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Friendship between heterosexual woman nad homosexual man and its effect on the social construction of identities
Brzobohatá, Dana ; Sloboda, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Čada, Karel (referee)
The thesis deals with a friendship between heterosexual woman and homosexual man, the way it is created, the way it is maintained and the threats it has to face. The thesis defines the meaning of essential theoretical concepts such as gender, sexuality, friendship or intimacy and trust. It is based on ten semi-structured interview with women who define the relationship with their gay friends as a close one. It reflects ways, how gender and sexual identities are negotiated in the friendship, puts friendship with a gay man into a broader context of friendly relationships in a heteronormative society and traditional binary oppositions of feminine and masculine. The thesis also looks into strategies of how the informants construct their own identity, identity of their gay friend ad where they place the boundaries of this relationship.
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Self-censorship on Facebook
KRAUSOVÁ, Vladimíra
The thesis deals with self-censorship on the biggest online social network Facebook. The main purpose was to determine the reasons for using self-censorship on Facebook. Qualitative research was elaborated with usage of semi structured interview focused on virtual world of active Facebook users and on deeper examination of it. Theoretical part describes concepts and ideas related to the theme of the thesis. The methodological part describes in detail the qualitative research and it's requirements. The analytical part deals with the research itself, analysis of transcribed interviews and with the rules designed by researcher for safe use of Facebook by children. The researcher has decided to set the rules from the findings determined during the creation of the thesis. The self-censorship is the key to the safe behavior on Facebook. Every user of this social network has to learn how to distinguish, what could be placed there and what shouldn't.
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Textual interpretation of the Song of Roland
Kolářová, Monika ; Jančík, Jiří (advisor) ; Kalfiřtová, Eva (referee)
This MA thesis deals with the text analysis of the Song of Roland. The text analysis focuses in detail on the formal, content, narrative and symbolic aspects of the Song of Roland. All those features are in the context of the literary and historical frame. The Song of Roland is one of the oldest literary pieces of French literature. It is the most famous heroic song belonging to the "Chanson de geste" and it was created in the 11th century. The main characters of the heroic poem are Charles the great, his nephew Roland, loyal friend Olivier, traitor Galeon and pagan king Marsil. The Song of Roland explores not only the family and friend relations, but the important topics are also betrayal and desire for fortune and glory. The Song deals with the matter of faith being asserted in the way which is typical for the middle ages. The story, which takes part in Spain, where the French have been besieging the pagan fort of Zaragoza for seven years, is very interesting from the historical aspects, but were more interested in the narrative - textual aspects, in which we tried to explore the relationships between the narrators. We focused on individual speeches, who speaks to whom and in which way. We asked ourselves three questions, which we have gradually answered. For the need of an analysis of individual speech...
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Relationships among children of younger school age
Bieliková, Monika ; Viktorová, Ida (advisor) ; Valentová, Lidmila (referee)
v anglickém jazyce This thesis focuses on relationships among school age children and particularly among a class of 3rd graders. The first section of the thesis examines characteristics of individual growing and evolving profiles of eight year old children. The second part of the thesis describes the attributes of a small social group, its social positioning, structures and social roles. The final section of the paper deals with the methods, diagnosis of social positions especially among friends and a description of the research itself. The goal of this thesis is to provide an analysis of the relationships, positions and social status of a particular group of children, including research results and final summary. Klíčová slova v anglickém jazyce Child of younger school age, friendship, role of pupil (schoolchild, schoolmate), social group, sociometry, school class, relationships among children
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Mamet's men
Koranda, David ; Wallace, Clare (advisor) ; Ulmanová, Hana (referee)
1 Summary This BA thesis, partly a work of sociological theory and partly of literary analysis, discusses the crisis of masculinity in the society, placing an emphasis on the American milieu. As a starting point it uses the dramatic pieces of the contemporary American playwright David Mamet. Mamet is in his works generally attracted to the world of men, and we can only find a handful of female characters in them. Additionally, he frequently places his men, who usually share the typically masculine characteristics and behavioral patterns, into traditionally male environments - for instance on a boat or into a ruthlessly competitive real estate agency. Thus he prepares his ground to be able to fully explore one of the most prominent American social myths - the myth of masculinity. The second chapter focuses in its sociological opening part on the concept of masculinity as such. In the beginning, a historical overview of the development of human understanding of masculinity is introduced. It is apparent that it was only with the coming of the Industrial Revolution and the rise of feminism around the turn of the century that the society saw the drastic change which, as we may understand it, led to the crisis of masculinity. Later, Judith Butler's theory of the performativity of masculinity is discussed, and...
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Friendship as a virtue in classical greek philosophy and ethics
Grospičová, Simona ; Blažková, Miloslava (advisor) ; Rybák, David (referee)
TITLE: Friendship as a Virtue in Classical Greek Philosophy and Ethics AUTHOR: Simona Grospičová DEPARTMENT: Social Sciences and Philosophy Department SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Miloslava Blažková, CSc. ABSTRACT: This work analyses friendship, in Greek philia, as a virtue in Classical Greek philosophy and ethics. The study concentrates on works concerning friendship of two most significant authors of the stated period Plato and Aristotle. Friendship is examined not only as a separated theme but also as a part of Plato's erotology and then Plato's and Aristotle's study of politics. The aim of this work is to find through analysis of Plato's and Aristotle's conception of friendship an answer to the question how is friendship perceived as a virtue in Classical Greek philosophy and ethics. Furthermore, the work endeavours to prove that friendship should belong to the centre of ethical reflections and should not be shifted to their margin. There are mentioned opinions on the issues of friendship of authors of 20th and 21st century, whose works were published in Czech or English language. It comes out that in Greek philosophy and ethics friendship is an important value which relates to all people without exception and affects the life of individual as well as the entire society as a whole. KEYWORDS: virtue, friendship,...
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The life afterwards. The return of Czechoslovak political prisoners to society.
Vránková, Ivana ; Bouška, Tomáš (advisor) ; Hlaváček, Jiří (referee)
The Master's thesis "The Life Afterwards. The Return of Czechoslovak Political Prisoners to Society" is concerned with the topic of the re-integration of Czechoslovak political prisoners of the 1950s back into society after their release from prison. In the conceptual framework I provide the political and historical background of the Communist Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. I discuss the concept of political prisoner and describe the living conditions in prisons and labor camps. As observed from their narration, I also briefly outline the various strategies employed by political prisoners in their attempts to deal with imprisonment. Although the descriptions of the respondents' arrests and events that had led up to them are topics not directly concerned with the primary topic of my thesis, they are included, because they are vital in understanding the existential and other re-integration-related problems these prisoners faced. In my research, I employ the qualitative method of oral history. I focus on the time period when the interviewees were released from prison and try to describe the numerous issues they faced and had to deal with. More specifically, I focus on family and friendship relations, which had been often disrupted and the issue of seeking a new employment, an area of life in which...
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The qualitative research of the establish a relationship strategies and the rejection of others for preschool children in a nursery school.
NÁPRAVNÍKOVÁ, Jana
The main aim of this bachelor´s thesis is to find how children of preschool age are or are not able to build the friendship. The theoretic part is focused on the explanation of a term ?personality? and on developmental theories which are somehow connected with children (Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson). After the explanation of key terms of these theories, we can find there chapters concerning verbal and non-verbal communication. Then it is focused on social interaction which is an integral part of interpersonal relationships. Attention is also paid to emotional and interpersonal intelligence and social inclusion and exclusion are explained there as well. Methodological part clarifies what research methods are used in this piece of work. The results of the observation are summarized in practical part. The aim of this observation was to find reasons why children are not able to integrate into a group. The method of observation and interviews were used in this part of work. Colleague and parents of children provide additional information.
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Cannery Row - characteristic of the community in the novel by John Steinbeck
ANTOŠOVÁ, Tereza
This piece of work is aimed at the community of Cannery Row by the American writer John Steinbeck and the roles of particular characters of the story. It concerns mainly the question of friendship and the relationships among the members of the community. Furthermore, it deals with the motive of freedom and its importance for both individual characters and the community as a whole. This work also considers the historical context, i.e. the period during which the novel was created, as well as the role of women and other characters in the story. In this writing a significant role plays also the comparison of the two novels by Steinbeck: Tortilla Flat and Cannery Row. This part is focused on the search for common features, as well as differences between these two novels.
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Tortilla Flat - characteristic of the community in the novel by John Steinbeck
ANTOŠOVÁ, Tereza
This piece of work is aimed at the community of Tortilla Flat by the American writer John Steinbeck and the roles of particular characters of the story. It concerns mainly the question of friendship and the relationships among the members of the community. Furthermore, it deals with the motive of freedom and its importance for both individual characters and the community as a whole. This work also considers the historical context, i.e. the period during which the novel was created, as well as the role of women and other characters in the story. In this writing a significant role plays also the comparison of the two novels by Steinbeck: Tortilla Flat and Cannery Row. This part is focused on the search for common features, as well as differences between these two novels. This work thus concentrates on significant features of the above mentioned community and aims to describe and interpret the characters and their acting.
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