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Movement and stagnation in Samuel Beckett's work
Kudrnová, Anna ; Wallace, Clare (referee) ; Pilný, Ondřej (advisor)
Upon encountering the dramas and shorter prosaic works of Samuel Beckett, the reader or spectator will probably soon notice, apart from other characteristic features, the exceptional number of characters that limp, have various foot defects and pains, have problems with locomotion and balance, or who are even legless. In other cases, external causes impede the protagonists from moving, as for example in the play Happy Days, where Winnie is stuck in a mound of earth. Incapability of movement and stagnation, whether voluntary or forced, does not appear merely on the physical level; hesitation, inability to decide or act despite an urge to do so are themes frequently occurring in Beckett's texts; when we think of these manifestations of impotence in abstract terms, we realise that they represent stagnation as well: the inability to progress from one situation to another, further from one attitude or mental state etc. The characters often experience the ancient dilemma of activity versus passivity in human life; in many cases, Beckett illustrates it on motion. Another level on which a certain form of immobility emerges is often the structure of a text; that is to say, the plot does not reach any conclusion; the situation presented therein, although usually close to unbearable, does not change, or becomes...
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Australian cultural identity as a symbolic construction
Šafaříková, Jana ; Soukup, Martin (referee) ; Soukup, Václav (advisor)
Despite its geographical position within the Asia-Pacific region, Australia puts a great deal of effort into recreating a cultural environment that would resemble the one of Europe and the United States, rather than the one of its neighbouring countries. Australia's cultural identity, however, due to the immigrant past of its very diverse population, have had to be invented from scratch during the past two centuries, and the process of its formation continues to these days. This gives us an exceptional opportunity to study the processes of cultural identity construction in an almost direct transmission. Based on the bibliographical research, the thesis assumes that the roots can be identified in the following areas: (1) cultural traditions of the Australian Aboriginal societies, (2) recent cultural stereotypes that emerged during the past two centuries, and (3) specific natural and climatic conditions coupled with the presence of unique animal and plant species. This thesis will focus on the broadest, yet most significant area: Aboriginal culture in both its past and present state, and on its existence within the context of contemporary Australian society. The area of contemporary cultural stereotypes, of which many are related to Aboriginal cultural tradition, will also be briefly discussed. Australian...
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Communication with the customer in the selected company
Kurimská, Martina ; Turnerová, Lenka (advisor) ; Khelerová, Vladimíra (referee)
In my work I would like to present the phenomenon of communication with customers. I am presenting the concrete company, Maxin Prague Ltd., and its strategy on the field of communication with their clients. Firstly I am describing shortly the field of tourism and incoming industry, as the are that Maxin Prague concentrates on. Than I am presenting the competition atmosphere as well. Through more detailed definition of various kinds of communication with customers I an analysing the current attitude of Maxin Prague and afterwards I sum up and suggest possibilities for further development. Aftewards, I am analysing the quotation of the company and procedure of its creation. Of course, after this analyse I am presenting my opinions and suggestions for the future steps. In this work I am using my own experience in this company, futheremore I am using literature and other academic materials to support the work. My work should help the company to sum up the development until today and use the possibilities of suggested improvements in order to fight the strong competition.
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The Analysis of Business Relations between Spain and the Czech Republic
Kocián, Jakub ; Bolotov, Ilya (advisor) ; Čajka, Radek (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyse business relations between Spain and the Czech Republic. The thesis is divided into three main parts. The first part provides general information and characterizes both countries from the economic point of view. The second part deals with mutual economic relations. In the last part I describe current attitude of Catalonia and possibility of separation from Spain.
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Internet and the Holy See
Líbal, Zdeněk ; Eliáš, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Opatrný, Aleš (referee)
This diploma thesis called Internet and the Holy See deals with a specific question concerning relationship between the Catholic Church and media. It examines development of the attitude of the Holy See to the Internet in context of its attitude to mass media on the basis of exploration of ecclesiastical documents related to media and analysis of Internet and mass media use in practice. It takes the Internet as the latest fundamental milestone in development of human communication and probes how the Catholic Church represented by the Holy See deals with this phenomenon. Name of this thesis begins with the word Internet, to indicate perspective chosen on this topic. In the last chapter there are conclusions emerging from analysis of ecclesiastical documents compared with actual use of the Internet by the Holy See.
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Intrinsic religiosity practice. Psychological aspects of intrisic religiosity of Catholic mothers
Bartáková, Vladislava ; Slaměník, Ivan (advisor) ; Muchová, Ludmila (referee) ; Tavel, Peter (referee)
INTRINSIC RELIGIOSITY PRACTICE Psychological aspects of intrinsic religiosity of Catholic women - mothers of small children. Key words: Intrinsic religiosity, Prayer, Spirituality of an Everyday Life, Motherhood, Catholic Faith, Identity, Narrative Analysis Secularisation of the current post-modern Europe represents a collapse of Christianity in the sense of an integrating power of the society; however, it does not mean extinction of Christianity as such. The largest European church has been responding to the changes in the post-modern society by moving the emphasis from Catholicism (institutionally - as a doctrine attitude of the church) to Catholicity (openness and universal attitude of the church). Despite this inner movement, the Roman Catholic Church is losing numbers of their members and frequently it does not satisfactorily address, among the competition in the 'religious market', agnostics or even the 'searching' ones. From another point of view, however, it is obvious that for many people it still remains a 'home' in which they develop their faith as an individual expression of existential needs. The symbolic universe of the traditional Catholic religion provides these people with factual as well as symbolic tools to develop spirituality. Significant changes in religiousness and...
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Information and communication in the management of the music club
Stejskal, Michal ; Střížová, Vlasta (advisor) ; Švarcová, Eva (referee)
This work focuses on analysis of operation of the PopoCafePetl music club and on solution of existing problems of processes. Work is formally divided in two parts -- theoretical and practical. The first part introduces two very important managerial tools -- information and cummunication. Basic attitudes to the definition of the term information are discussed from the point of view of the disciplines examining it. A compendium of the communication forms, functions, and processes is enlisted with stress on the business communication. A structural proposal of information system fitted to the music club operation and management support was created in the empirical part of the study. Its realization and consequent implementation would simplify its run and service into a more efficient way. More economical management, more consistent promotion and the raise of its competitivnes should be their collateral product. To apply the conclusions of the analyses or information system itself would be convenient to any eterprise in this field of business.
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Eritrea and Somaliland - comparison of independence struggle
Lojková, Tereza ; Kváča, Vladimír (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to compare efforts of Eritrea and Somaliland to obtain independence and to find out why Eritrea was in independence obtaining succesful and Somaliland not. Chapter 1 offers a basic theoretical background concerning a question of international law and formation of a state. Based on basic international law documents regarding this topic it describes crucial terms and principles. Further it discusses a question of secession justifiability and it concerns also application of theoretical principles in reality. Chapter 2 includes basic geographical information and ethnical characteristics of population of both regions. Chapter 3 briefly describes history of both states from their emergence up to the beginning of fifties of the last century. The aim of this chapter is to describe international and internal influences which formed uniqueness of both regions within parent states which later supported the efforts to obtain independence. Chapter 4 is devoted to a concrete description of both areas' efforts to obtain independence in the second half of 20th century. It focuses mainly on international negotiations regarding future of both countries, formation and development of independence movements and the concrete course of independence declaration. Chapter 5 evaluates the course and results of independence struggle in both countries.
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Application for Food Quality Rating for Android
Tomešek, Jan ; Herout, Adam (referee) ; Beran, Vítězslav (advisor)
This thesis deals with design, implementation and testing of a mobile application which represents a part of a newly emerging service for food quality rating in catering facilities. The ratings come directly from consumers. Users can get inspired by ratings from other users, they can add ratings on their own or search for dishes and facilities. The thesis primarily focuses on the user interface design. The service is brought to users through an application for the Android platform. Application, which is compatible with 94 % of Android devices on the market and which could be released for real usage in the future, was created in this thesis. To a reader the thesis provides a look at the current trends in mobile application development, it presents considerations related to the design of a real world application and offers a selection of tools and means which can be used for development or be integrated into the application.
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The Russian Federation's membership in the WTO
Volkhina, Margarita ; Žamberský, Pavel (advisor) ; Neumann, Pavel (referee)
The aim of this study is to analyze the current readiness of Russia to become a member of WTO and to analyze how this membership will impact the russian economy generally.That is why this work set out the following tasks: In the first chapter - to explore the specific activities of the World Trade Organization, to determine its objectives and functions. In the second chapter - to explore the various stages of the Russia's accession to WTO and define the emerging results and complications. In the third chapter, I consider it necessary to examine the current status of Russia in international trade. Some attention will be paid to attitude of Russia's largest trading partners to accession. In the fourth chapter - to explore how Russian accession to the WTO will impact its main sectors and analyze the impact of economic liberalization on the overall economic situation in the country. In the final chapter - to explore possible ways of reforming the economy
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