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Figures of speech in translation contemporary venezuelan press with focus on Jan Rudolf Slabý
Tesárková, Lenka ; Králová, Jana (advisor) ; Eichl, Radek (referee)
Rigorous work called "Rhetorical figures in translations of contemporary Venezuelan journalism with focus on Jan Rudolf Slabý" concentrate on analysis of journalistic texts with accent on rhetorical figures (especially metaphor and metonymy). First part of the work deals with theoretical analysis of Czech and Spanish terminology in the field of rhetorical figures, definition of populism from the point of view of political science, specific language used by politicians and also different methods for translation of rhetorical figures from Czech to Spanish. Second part is based on empiric study which analyzes texts of Spanish lecture called "El Libertador Simon Bolívar y su papel en la revolución emancipadora de la América Espaňola (1930) "and its translation to Czech by means of modern statistic methods. Second text used for comparison is the magazine 8 Estrellas published by the Embassy of Venezuela in the Czech Republic. On the basis of analyzing the same sample of journalistic texts in Czech and Spanish are compared types and frequency of rhetorical figures with focus on their function in populist oriented texts. During the research were used modern statistical methods as modus, median and arithmetic mean etc. The work was extended also by the curriculum of the famous Czech translator Jan Rudolf...
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Formation and use of agentiv nouns in contemporary czech and polish language
Plasová, Anna ; Rusin Dybalska, Renata (advisor) ; Benešová, Michala (referee)
This thesis focusses on the issue of feminine gender agentive nouns formation and use in contemporary Polish, with respect to analogical phenomena in Czech. The theoretical part of the thesis sketches the form and the manner of derivation of the feminine counterparts of agentive nouns, subsequently analysing their socio- political implications (the opposition between masculine and feminine gender, various views concerning the asymmetry in their usage). In contemporary Polish, two antagonistic trends can be delineated, one tabooing and blocking the derived forms, the other, on the contrary, upholding and promoting them. In general, feminine forms are widely used for designations of jobs with lower social prestige; conversely, with respect to professions and honorifics viewed as prestigious, feminization is sparse, and, outside the feminist coterie, viewed as unnatural, inappropriate, even belittling. There are also quite a few nouns that undergo derivation only selectively. This state of affairs is evaluated as substantially different from that in Czech, a language in which feminization is common and normally unmarked. The practical part contains a research carried out on a corpus of texts from the Polish daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza from 2006; 18 problematic feminine gender agentive nouns were...
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The New Regionalism and the institutional framework of the regional cooperation in the Western Balkans
Šindelář, Jan ; Králová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Šístek, František (referee)
The presented thesis is analyzing the regional cooperation in the Western Balkans (WB) focusing on interactions of local actors. Theoretical background is based on the new regionalism, a theoretical approach to regional interactions. Contemporary studies on New Regionalism (NR) actually do not consider the Western Balkans to be part of this process and as a result we lack sufficient information about the basic characteristics of this region. The author proves that the WB is engaged in the process of the new regionalism and in fact by focusing on the institutional structure he demonstrates that several parallel processes are ongoing in the region as for example regional cooperation, integration or cooperation with another region. For the purpose of this research two projects of regional cooperation were chosen, South Eastern European Cooperation Process (SEECP) and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) which are regarded as the main pillars of the political cooperation in the WB. By examining their structure we may understand the relevance of the region as an independent actor and the general aims of the regional cooperation.
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Utopia in the Works of Adalbert Stifter
Smetana, Jiří ; Tvrdík, Milan (advisor) ; Weinberg, Manfred (referee)
Name of the author: Jiří Smetana Name of the MA thesis: Utopia in the Works of Adalbert Stifter University: Charles University in Prague Faculty: Faculty of Arts Department: Institute of the Germanic Studies Supervisor: Doc. PhDr. Milan Tvrdík, CSc. Place and date of publishing: Prague, March 2011 The subject of the present work is Adalbert Stifter's utopia. The aim is to outline its main essence and in part describe the motives that had led Stifter to his utopia. The work describes the artistic, political and social background of the Biedermeier era and approximates Stifter as its principal representative in Austrian literature. Adalbert Stifter's talent was versatile; he had affection for nature and art. Art was one of his most faithful friends. Stifter's Biedermeier literary works are original and in a certain sense possess great depth. For every opinion in these works is put down rationally. In this regard we would be hard pressed to find selfcontent in Stifter's late work. This opinion is also shared by the Austrian writer Peter Rosegger, who regards Adalbert Stifter higher than Johann Wolfgang Goethe for this very reason. As Rosegger rightly states, Stifter's style is also very original.1 This work takes note of the utopian features in some of Stifter's short stories and in his educational...
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Pavel Kohout - officer, dissident and writer
Majlátová, Kateřina ; Stejskalová, Anna (advisor) ; Pechová, Drahoslava (referee)
This diploma work deals with the personal developement of Pavel Kohout - his beliefs and his work. Pavel Kohout has been a Czech and Austrian poet, a representative of the Czech constructive poetry, a playwright, a translator and later an important writer of samizdat (self-publishing) and exile literature. The diploma work is an attempt to make a complete monography of a controversial personality of Czech culture, politics and literature from the 50s of the 20th century to recent time. The first part describes his private life including the social and political consequences - it shows the movement from his political engagement in the Youth Organization called Svazarm to the role of an important representative of the Czech dissent. The second part deals with the interpretation of selected 6 pieces of his work - Verše a písně (Verses and Songs), Záříjové noci (September Nights), Taková láska (Such a Love), Katyně (The Hangwoman), Kde je zakopán pes ( Where the Dog is Burried) and Sněžím (I am Snowing). In these pieces of work, the author of the diploma work tries to show the connections between his lyrical, dramatical and prozaic work influenced with his political engagement. The final part mentions the approach of Pavel Kohout to the theatre - including writing some adaptations and also the stage...
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NATIONAL IDEAS IN THE BAROQUE ERA - IN THE WORKS OF HERMANN CONRING AND BOHUSLAV BALBÍN
Procházková, Dana ; Maur, Eduard (advisor) ; Himl, Pavel (referee) ; Hojda, Zdeněk (referee)
The theme of the dissertation is nationalism in the Early Modern Age and the issue of national identity, its origin and its strengthening in this era, as exemplified by the German and Czech nations. The author concentrates on the manifestations of patriotism in the works of two significant authors - Bohuslav Balbín and Hermann Conring. Both are considered to be significant scholars of the Baroque period, thought to be the intellectual elite of their time. Their works were repeatedly published and greatly influenced contemporary and later scholars, and through them the greater public, as well. The author compares both personalities, i.e. two different nations and beliefs stemming from previous traditions and humanistic scholarship. At the same time, the author concentrated on examples of nationalism from the perspective of general characteristics.
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The Language Usage in the Field of Politics
PODANÁ, Alena
The topic of the presented bachelor thesis is The Language Usage in the Field of Poli-tics. The thesis is divided into two main chapters. The Theory of Cooperative Principle by Herbert Paul Grice and Politeness Principle by Geoffrey Leech are presented in the first part of the thesis. Their description is supported by an example from the Corpus. The Corpus of the thesis consists of ten political interviews conducted in the time frame between August and November 2015 and published in the newspaper ´Die Welt´. The topic of all ten interviews is tightly connected to the ´Immigration crisis´ in Germany. The aim of this thesis is to ascertain whether the Cooperative Principles and Politeness principles in the political interviews are observed or non-observed and whether the sys-tem of their usage has changed in the given period. The analyzed data are presented in the second part of the thesis and the results are supported by the example from the cor-pus.
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Interpreting ancient Egyptian mythology. A structural analysis of the Tale of the two brothers and the Astarte papyrus
Pehal, Martin ; Janák, Jiří (referee) ; Bareš, Ladislav (advisor)
The work is divided into Part I and Part II. In Part I the author summarises the scholarly methods applied by Egyptology for interpreting ancient Egyptian mythological material - the euhemeristic (historicising) method and the theory developed by the Myth-Ritual school. He shows their main weaknesses and concludes that the historicising method is reductionistic and that the Myth-Ritual school is mistaken in its view of the type of connection between myths and rituals. He states that the structuralist tradition seems to avoid the pitfalls of these two methods. Part II is dedicated to a practical application of the structuralist method on ancient Egyptian mythological material - namely on the so-called Astarte papyrus. The author starts with summarising all the relevant literature published on the papyrus and gives its chronological overview. A theoretical summary of the basic principles and methods of the structuralist theory as proposed by Lévi-Strauss follows. Since his theory in its pure form contains several fallacies, he also presents the objections (relevant to his topic) which directed towards the structuralist method and explains how other scholars (especially Edmund Leach and Terence Turner) have managed to cope with these fallacies, modifying the structuralist theory into a form which the author...
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Jews in the Protectorat and attempts of their rescure
Hlinovská, Květoslava ; Nosek, Bedřich (advisor) ; Arava-Novotná, Lena (referee)
This thesis is about modern Jewish history in the territory of Czechoslovakia, specifically the history of 2WW. It maps the fate of Jews under the new circumstances that had prevailed right after the declaration of the Protectorat of Bohemia and of Moravia, on the 15th of March, 1939. In keeping with those changes according to the new political system that was forcibly implemented, new and new anti-Jewish regulations were published with a view of total displacement of Jews from society and their total liquidation in compliance with Hitler's "final solution". It emphasizes some attempts to save Jews not only by "ordinary non-aryan people", but also by the Jewish resistance and last but not least by the government in exile. This work attempts to explain what led rescuers to their actions and their motivations, including some known rescuers, such as Nicholas Winton and Přemysl Pitter.
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De aeternitate mundi by St. Tomas Aquinas
Pluhař, Jiří ; Novotný, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Mohelník, Tomáš (referee)
This diploma thesis "De aeternitate mundi St. Thomas Akvinski" deals with one of the themes that are nowadays more or less omitted - the eternal world. It was one of the greatest intelectual arguments in the half of the 13th century. The result of those arguments was the clarification of the relations between theology and philosophy. The intense of these disputations led to the restriction of philosophical studies at university in Paris. Two groups of learners arose there. Not only were there philosophical disputes between these groups of scholars, but also political ones. We observe the life or a saint in this discomposed era. The saint, that looks for the truth honestly and for this fact he is criticized by both groups. It might be the reason why the publication De aeternitate mundi the brilliant and balanced work about our problem. A small diamond that glitters in the darkness of history.
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