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ʻSudeten Germansʻ in Czech cinematography from 1945: changes and constants
Koutská, Anna ; Blahak, Boris (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
The bachelor thesis investigates the background of possible presentations of Sudeten Germans in Czech cinematography and describes circumstances of a contemporary political and cultural climate in connection with the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II. In four significant periods are analyzed five films - Nástup, Adelheid, Cukrová bouda, Zánik samoty Berhof, Habermannův mlýn. The analysis is based on secondary literature and contemporary critics.
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"Du has(s)t mich (gefragt) …" Human primal fears and their literary implementation in lyrics of the band ,Rammstein'
Pecková, Adéla ; Blahak, Boris (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
A fitting citation from the name of this thesis contains one of the most well known plays on words of the German band Rammstein, which engages socially taboo topics in its lyrics and thus evokes human primal fears. The goal of this thesis is a literary analysis of selected lyrics with a regard to the related controversial topics. Controversial topics often reflect human weaknesses. This thesis focuses on their literary implementation in lyrics (irony, plays on words and rhetorical and stylistic tools) with a consideration of the accompanying music. Based on the insight gained, the important question is: why has the band Rammstein become a phenomenon of the present time all over the world and why are its lyrics subjects of discussion. The provocation certainly has its roots in the origin of the members of the band, who come from the former DDR, where they did not have the opportunity to openly comment controversial topics.
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Poetry slam and slam poetry in Germany and Czech Republic. History, forms and comparison
Lupínková, Martina ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Blahak, Boris (referee)
This thesis deals with a contemporary phenomenon bordering on literature and performance, i.e. with the poetry slam. It summarizes the different attitudes to the terminology and the definitions of the key terms (particularly within the Czech-German discourse), includes the history of the poetry slam formation, its expansion to the other countries and its establishment in the Czech Republic and Germany. The work focuses on a comparison of important aspects of the "poetry slam" as an event format and the "slam poetry" as a literary genre on the Czech and German scene, which was based on available literature, slam visits, recordings from the events and interviews with the participants. The results of the comparative analysis provide the public better with the specifics of the both scenes, which is of importance especially to the Czech scene that has stayed without a public interest up to the present day.
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"Oit wird me!" The Kraslice German. Phonetic structure and variation-linguistical classification
Mareš, Jiří ; Blahak, Boris (advisor) ; Šemelík, Martin (referee)
This thesis deals with the topic of a diatopically spoken variant of German language in the region of Kraslice, the north-western part of Bohemia (Eger/Cheb). The research that was carried out stands on dialogues based on the so called Wenker - Sätze phrases (1878), such dialogues were recorded and then phonetically transcribed and analyzed. Using these methods and materials, the phonetic structure of vowels was reconstructed and the results were variation-linguistically classified. Among the expected features, the north-bavarian and east-franc influences prevail as expected. Despite those there are many signs of the north(west)-bohemian too. Next the question pursued of how the German Graslitzer developed after 1945.
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Cross-Border Bavarian-Czech cooperation projects since 1989 - development and perspectives
Skalický, Joana Marie ; Blahak, Boris (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
The submitted bachelor thesis deals with the development of the bilateral relationship between the neighbouring countries of Bavaria and the Czech Republic since 1989. Regarding the positive and intensive economic relations between both countries, it will be studied whether there is a corresponding positive development in the area of interpersonal relations. Official governmental documents (bilateral agreements, international treaties) as well as local initiatives (language and cultural projects, mutual interest meetings projects) will be included. The work of selected intercultural organisations from the Bavarian-Czech border region will also be presented. The introductory section outlines the history of the long cross-border relations in order to better comprehend the starting point in 1989. After the interpretation of the cooperation initiatives comes the formulation of possible development perspectives of the Bavarian-Czech cross-border cooperation.
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Understand each other. Language initiatives at the czech-bavarian border.
Hamplová, Erika ; Blahak, Boris (advisor) ; Šemelík, Martin (referee)
The present Bachelor's Thesis discusses the question to what extent the countries Czech Republic and Bavaria, once both right on the Iron Curtain, have traversed a successful procedure of approximation against the background of the 25th anniversary of the political upheaval in eastern central Europe. This process is manifested in the largely distributed knowledge about the respective language spoken in the neighbouring countries. One aim of the study is to record the current situation of one-sided or bilateral initiatives to promote awareness of Czech in Bavaria and of German in the Czech Republic. In the process the motivation (Economy, culture, exchange between younger generations etc.), the target group (Pre-school, primary level I/II, college, accompanying occupation) as well as the success is to be determined. Recapitulatory, a critical evaluation between symmetry or asymmetry of the input and output on both sides will be made.
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ʻSudeten Germansʻ in Czech cinematography from 1945: changes and constants
Koutská, Anna ; Blahak, Boris (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
The bachelor thesis investigates the background of possible presentations of Sudeten Germans in Czech cinematography and describes circumstances of a contemporary political and cultural climate in connection with the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II. In four significant periods are analyzed five films - Nástup, Adelheid, Cukrová bouda, Zánik samoty Berhof, Habermannův mlýn. The analysis is based on secondary literature and contemporary critics.
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The Dutch: About its status between own westgermanic standard variety and a variety of the Low German
Hubáček, Miroslav ; Blahak, Boris (advisor) ; Šemelík, Martin (referee)
The bachelor's thesis works on the assumption that the cartographical illustration which provides an overview of the German historical language area and dialect area is often related to the Dutch language area as well. In consideration of this background, there is a question how much the Dutch language may be really understood as a variety of the Low German language or if it is an independent West Germanic language on the basis of the long political separation of the Dutch and Germans. The research deals with phonetic and morphological phenomena and tries to create an overview, on which basis the main question of the bachelor's thesis can be determined with certain plausibility, by using linguistic contrasting methods. The materials for the research are grammars of the standard form of Dutch, local grammars of Low German and also linguistic and textual samples of Dutch respectively low German native speakers.
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The Dutch: About its status between own westgermanic standard variety and a variety of the Low German
Hubáček, Miroslav ; Blahak, Boris (advisor) ; Dovalil, Vít (referee)
The bachelor's thesis works on the assumption that the cartographical illustration which provides an overview of the German historical language area and dialect area is often related to the Dutch language area as well. In consideration of this background, there is a question how much the Dutch language may be really understood as a variety of the Low German language or if it is an independent West Germanic language on the basis of the long political separation of the Dutch and Germans. The research deals with phonetic and morphological phenomena and tries to create an overview, on which basis the main question of the bachelor's thesis can be determined with certain plausibility, by using linguistic contrasting methods. The materials for the research are grammars of the standard form of Dutch, local grammars of Low German and also linguistic and textual samples of Dutch respectively low German native speakers.
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On some aspects of "German with ease" from the point of view of language acquisition
Kořánová, Nora ; Blahak, Boris (advisor) ; Šemelík, Martin (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with a specific sequence in the acquisition of German verb placement. The actual subject of research is the language textbook for self-learners "German with Ease" produced by the company Assimil. The textbook supposedly offers a method based on similar principles, which apply in L1 acquisition. The goal of the thesis is to asses to what extent the acquisition sequence has been respected in the textbook. The thesis thus provides a critical analysis of the textbook on a psycholinguistic background. The theoretical part consists of a description of the textbook and compares the Assimil method with other existing methods. It also reviews the psycholinguistic research in the field of acquisition sequences. The practical part of the thesis describes data types and foci, data selection, data presentation and evaluation. Based on the conclusions of the practical part, changes are presented, which may result in the textbook quality enhancement.
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