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It ain't ture, that we are few. V + W 1932 - 1948
 Main, Alexandra Valerie ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Czumalo, Vladimír (referee)
It ain't true, that we are few V+W 1932 - 1948 Annotation The aim of the bachelor thesis is to map the career of Jiri Voskovec and Jan Werich (V+W) and consequently their Osvobozene divadlo (Liberated Theater), especially the influence on the cultural and political scene in Czechoslovakia. Among other things, the thesis focuses on the influences and philosophical concept that formed their opinions on Czechoslovakian and European politics and culture. The author follows the work of V + W starting from their play Caesar which was their first anti fascist play thru World War II, when their sketches helped their audience maintain hope and a sense of humor (the voice of America). The thesis will end with the communist coup in 1948. The author focuses on the role of V+W in influencing and forming the consciousness of the nation, their work concentrating mainly on the defense of humanity and general moral principles. With their devoted efforts to use humor to defend people against those who spread fear and harmful and populistic propaganda. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to show through the optic of the work of V + W the history of our country and above all to prove that humor is one of the most effective weapons against fear, hopelessness and "bad mood".
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"The watchword of the times is: fast. The meaning of the times is: transformation. That is the method and the goal." The influence of the USSR and the Soviet artist on the Czechoslovak interwar avant-garde
 Main, Alexandra Valerie ; Michela, Miroslav (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
(in English): The aim of this Intersdisciplinary diploma thesis is to analyze the influence of the Soviet Union and Soviet artists on Avant-Garde Czechoslovak theatre during the years of the First Republic and including a slight overlap into the post-Second World War era. The purpose is to show the different approaches of the emerging Avant-Garde movement in Czechoslovakia and its reaction to Soviet influence. These approaches are specifically shown in the examples of E.F. Burian and the various Avant-Garde theatres in which E.F. Burian performed or co-founded. The emphasis then shifts to the Osvobozené divadlo of Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich and looks at the influence of Jindřich Honzl - an important link between these two theatres and a prominent promoter of innovative theatre aesthetics from the Soviet environment. The difficulty of assessing the influence of Soviet propaganda and Soviet artists is also due to the fact that Soviet artists were not always working towards a Soviet goal but were documenting purely artistic responses in the social conditions in which they were working. I use the methodology of comparative analysis. The source of the work will be first and foremost primary texts (such as archival funds, period manifestos, essays), then press and secondary literature. The title of the...
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