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Fictional Worlds of Fanfiction
DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Andrea
This bachelor thesis introduces basic knowledge about the so-called phenomenon of fanfiction, i.e. a complex of narrative works of literature written by fans. It presents the most significant details and issues of this phenomenon and introduces its place among other works of literature. An explanation of how fanfiction uses a fictional world of a canonical work and a comparison of fanficion and transcript follows after. The thesis discusses fictional entities and the positions of an author, a narrator, and a reader. A summary of the most common terms used in fanfiction completes this thesis.
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The magazin Home - the phenomenon of the 2. half of 20th century
Krajmerová, Magdaléna ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor) ; Jirsová, Pavlína (referee)
In my dissertation I contrented to the magazine Home, wich appurtenant to the oldest magazines about living, life style and applied art in our country. This magazine arosed in 1960 and mustered in the redaction and between coworkers group of specialists and famous personalities from literature, architecture and art. The result was the magazine, what produced to readers practical information, interesting visits in interiors portraits of artists and designers and also lowly available information about news architecture and lifestyle in abroad. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Franjo Tudman in Croatian media discourse: using examples of biographies and "Feral Tribune"
Vacík, Ivo ; Pelikán, Jan (advisor) ; Příhoda, Marek (referee)
This dissertation 1S leaded by two goals. The first one is to show the controversial posture of the first Croatian president from the Croatian society point of view. For this purpose I use the biographies of Franjo Tudman and the politicallysatirical magazine "Feral Tribune". The second goal is to make Czech readers aware of the Croatian social phenomenon which is "Feral Tribune", the only real opposing and the most critical magazine of Franjo Tudman' s govemment and also remarkable factor of creating democracy and liberty which has developed in the nineties of the 20th century. Again - I use Franjo Tudman as an example. By these two examples we can easily see the entire atmosphere of the Croatian society in the last decade of the 20th century and the beginning of new mi11ennium. Part of this text is also a description ofthe media market situation during the Franjo Tudman's leadership.
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Formation of the cult of personality (on the example of Czechoslovakia 1945-1957)
Huml, Petr ; Klusáková, Luďa (advisor) ; Pullmann, Michal (referee)
This Bachelor-Thesis focuses on the analysis of the genesis of personality cult on the example of Czechoslovakia in 1945 - 1957, including the reference to, so called, "First Republic". On the grounds of the contents analysis of rich sources, mainly drawn from archives, there is shown how the personality cult was established. It also shows its original signs and its meaning for a state or a regime. The analysis is suported by a large number of citations from primary sources which allows an immediate understanding of the studied phenomenon. The large number of comparison of periodical press and tables based on simple statistics concerning a question of renaming and naming after leading statesmen. The autor supports his argumentation by examples drawing on comparison with similar cases of personality cults, that appeared in different states, where they played not small role in the life of society. In the last chapter is a summary of the analysis and the results of the research carried by the author. The conclusion also offers certain description of the field of research, and a proposal of definition of the personality cult.
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Sexuality, erotismus and love in the novels of Manuel Puig
Dlesková, Ivana ; Vydrová, Hedvika (advisor) ; Housková, Anna (referee)
This thesis is concerned with the subject of sex and love in the prose of Manuel Puig. Defining the differences between erotica and phornography, the isme of sexuality, male and fiale social roles and love in the context of literature and popular culture in the introductory section of the thesis, were used in the analysis of Puig's novels. The author conceives sex as a natural part of life, presents the reader variol types of sexual behavior and perceptions of sexuality in the context of his time. The theme of eroticism, sex and love in the work of Manuel Puig is associated with social stereotypes and conteporary phenomenons of mass culture. Elaboration of sexual theme in author's novels is often implicite and gives space for reader's own imagination.
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Czechoslovak emigration in Argentina in the texts Czech travelers in the first decades of the 20th century
Kallová, Gabriela ; Křížová, Markéta (referee) ; Opatrný, Josef (advisor)
The centre of the diploma project consists of analysis of publications of Czech travellers and the memoirs of Czech immigrants to Argentina, who describe the situation in this region in the first thirty years of 20th Century. This work is focused especially on publications of Czech travellers, such as Vladislav Forejt, František Čech-Vyšaty and memoirs of Anna Kodýtková and Božena Čvančarová. Such information's were introduced to readers with great delay. This project describes the way of life of our emigrants in that time, such as the motivation for trade or voyages. These publications are critically assessed and the project comes out with realistic picture of Czechoslovak emigrants that was accessible to the Czechoslovak public between two world wars. The Diploma project is mainly inspired by work of Ivan Dubovický, Rudolf Míšek and Bohumil Baďura, who studied the phenomenon of immigrants to Latin American region. The project deals also with the theme of immigration in general as a phenomenon that influences development of nations as well as the whole world.
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Surveillance and Ethics
Slavíček, Daniel ; Pinc, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Marcelli, Miroslav (referee) ; Fulka, Josef (referee)
The theme of the dissertation is surveillance. Its aim is to answer the following question: up to what extend do we live in a society, which may be described as a surveillance society. For this purpose it defines, what is meant by surveillance, how surveillance evolved through history, which theories relevantly describe this phenomenon and in which spheres surveillance is notable. The dissertation introduces the main theories of the multi-disciplinary field of surveillance studies, which has been developing over the last twenty years. Special attention is focused on CCTV systems. At the same time, the thesis focuses on ethical problems of surveillance, i.e. privacy, discrimination, social exclusion, transparency and responsibility.
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Corporate Governance - Úloha představenstva a dozorčí rady akciové společnosti
Štěrbák, Ondřej ; Kříž, Radim (advisor) ; Labancz, Ladislav (referee)
The thesis is focused on Corporate Governance phenomenon mainly on companies with public shares. Starting from the wide description of problematic the thesis continues with analyzing most important trends in governance, world known standards and even Czech standards. Furthermore it concentrates on description of Public Limited company role in Czech law system with special intention on statutory body. The result is an analysis of the role of Management Board and Supervisory Board, especially their impact on governance, duties and responsibility. In the end reader may find the drafts of measures and case study of corporate governance in Japanese global corporatin MITSUI & Co, Ltd.
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Guerilla Marketing on selected Czech companies
Prošvicová, Soňa ; Skokanová, Dagmar (advisor) ; Palková, Kateřina (referee)
The main objective of my work is a thorough introduction of guerilla marketing and of everything that is important to know about this new marketing trend. Futhermore it presents the survey of the campaign of Vodafone Czech Republic corp. The final part of my work analyses, by means of a question-form, the public opinion on the ways of advertising, company's campaigns and general knowledge about the phenomenon of guerilla marketing.
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Copycats among internet-based companies: Success via imitation
Niklyaev, Ilya ; Lukeš, Martin (advisor) ; Mareš, Jan (referee)
This study is dedicated to providing readers with a holistic overview of the phenomenon of the imitation among internet based companies. Four research questions have been posed and answered through qualitative primary and secondary researches. As a result of this study major success factors that allowed a Berlin - based company Rocket Internet SE to imitate ideas and business models of others have been identified, numerous recommendations have been provided to future copycat companies as well as to companies that face the pressure from such copycats in their day-to-day activities. As an outcome, more transparency has been provided about the processes of imitation in the business environment in order to allow various players to compete more effectively, structure their operations in more efficient way and avoid costly mistakes.
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