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Portrayal of the World War I in British Literature in the 20th Century
Pondělíček, Jiří ; Beran, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Nováková, Soňa (referee)
The main goal of this thesis is to analyse the way in which British authors describe the First World War. The primary aim is to define how its description has changed in more than ninety years since it ended. For this purpose, the thesis will analyse two novels written by direct participants who took part in the trench fighting on the Western Front in the ranks of the British Army, and two novels by the authors writing on the brink of the twentieth and the twenty first centuries. Using secondary sources from the fields of literary criticism, historical and cultural studies, along with the analysis of the primary texts, this work reveals how and why the manner of depiction and perception of the first global conflict has changed. The main focus lies on the differences between the treatment of the traditional war-literature motives; heroism, sacrifice and the meaning of the war. This interdisciplinary analysis forms chapters two and three. The topic of the fourth chapter is partly the motivation of the authors to write about the conflict and, with relation to that, the way in which the war functions in them as in works of literature. The conclusion then assesses all the above mentioned differences not only between the two periods but also between the respective authors. The thesis proves that, apart...
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Karl Kraus' The Last Days of Mankind and its Stagings
Kverková, Pavlína ; Augustová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Jiřík, Jan (referee)
This bachelor's thesis is devoted to analysis of the most important work of an austrian writer, publicist and critic Karl Kraus (1874-1936), The Last Day of Mankind. The work not only deals with formal features of the text as well as with the content but it also intends to emphasize the timelessness of the central themes such as media manipulation. It focuses also on cultural and social context of the work. Using information based on available recources, the second part of the work is mainly concerned with the method by which the stage managers were attempting to stage this large piece of work in Germany and Austria. Rather large space is devoted to the only Czech production, whose premiere took place in April 2011 in Prague in Divadlo Komedie.
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That's the way we fought and died. World of a legionary in the press reflection of Czechs and Slovaks in Russia in years 1914-1920.
Boháčková, Ilona ; Čechurová, Jana (advisor) ; Šedivý, Ivan (referee)
The topic of this bachelor paper is an insight on the life of the soldiers fighting under the banner of the Czechoslovakian legions on the Russian front during the First World War. The paper does not deal with the situation on the battlefields but tries to show the life of the soldiers at the base, their pastime, when they put their guns aside and dealt with the usual daily routines. The crucial sources of information about the daily life of a legionnaire were the foreign resistance magazines made by the soldiers themselves. The opening part of this paper introduces the individual types of the printed matter issued in Russia and describes why and under what circumstances they were written. The following chapters describe how the soldiers spent their free time, what they did, how they had fun, or what problems they dealt with. The attention is given not only to the life of the troops at the base on the eastern front but also to the transport over the Siberian Railroad to the east and the evacuation of the troops on ships to Europe.
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Růžena Svobodová: The woman in the Czech society at the turn of the 19th and the 20th Century. The chapters from the life and action of Růžena Svobodová.
Farková, Eva ; Kvaček, Robert (advisor) ; Pokorná, Magdaléna (referee)
The study delineates a picture of the woman writer, Růžena Svobodová, as an example of possible realization of a woman in the Czech society at the turn of 19th and 20th century. The woman writer, Růžena Svobodová, is introduced here in her many activities. Attention is paid to her works of fiction, in which she views the picture of contemporary woman and her position in society. The study reveals also the area of the woman writer's literary salon and summarizes its influence on the Prague society at the turn of 19th and 20th century. Included is also a portrait of Růžena Svobodová the woman journalist, which so far has been a neglected area. The study contains also a view of the woman writer's activities in the Czech Heart charitable organisation operating during World War I.
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The first world war in the wiew of czech military doctors
Matějček, Petr ; Šedivý, Ivan (advisor) ; Svobodný, Petr (referee)
Main themes of the thesis are the Czech medics in the First World War and their war experience. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter focuses on the medical service and status of a medic in Austro- Hungarian army up to the 1918. The second chapter targets the start of the First World War and time and circumstances of the mobilization of the Czech medics. The Third chapter is dedicated to the issue of medics' stay in the area of battlefront. The fourth chapter is focused on the Czech medics' view on themselves and the First World War. It also points out other combatants' view on the Czech medics.
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Discussion about Wilhelm II. after the year 1945 and his onus for the First World War
Doležal, Tomáš ; Březinová, Monika (advisor) ; Rak, Jiří (referee)
The main topic of this thesis is the person of the last German Emperor Wilhelm II, who was considered very controversial even during his lifetime and opinions on him varied greatly. A particular point of interest of many experts was and is especially the question of Wilhelm's II share of the blame for starting the First World War. This thesis is a historiographical analysis pursuing interpretations of Kaiser Wilhelm II in relation to the events before 1914 in selected titles by leading authors concerned with this issue. The aim of this thesis is evaluating the development of the discussion on Kaiser Wilhelm II after 1945, when a vigorous debate on the topic of Wilhelm II and his guilt on World War I gradually sparked in expert circles. The output of the thesis is a summary of main interpretation streams of the selected authors as well as the monitoring of changes in the opinions on the last German Emperor after 1945 and determining the distinctiveness of this changes. While the question of the guilt on World War I was very damped shortly after 1945, it was reopened over time and an ever more active discussion took place, though being slightly damped again in recent times.
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The Spaniel family in Jaroměř during the First World War
Ročeň, František ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
This bachelor work is about the study of everyday life in the Czech lands during the first world war. The work is centred on East Bohemian town Jaroměř and it analyse the war effects on population living in the Czech lands. The study is based on memories of jaroměř citizen Marie Španielová and chronicle of Václav Pácalt, jaroměř politician and artist. The main interests is concentrated on economy, general mobilization, temporary stay of prisoners of war, supply difficulties and general lack of basic commodities. It proofs the war effects on civilian life on the example of Španiel family. Keywords Jaroměř, everyday life, the first world war, economy, regional history.
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The Influence of British Investments on Economic Development of Argentine, 1880-1916
Švepeš, Václav ; Skřivan, Aleš (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
The main task of my thesis was to do research work on the British impact on the Argentine economy during the period 1880 to 1916. The research work was focused on the economic aspects and, in particular, on the export policy of the country that, at the given period of time, was one of the most significant centres of primary products manufacturing. The objective of my research work was to discover the reasons for Argentina's economic achievements in the context of British interests in the area of Río de la Plata. For a better understanding of the chosen topic, I subdivided my thesis into eight time-related chapters that besides the country's export and the income from this trade also addressed the urban development, the industrial achievements as well as the country's infrastructure. The work also considers the Britain's dominant impact, not only on Argentina's economy, but also on the country's politics. Great emphasis was also placed on other important events that took place during the defined period that effected Argentina both during the phases of the country's economic prosperity and the phases of recession. Key words: Argentina, economy, Great Britain, 19th century, the First World War
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Position of science authorities in media agenda before the World War I. (research probe)
Havel, Jakub ; Sekera, Martin (advisor) ; Krejcar, Robert (referee)
The aim of this work is at least partially to map the position of the scientific theme in magazines produced in the end of 19th century and by the beginning of 20th century with focus on technical progress reflection and partial presence of additional scientific themes. The theoretical part of this work summarizes the role of science in the Czech society from the end of 18th century and presents the main personalities, turning points and processes (mainly industrial revolution) that formed the media discourse by the end of the 19th century. The practical part is dedicated to analyzing of chosen magazines Čas, Naše doba, Česká revue, Český svět a Světozor (Illustrovaný svět) in various periods of time. Firstly, there is a connection concerned with the year 1886, the age of manuscript polemics and "our two questions". Subsequently, it is analyzed the position of science at the turn of the century that was considerably influenced with the general process of technique penetration through society praxis. The last period researched is the pre-war time between years 1912 - 1914, when technical inventions were highly used in the military sphere and were also responsible for a massive militarization.
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