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Firearms in the Middle East. Beginnings, Production and Use.
Beran, Pavel ; Bouzek, Jan (advisor)
This thesis deals with the development of the hand-held firearms in the Middle East with an emphasis on the period from the 15th to the end of the 18th century. In some passages it also marginally mentions the early 19th century. The first part of the thesis concentrates on the development of firearms in a historical context. The focus is primarily on the Ottoman Empire and partially on Egypt. Among other topics it also analyses the practical use of firearms and the related military tactics including the presence of firearms in major battles, as shown on contemporary paintings and miniatures. In the second part the author deals with the technical development of hand-held firearms. This section focuses mostly on the components of firearms and their development. This section also in some degree deals with the artistic aspects of the preserved firearms. The supplements consist of numerous photographs of the preserved exhibits in Czech and foreign collections and also of other visual materials. Keywords firearms, gunpowder, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Mamluks, Egypt, flintlock, matchlock, miquelet, stock, barrel, decoration, miniatures
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The Dramaturgy of the National Theatre Ballet in Seasons 2002 - 2011
Jílková, Eliška ; Christov, Petr (advisor) ; Kočí, Julie (referee)
Eliška Jílková Abstract The aim of the thesis work is to map characteristics and evolution trend of ballet dramaturgy in the National Theater during the season 2002/2003 - 2010/2011. To cover complexity of the topic, the text is broadened out by characteristics of all National Theater stages and the dramaturgy is specified with respect to the previous season. The text offers several views on repertory changes. Besides the methods of titlesselection it also points out external and internal conditions of this process. The thesis also roughly characterizes dramaturgy from previous season when the National Theater ballet was directed by Vlastimil Harapes. For clarity the work is divided by the nationality of authors. One chapter is solely devoted to guest ensembles whose staging have limited influence on the whole repertory appearance. The conclusion summarizes the findings about the evolution and present-day dramaturgy of the ballet. The thesis is finished with description of the most important and distinctive elements of the new dramaturgy concept. Keywords Ballet of the National Theatre in Prague , The National Theatre, dramaturgy, ballet, production, choreography, compound production, repertoire, Petr Zuska, Miniatures, Ballet Gala
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Firearms in the Middle East. Beginnings, Production and Use.
Beran, Pavel ; Veselý, Rudolf (advisor) ; Bouzek, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with the development of the hand-held firearms in the Middle East with an emphasis on the period from the 15th to the end of the 18th century. In some passages it also marginally mentions the early 19th century. The first part of the thesis concentrates on the development of firearms in a historical context. The focus is primarily on the Ottoman Empire and partially on Egypt. Among other topics it also analyses the practical use of firearms and the related military tactics including the presence of firearms in major battles, as shown on contemporary paintings and miniatures. In the second part the author deals with the technical development of hand-held firearms. This section focuses mostly on the components of firearms and their development. This section also in some degree deals with the artistic aspects of the preserved firearms. The supplements consist of numerous photographs of the preserved exhibits in Czech and foreign collections and also of other visual materials. Keywords firearms, gunpowder, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Mamluks, Egypt, flintlock, matchlock, miquelet, stock, barrel, decoration, miniatures
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Firearms in the Middle East. Beginnings, Production and Use.
Beran, Pavel ; Bouzek, Jan (advisor)
This thesis deals with the development of the hand-held firearms in the Middle East with an emphasis on the period from the 15th to the end of the 18th century. In some passages it also marginally mentions the early 19th century. The first part of the thesis concentrates on the development of firearms in a historical context. The focus is primarily on the Ottoman Empire and partially on Egypt. Among other topics it also analyses the practical use of firearms and the related military tactics including the presence of firearms in major battles, as shown on contemporary paintings and miniatures. In the second part the author deals with the technical development of hand-held firearms. This section focuses mostly on the components of firearms and their development. This section also in some degree deals with the artistic aspects of the preserved firearms. The supplements consist of numerous photographs of the preserved exhibits in Czech and foreign collections and also of other visual materials. Keywords firearms, gunpowder, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Mamluks, Egypt, flintlock, matchlock, miquelet, stock, barrel, decoration, miniatures
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Things and Words in Georgi Gospodinov's Poetry
Zajac, Ondřej ; Grigorov, Dobromir (advisor) ; Černý, Marcel (referee)
This MA thesis is primarily concerned with the poetics of the first two poetry collections by the Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov. The said collections, Lapidarium and The Cherry Tree of One People were published for the first time in the 1990s. The first part of the thesis is devoted to the author's debut, Lapidarium; mainly, we are attempting to capture the collection's characteristic traits and draw attention to the conspicious features connecting this oeuvre with the book Tao Te Ching. In the second part we continue by the analysis of The Cherry Tree of One People. We are focusing on the change of the author's poetics and furthermore, we concetrate on the national/supranatural aspects of the texts. In the concluding part, we anchor Gospodinov's work in the wider context of the 1990s and provide a comparison of contemporary Czech and Bulgarian poetry.
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