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Characteristics of the Potential Winner of Magnesia Litera in the Children's Literature Category
Hronková, Barbora ; Smrčka, Jiří (advisor) ; Laufková, Veronika (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on contemporary Czech literature for children and youth in connection with literary awards. The theoretical part of the thesis presents basic knowledge of these disciplines, which are supplemented by the characteristics of current literary awards appreciating literature for children and youth. The second part of this work provides an analysis of the books awarded by the Magnesia Litera prize in the Children's Literature Category. Content of the analysis provides a description of phenomena common for ten chosen children's books that were awarded in 2011-2020. The work aims to describe the characteristics of a possible winner of the literary award Magnesia Litera. Crucial finding is that in case of category for a book for children and youth professional jury of Magnesia Litera tends to award books that are richly illustrated and written in prose. As for the main character it is usually a boy or not sexually specified character that is getting to know and is building his/its personality in real space-time. KEYWORDS literature for children and youth, literary awards, Magnesia Litera
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Theme of the city in a contemporary Czech fairy tail story
Výmolová, Tereza ; Brožová, Věra (advisor) ; Hník, Ondřej (referee)
Diploma thesis named Theme of the city in a contemporary Czech fairy tale story aims to examine various styles of constructions of space and shaping it in a Czech literature for children and youth of last decade. This thesis chooses a theme that is popularized by Pavel Šrut and his novel Lichožrouti - city space. In the first part of this thesis are briefly characterized children proses which were chosen for analysing. Mainly because of showing on which aspects of space are these proses focused and because in the theoretical section are mentioned some of the findings connected to chosen books. The last part of this thesis is focused on analysing the interpretations of different text sections from space point of view. Parts related to each individual proses are organized and divided by locations, in which the books are placed. Taking into account that authors are operating with the space differently based on their intentions and audience, this thesis points out differences and similarities in how the city space and through it its inhabitant and their worries are formed. The thesis indicates how contemporary literature for children and youth is not avoiding serious issues of modern society. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Theme of the city in a contemporary fairytail
Výmolová, Tereza ; Brožová, Věra (advisor) ; Mocná, Dagmar (referee)
English resumé This bachelor thesis handles the theme of city (and its displays) in contemporary fairy tail. The thesis is based on Pavel Šrut's writings Lichožrouti and Lichožrouti se vracejí. From this thesis it is obvious, that space is the main element in these tales. As this space is horizontal and vertical, so it is subjective (seen by the characters) and objective. Through the analysis of each space in each book I tried to look into the way of constructing it in books in general. I also tried to analyse the whole writings (focused on the elements and theme of city). As the main result of my findings I consider the fact, that there is a shift (in the sphere of space) between first and second book. The continuing of this shift (possible loop) is expected in next book (or books).This shift is based on significant opposition as well as on their mutual completion. I also tried to summarize the theme of space and city in academic literature.
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Fictionalization of History in History Teaching
Knitlová, Hana ; Parkan, František (advisor) ; Mikeska, Tomáš (referee)
99 Summary The topic of this Diploma thesis focuses on Fictionalization of History in History Teaching. This area is closely connected with Eduard Štorch. Eduard Štorch was an amateur archaeologist, a very good writer and an undervalued teacher. Based on topics which he drew from a variety of archaeological research projects he created and wrote adventure stories which can be classified as somewhere between fiction and popular science stories in which he described oldest periods of Czech history. His books are still recognised today as the very best of their kind and they have been translated into a number of foreign languages. As a teacher, Štorch did his utmost to improve children's education. At his own expense and almost single-handedly he built a "Children's Farm" on Libeňský ostrov in Prague. It was meant as a place for educating children not only inside a classroom but also in the middle of nature. Children from other schools in Prague were encouraged to use the outdoors facilities there in their free time as well. Eduard Štorch tried to promote and enforce changes in the teaching of all school subjects but concentrated on the teaching of history. For this purpose he published several books such as "The Reform of the History Taught at Schools" (Reforma školního dějepisu; 1905), "The New History"...
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Media responses of trilogy Lichožrouti by Pavel Šrut and Galina Miklínová
Bočková, Jana ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
This Bachelor's thesis is focused on the analysis of media response to the book trilogy Lichožrouti by Pavel Šrut and Galina Miklínová. The theoretical part first focuses on the definition of the terms literary criticism and modern fairy-tale. Literary criticism is described in detail in the connection to literary reflections of books for children and youth. Modern fairy-tale is defined in relation to Lichožrouti and similar books. Part of it is also characterization of the media used in this work, which were chosen to give a more complete look at the media response of the book trilogy. For the analysis, there were picked cultural periodicals A2, Host, Tvar and Týdeník Rozhlas. From daily newspapers, there are included Hospodářské noviny, Lidové noviny and Mladá fronta DNES, as a representative of news websites, there were chosen Aktuálně.cz and Der Tagesspiegel. Profiles of both authors of the trilogy, Pavel Šrut and Galina Miklínová, with the characterization of their long time collaboration are included. The last part of the theoretical part is dedicated to the book series Lichožrouti. The practical part of the Bachelor's thesis maps the media response of the book in the included media. The analysis is divided by the books in the trilogy and is focused on the texts of literary criticism. As a...
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Media response to books for children and youth with same-sex couple theme in Czech environment
Dlouhý, Jan ; Malý, Radek (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
This bachelor thesis is dedicated to the media response to books for children and youth, in which the topic of same-sex couples appears. The theoretical part defines literature for children and youth, the literary fairy tale as one of its genres, and focuses on contemporary Czech work for children and youth. It also deals with representation of homosexuality in modern Czech literary works. The practical part of the thesis presents four selected books in which the topic of same-sex couples appears and gives a profile of their authors, or translators, and publishing houses in which they were published in the Czech republic. It then maps and subsequently analyzes the media response of these books in the Czech mass media. The bachelor thesis also includes the interview with Ondřej Moravec, the author of one of the selected books, devoted to the origin of his book and the issue of portraying homosexuality in works for children and youth in the Czech Republic.
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Meander Publishing House and Media Reflection of Edition Blue Elephant
Pecháček, Jan ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Halada, Jan (referee)
This Master Thesis is about Meander publishing house and media reflection of three choosen titles from edition Blue Elephant. Theoretical part of this thesis introduces the development of publishing houses after the fall of communism in 1989, the development of the literature for children and youth, phenomenon of bilderbuch and the change of reading habits and reader's environment. The analytical part introduces the Meander publishing house and its edition Blue Elephant. Key artist for this edition is Petr Nikl, who is Meander's court artist as well. The analysis of media was performed on titles Záhádky by Petr Nikl, Jělěňovití by Petr Nikl and The Little's Man Great Journey by Lenka Uhlířová and Jiří Stach. The analysed media are literary and cultural magazines, newspapers and digital media.
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Taboo subjects in French Childern's Literature
Mrázková, Jana ; Fučíková, Milena (advisor) ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (referee)
The thesis entitled Sensitive topics in childhood and youth literature deals with one of the main tendencies of contemporary Francophone literature for children and youth, which is the inclusion of sensitive topics in children's books. The thesis tries to find answers to these questions: Since when did these topics start to appear in children's and youth's literature? Which topics do we consider sensitive? How do the authors handle these difficult topics and what is their place and objective in children's literature? The introduction of the thesis generally outlines the specifics and functions of literature for children and youth and subsequently tries to answer the defined questions. As such, the introduction is followed by the chapters examining the history of the children and youth genre, taboo and sensitive topics in children's literature, which will help answer these questions. The thesis carefully focuses on the topics of death, illness and disability, racism and diversity and difficult family situations such as divorce, adoption or homoparentality.
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Animal Protagonist in Texts Usable in Education
Vomastková, Martina ; Brožová, Věra (advisor) ; Neumann, Lukáš (referee)
This thesis is focused on an animal protagonist in literary texts which could be used in education because of their didactic potential. The aim of this thesis is to describe the form of representation of an animal protagonist (and nature in general) in chosen literary texts and to design the possible ways how to use these texts in education. The first part is dedicated to a theme of animal in the cultural context, especially in the literature with a short ethology-digression. The second part deals with a literary-theoretical analysis of texts from Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vitaly Bianki and Ceridwen Dovey. The third part of this thesis is focused on the didactic potential of analyzed texts aiming to econarratology. In the last chapter are described possibilities of the didactic work with all the formerly analyzed texts. Keywords animal protagonist, anthropomorphism, literature for children and youth, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vitaly Bianki, Ceridwen Dovey, education, econarratology, didactic potential
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The Publishing House Labyrint and Media Reflection of Editions Fresh a Raketa
Kubiková, Karolína ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
This Master Thesis is focused on analysis of media response to editions Fresh and Raketa of publishing house Labyrint in the context of history of publishing practice in the Czech Republic in the nineties. It also discusses contemporary literature for children and youth. Thesis studies critical media response to three particular books from studied editions Tajemství oblázkové hory by Bára Dočkalová, Robinson by Petr Sís and Plyš by Michal Hvorecký. Novel Plyš by Michal Hvorecký was covered the most in the media. The smallest number of articles was published about Tajemství oblázkové hory by Bára Dočkalová. Even though it was nominated for Magnesia Litera Award, it did not win the price in the end. The closing part focuses on a unique project by publishing house Labyrint, a magazine for children called Raketa. Media attention is focused on creators of magazine, either it is the owner of publishing house Labyrint Joachim Dvořák or its chief editors Johana Švejdíková and Radana Litošová. Critical reflection is rare, there are mostly short notes recommending buying the magazine or describing a new issue. There is a broad spectrum of media chosen for this analysis, from news media to cultural and literary periodical such as Tvar, Host, A2 and catalog Nejlepší knihy dětem.
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