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Authority and Authorship: James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men as a Work of Fictocriticism
Childs, Morgan ; Armand, Louis (advisor) ; Vichnar, David (referee)
viii Abstract This thesis uses James Agee's 1941 book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men to examine the role of so-called fictocriticism in emphasizing the immutability of an author from within a text. The thesis argues that the fictocritical text accounts for the impossibility of extricating the author from writing. Although its precursors date back several centuries- perhaps most notably to Michel de Montaigne-the term fictocriticism was coined in the mid- to late twentieth century to describe texts existing at the interstices of ostensibly fictional and factual genres of writing. Agee's text, borne out of a journalistic assignment for Fortune magazine, blends elements of long-form magazine journalism with lyric poetry with the author's famous sprawling, diaryesque prose, calling the reader to question which elements of the text are rooted in fact and which are simply the author's fabrications or, indeed, whether such a distinction can be drawn. The term can be applied only anachronistically to the 1941 book, yet as defined in these pages it is a befitting description of Agee's otherwise unclassifiable text. Fictocriticism lacks a singular definition, so the examination of Agee's Famous Men as a fictocritical work rests on a thorough revision of the term's history and its lexical implications, both of which...
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Artificial intelligence and copyright law
Czichon, Radek ; Petrlík, David (advisor) ; Holcová, Irena (referee)
1 Artificial intelligence and copyright law Abstract This thesis studies the relationship between copyright law and artificial intelligence which is becoming more and more significant even in the field of creative arts. The main question of this ongoing conflict is whether creative outputs of artificial intelligence can be copyrightable works and if so, who is the author of such works. The first part of the thesis deals with the two preliminary questions which must be answered before assessing the main issues of this thesis. Firstly, the thesis answers what artificial intelligence is, how it works and what is its definition. Secondly, current legislation regarding artificial intelligence and its creative outputs is assessed. In the second part the thesis identifies relevant regulation defining conceptual features of copyrightable works in the Czech Republic and the European Union. Main issue of this part is whether outputs of artificial intelligence can fulfill requirements set by the conceptual features of work. Two examples of real artificial intelligence projects from the music industry are used in this analyses. Thesis focuses mainly on the requirements of originality and creativity which are usually the most problematic for artificially generated outputs to meet. The third part of this thesis deals...
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Copyright protection of architectural work, current development trends
Güttlerová, Alice ; Žikovská, Petra (advisor) ; Křesťanová, Veronika (referee)
Title of thesis Copyright protectionof architectural work, current developmental trends Abstract This thesis explores the concept and protectionof architectural work and developmental trends in this legal area in the Czech Republic with respect to the valid copyright legislation. Architectural work is a work expressedthrough an architectural drawing,study, project documentation or a model, whereas in the absolute majority of cases the building itself is a reproduction of the architectural work. Subsequently, architectural work in the form of a building cannot be equated to the legislative term of architectural work in the sense of the copyright law. The work may be protected as architectural work only in the case that it fulfills the conceptual traits of author's work stipulated by the copyright law. These are defined both positively as well as negatively whereas the copyright law exempts some author's work from the copyright protection.Accordingtothe copyright law architectural workis definedas unique work of art which is the result of the creative work of an author and is expressed in an objectively perceivable form. Copyright therefore does not protect architectural ideas (concepts,notions) as such, but only their outer expression.The value of the work and its social significance is not decisive for the...
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Present authorship prehension of journalism genre of film review
Marek, Jan ; Kruml, Milan (advisor) ; Halada, Andrej (referee)
This thesis focuses on present prehension of publicistic genre of film review by its authors and seeks for its differences from original theoretical definitions including the reasoning and question on its future change. Derivation of our research is confirmation of hypothesis which was conclusion of previous bachelor thesis and it speaks of transformational tendency of film reviews in time. Combination of quantitative and qualitative technique gathering data, therefore questionnaire survey with present-day film reviewers and semi-structured interviews with well-known figures, aims to the most perfect capturing of their present output, equipment for it and values, but also theirs own authorship opinions about points of importance within writing about movies and how it is changing in time and eventually where it is heading.
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Fanfiction phenomenon in perspective of historical sociology
Profantová, Daniela ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Německý, Marek (referee)
Fanfiction Phenomenon in Perspective of Historical Sociology My thesis presents fanfiction as a global phenomenon fully matured and adapted to the internet as its own milieu. It defines fanfiction in relation to the community that I call "online fanfiction community". It is characterized by specific forms of communication, most importantly: a specific form of active readership, where author, reader and critic merge together. Today, the full-blown sphere of internet fanfiction cannot be understood without noting its development which is tied to a new way of being an active fan in the era of mass culture. This way is characterized by fandoms, fanzines and cons which established fanspeak and forms of communication that stayed the same despite the development of new technologies. My thesis also discusses the interpretation of online fanfiction community as a subculture. It describes the strategies used by the community to keep itself apolitical and egalitarian and also these to keep activism of the fight against the repressive concept of copyright law and internet censorship separate from the fanfiction arena. My thesis also interprets fanfiction authorship as one of many concepts of authorship that are present in the frame of modernity.
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The concept of the contemporary author in case of J. K. Rowling
Buchnerová, Jana ; Fišerová, Michaela (advisor) ; Charvát, Martin (referee)
The concept of the contemporary author in case of J. K. Rowling The diploma thesis deals with the contemporary concept of the author which is examined on the specific case of Joanne Kathleen Rowling. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on the biography of the author and the previous philosophical theories concerning the concept of the author and his/her role in the identity of the literary work. The main authors of the theories are Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, and Umberto Eco, whose concept is crucial for this thesis. The research part presents specific styles of writing which are characteristic for authors and applies this theory to the analysis of two literary works of J. K. Rowling. The conclusion of the thesis is the summary of the research and an attempt to define the concept of the contemporary author. Key words The author, authorship, literary work, pseudonym, the concept of the author, style of writing, J. K. Rowling, Robert Galbraith, Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, Umberto Eco
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Authorship of the online photography
Tomášková, Lucie ; Teplá, Jana (advisor) ; Štefaniková, Sandra (referee)
This thesis focuses on the issue of authorship of the online photograph. For purpose of dealing with this matter the thesis defines term photograph from the media and legal point of view and deals with the ethical and the legal aspect of use of photograph. The thesis pursues the principle of authorship and stipulates all the conditions which shall be fulfilled in order to determine the origin of authorship. Other part of this thesis is focused on the possible means of use of online photograph with and without the consent of its author according to the applicable laws of the Czech Republic. In this part, all suitable means of use of photograph are described - use for the personal need, free use and news licence. The licence agreement and related matter of online photograph provided by the photo bank are analysed as the use of online photograph with the consent of the author. In conclusion of the practical part, the thesis briefly pursues court decisions in connection with the use of online photograph available so far. Final part of this thesis deals with the issue of use of online photograph in practice. For these purposes the content analysis of mentions of authorship of online photograph used by the Internet sites Ihned.cz and Moda.cz was performed and was supplied by the statements of the...
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Discipline without rules? Ethnography of Dialogical Acting with the Inner Partner
Šlédrová, Jasňa ; Stöckelová, Tereza (advisor) ; Spalová, Barbora (referee)
The subject of this diploma thesis is Dialogical acting with the inner partner, which understands itself as psychosomatic introspective and self-developing discipline founded by Ivan Vyskočil. I approach dialogical acting through three conceptualizations of objects - as networks, fluid objects and fire objects. With these I explore different ways in which dialogical acting holds its shape as a discipline. I focus on the creation and continuous re-enactment of dialogical acting and its ambiguous relation to its founder Ivan Vyskočil. I analyze the stability and fluidity of rules that shape and define boundaries of the discipline and describe dialogical acting as a set of relations of changing entities and realities that are present and absent, and as passages that are enacted by the rearrangements of multiple specificities. I try to capture tensions that constitute the discipline. Dialogical acting aims at being an open discipline without rules. As rules re-emerge and tend to stabilize, the discipline develops strategies in the process of transferring knowledge that seek to destabilize the rules. Findings and conclusions of this thesis are based on participative observation of dialogical acting in the courses that take place on The Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, on...
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Authority and Authorship: James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men as a Work of Fictocriticism
Childs, Morgan ; Armand, Louis (advisor) ; Vichnar, David (referee)
viii Abstract This thesis uses James Agee's 1941 book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men to examine the role of so-called fictocriticism in emphasizing the immutability of an author from within a text. The thesis argues that the fictocritical text accounts for the impossibility of extricating the author from writing. Although its precursors date back several centuries- perhaps most notably to Michel de Montaigne-the term fictocriticism was coined in the mid- to late twentieth century to describe texts existing at the interstices of ostensibly fictional and factual genres of writing. Agee's text, borne out of a journalistic assignment for Fortune magazine, blends elements of long-form magazine journalism with lyric poetry with the author's famous sprawling, diaryesque prose, calling the reader to question which elements of the text are rooted in fact and which are simply the author's fabrications or, indeed, whether such a distinction can be drawn. The term can be applied only anachronistically to the 1941 book, yet as defined in these pages it is a befitting description of Agee's otherwise unclassifiable text. Fictocriticism lacks a singular definition, so the examination of Agee's Famous Men as a fictocritical work rests on a thorough revision of the term's history and its lexical implications, both of which...
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