ibrahim al-Koni, symbols, mysticism, modern Arabic literature
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Prototypization,archetypization and mytologization in Avatar
Richterová, Sára ; Šoltys, Otakar (advisor) ; Kučera, Štěpán (referee)
This thesis called "Prototypization, archetypization and mythologization in Avatar" deals with movie, which took the first place in audience ratings. Long-awaited, high-budget movie Avatar has become a landmark in film industry by utilizing the latest technology in making mores and influenced the creation of movies, that came after him. The first part is devoted to theories of semiotics and definition of science fiction with subgeneres, which are utilized in to construction of narration. The second part of thesis is focused on narrative, musical, speech and image analysis. Theories and proceduries, which are marked out on previous chapters, are here applied on each of the movie scene. Commencement of movie with 3D effects aroused the intereset of the audience to regularly visit a cinema again. This thesis studies the impact of the new phenomenon on quality of workmanship and tone of the story first shot with the help of new technology. The story line goes back to the myths, that are already functional and creates their own semiotic space with the help of their best practices. This movie is using superficial prettiness and trying to impress the viewer senses, with perfectly sophisticated virtual reality and protruding images and all of that is for reaching success. Avatar became here as a new...
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Formation of new identity and symbols of the Czech society in 1989-1993 (Analysis in terms of the concept of civil religion)
Novotný, Josef ; Halík, Tomáš (advisor) ; Lupták Burzová, Petra (referee)
The thesis tries to prove applicability of the concept "civil religion" to the Czech society. After presentation of the concept of civil religion originating from R. Bellah, civil society and legitimization (grounded in the ideas of J. Přibáň) the addresses of president V. Havel and the articles from the selected newspapers of that period are analysed. In 1989-1993 as the transformative and crisis period one can observe the debate about the necessity of creating a civil society, finding a way of legitimizing the new condition and creating a new collective identity. Focusing on the individual and the citizenship following from the analysed articles constitutes the societal fundaments; and in these fundaments, thanks to "civil religion", there are recognized the transcendent component and the universality that both convey unifying potential and can be presented in a particular form through myths.
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Comparison of Implementation Strategies of the DFA
Balgar, Marek ; Šimek, Václav (referee) ; Kaštil, Jan (advisor)
This bachelor thesis focuses upon the choices of methods, which are used to store automata on FPGA. There have been chosen these methods: bit-split, compress method and hash table. Then there are being compared the sizes of used memory, which are taken by automata in representation of these methods. The importaint part of this work is testing many kinds of samples. After the results have been achieved, I was able to examine the advantages and disadvantages of each method. Finally the analysis reveals which of the chosen methods is the best to store the automata on FPGA.
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The Manual
Klusová, Katarína ; Houser, Milan (referee) ; Rathouský, Luděk (advisor)
A mixture of symbols, authorities and theories that man need´s to absorb nowdays, is source for many confusing manuals, how to deal with our life, make decisions, or which political party to vote. Exactly the same time, these symbols of authority and theories are an essential part of our culture and education, and that they are looking for inspiration, information and explanations. Sometimes I dream that my source of information is nothing more than nature and its observations. In a utopian world without information provided by them I watched the world at my own pace, subsequently walking from one information to another.In the real world from different disciplines, which explore the universe in great detail, vast quantities of information flows, which the ordinary man in his level is not capable scientificly understand. For instance, when I read about Hawking's paradox, I can imagine how it's probably meant, but I don´t understand the calculations, and resources .. Well anyway, I add this information to my concept of understanding space and black holes. I perceive universe through intuition and its fragments-specific expression of the universe- I perceive through reason. The first series is a picture of my view of the universe by means of symbols - codes that people agreed use- to communicate the inexpressible. Universe is still on the eyes, and whenever I start to deal with its sub-parts, I can recognize its wholeness . Other pictures are formulation and development of selected key topics of the universe (according to my personal priorities).At this point, my work is mainly based on switching between a total and detail. What happens to the "collection" image, and affects other images detail. The last image of the series is once again the image of the wholeness . The spiral development to the second floor above the first image. Projecting the universe through me will be images transformation. Picture, even it is symbolic and symbolizing, is forming to kind of logo. Moreover, It occurs the same logo as a symbol of the universe mirroring by my being. Universe in the universe. Microcosm in the macrocosm. My individuality in the universe. Fractal.
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Scenography of a musical theatre. Opera composed by Carl Orff, "Prometheus" - a complex scenographic project
Gospavić, Jovana ; ZBOŘILOVÁ, Jana (advisor) ; ZÁBRODSKÁ, Dana (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to comparatively analyses, on theoretical level, Carl Orff's manner of viewing musical work in connection with his scenical theatre pieces. Major focus is on composer's notes and ponderings on then-common opera arrangements, and on the meaning of his Musical Theatre of Minimal Means. The paper compares his style with contemporaneous tendencies of production of Modern Greek theatre. Moreover, it addresses the portability of social aspects of myth and their applicability to modern age, their dramatical potential, and different approach of leading modernists towards this issue.
Second part of this thesis discusses and interprets opera Prometheus and investigates possibilities of its scenographic and costume arrangement
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