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Signs, Style and Karel Čapek 's Dramas
SunBee, Yu ; Mareš, Petr (advisor) ; Bílek, Petr (referee) ; Císař, Jan (referee)
163 Abstract The paper is concerned with Karel Čapek's dramas, Loupežník, R.U.R., Věc Makropulos, Bílá nemoc and Matka. It analyzes systematically the structure of dramas, especially from the semiotic and stylistic point of view. Both disciplines are considered in quite a broad sense, hence at first we examined their basic characteristics, and then clarified how Čapek's dramas actually relate with them. First of all, we focused on the meaning and the function of sign and enquired specific features of a dramatic text. Furthermore, we dealt with dramatic elements, in particular with time, space, dramatic characters, and with each element, we examined its characteristics and functions in connection both with drama and theater. We presented main and significant theories and methods of scholars. Regarding the analysis of K. Čapek's dramas from the semiotic point of view, we clarified characteristics and syntactic structure of dramatic characters in connection with the theory of actants. Such syntactic structure makes it possible to clarify and understand the construction of a narrative and the function of characters. We explained the function of two elements, time and space that realize the hypothetical possible world of drama, we have shown that according to the construction of time drama can have a complex...
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Taking poker as work
Humhej, Jan ; Holeček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Paulíček, Miroslav (referee)
The text discusses a fairly recent phenomenon of professional poker. It analyzes it's social dimension and tries to understand the reasons and consequences of this career choice for the life of the player. For framing the topic certain parts of marxist theory are used primarily. In this context the text analyzes whether professional playing is more correctly viewed as an escape from system of capitalist work or as an integration into the capitalist system. Conclusions come from reflections of economic model of online poker and 8 interviews. These interviews analyze life and opinions of professional players or prominent figures in czech poker community. The interviews focus on the character of the professional's work, his motives for professional playing, the moral dimension, risks of his choice and social consequences for his life. The analysis demonstrates, that many mechanisms typical for other work apply for professional poker as well. Similarly, the personal necessary predispositions for this kind of living don't seem unusual. Tendencies of modern society captured by Marx can be tracked in professional poker as well. As can be tracked tendencies and mechanisms, that are not in focus of Marx theory. The conclusions show, that if we accept certain marxist view of society, professional playing falls under...
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The material core of the Constitution
Bělocký, Jan ; Hřebejk, Jiří (advisor) ; Gronský, Ján (referee)
The material core of the Constitution - Abstract This thesis is about the relation between the state of the Czech Republic and Czech and Czechoslovakian constitutional area. The deciding impulse leading to the elaboration of this topic was historically the first derogation of constitutional act by the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic. The reason of the groundbreaking judgement was the conflict of the challenged constitutional act and the material core of the Constitution which protects its democratic frame. The aim of the thesis is to explore the form, content and protection of the most important constitutional base of the Czech Republic, i.e. the imperative of inflexibility of the democratic state law material attributes. The way how to deal with that is to review historical and revolutionary changes of the legal state principle. The first part of the thesis concentrates on fundamental historical events which resulted in the reversal of the legal state concept. In the terms of constitutional sources of law it analyzes the formation of the democratic Czechoslovakia, the wartime period of submission and the restoration of legal order after the Second World War, the Communist takeover in February and the Ninth-of-May (1948) Constitution, the Socialist Constitution, the Prague Spring, the Manifesto...
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Sexism in the Television Advertisement for Fragrances
Kovačková, Monika ; Marcelli, Miroslav (advisor) ; Havelková, Hana (referee)
Thesis "Sexism in the television advertisement for fragrances" analyzes the relationship with the media - especially television commercial- and the social construction called gender. The phenomenon advertisement and gender issues are trapped in their complexity. Advertisement is framed within the wider context of technical imagines, whose specific characteristics advertisement takes, but it is also attention paid its part formal and content aspects. Gender images in advertising are subjected to semiotic analysis, the traditional semiotic approach is enriched with the dimension of social context. Thesis aims to capture the complexity of the relationship between advertising messages and images of gender and bridge the gap between the two opposing poles, which the studies of these issues necessarily face: advertising reflects the current social climate vs. advertising forms society and its structure. Text reflects both these trends. The media representations in the advertising message are viewed as an important factor shaping gender. It turns out that the society and its concept of gender and advertising with its media images of gender form a whole, all of which parts influence and form each other. The aim of this work is this process subjected to critical examination and semiotic analysis.
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Danube: journey, memory, city and death
Satinská, Lucia ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Bílek, Petr (referee)
MA thesis Danube: Journey, Memory, City and Death is, to a certain extent, a personal search for today's meaning of the river Danube in literature and culture. Practically, it contains texts from the antiquity until today, not chronologically, but in motivic spirals of journey, memory, city and death. It is geographically linked especially to German-Austrian, Slovak and Hungarian space. The chapters are buoy-like, because together they form the characteristics of Danubian culture, which are border, appropriation, palimpsest quality, and pleasure seeking. The chapter about journey deals predominantly with searching for Danube's identity and the character of traveler. The chapter about memory analyses chosen places of memory and certain historical figures. The third chapter, dedicated to Danubian metropoli (Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest), searches for common traits of their soul, which are realized through the concepts of border, pleasure and bridge. The last chapter about death in Danube deals with both images of death and river beings - fairies and nymphs. The whole text represents certain literary-cultural anthropology of Danube.
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A Comparative Analysis of Foreign News in the Main News Sessions of TV Stations ČT 1, Nova and Prima in 2010
Kučerová, Kateřina ; Trampota, Tomáš (advisor) ; Nečas, Vlastimil (referee)
Diploma thesis "A Comparative Analysis of Foreign News in the Main News Sessions of TV Stations ČT1, TV Nova and Prima TV in 2010" studies the way of producing foreign news by Czech TV stations in the year 2010. Also, it focuses on the question which countries were mentioned. The introductory part discusses the Czech and foreign literature and offers the overview of TV news production, international flow of communication and factors which influences the production of foreign news. It also introduces the main news sessions Události, Televizní noviny and Zprávy TV Prima. The analysis of foreign news service is divided into two parts, first inquires into differences in used types of reports, their representation in the main news sessions, the topical structure and other characteristics connected with the production of news. Then, the second part concentrates on the states which were mentioned in the foreign news and focuses on the impacts influencing the production of foreign news by the Czech TV stations. For both parts of the analysis methods of quantitative research were used. The thesis also studies the differences between the main news sessions of private TV channels TV Nova and Prima TV and ČT1 which offer public service broadcasting. The final part summarizes the results of the quantitative...
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Deduction of VAT from the point of view of Czech and Community law
Garaj, Juraj ; Boháč, Radim (advisor) ; Kohajda, Michael (referee)
Deduction of VAT from the perspective of Czech and EU law The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the relation between Czech and EU law with respect to the juridical institute of deduction of VAT, comparing these legal systems in the light of both EU and Czech case law. The thesis is composed of four chapters starting generally and continuing to more specific matters. Chapter One is divided into two parts, first characterizing VAT and its position in a tax system and second exploring reasons of VAT implementation. Chapter Two focuses on the process of tax harmonization as general phenomenon describing its stages and legal basis in the EU in order to explain process of VAT harmonization within the EU in its second part. Third part deals with the relation between Czech and EU law and analyses problem of euro conformity assessment of Czech law by the administrative organs with respect to the relevant case law. Chapter Three describes structure of VAT divided into 5 parts accordingly to its components. Taxable transactions, taxable persons, taxable amount, rates and temporal aspects are analyzed in order to better understand the mechanism of deduction of VAT and the role of EU case law in the system of EU tax law. Chapter Four deals with deduction of VAT and is divided into four parts. First part analyses the...
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4-channel mixer with real-time effects
Zábušek, Gabriel ; Poch, Tomáš (referee) ; Kofroň, Jan (advisor)
This text is intended as accompaniment to software called Organ-100. The thesis describes the problems paired with real-time digital signal processing on personal computers and gives solution in form of software mixboard supporting variety of digital audio effects working in real-time, support for simultaneous reproduction of sound from 4 independent sources of various formats and microphone support. It also explains the used effects, analyses their characteristics and describes their implementation which works in real-time. The thesis should mainly serve professional DJ's, everyone who is interested in digital audio, digital audio effects or development of software which works with an audio signal. Thesis is completed with all figures. I used the following software to create them: Matlab2007a, Adobe Photoshop 7 and Microsoft Word.
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Childern's reading as an indicator of background and development of child and society
VáclavíkováHelšusová, Lenka ; Šubrt, Jiří (advisor) ; Havlík, Radomír (referee) ; Horák, Josef (referee)
Text deals with reading as one of components indispensable for an individual's existence in the modern society. The focus is mainly on the children's reading as a demonstration of acquiring reading habits, which one keeps from childhood for their future life. The author defines reading as a set of skills, habits and attitudes, which are treated in the main body of the text. The first part of the work presents several aspects typical of today's society using some select theories, which show the importance of the reading literacy of the individual. This means mainly theories focused on informational or cognitive nature of the society, its cognitive structure and reproduction of learning. Next, the gender differentiation in cognitive structure is presented and also the issue of leisure time - themes, which are important for the subsequent treating of the analysis of the children's reading status. Concluding the first part the author presents the functional literacy concept as the basis, out of which the children's reading literacy is taken for the following analysis. The part two analyses explicitly the state of children's reading in the Czech Republic in the sense of identification of basic elements, which form it, and contexts, in which it is generated. The analysis uses available sociological data, which...
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The Role of USD in a Globalized Economy
Vávrová, Barbora ; Taušer, Josef (advisor) ; Černá, Iveta (referee)
The main aim of my thesis is to describe the development of the American dollar's position within the historical background, its role in a globalized economy and analyze the current position of the dollar as the world's leading currency. The thesis is divided into three parts. First part is dedicated to the theoretical background concerning exchange rates and currency regimes. The second chapter considers the history of the international monetary system with the relation to the dollar. The third chapter analyzes the current situation and characteristics determining the role of American dollar. This chapter also describes some problems of American economy, analyses exchange rate of dollar against Euro and gives possible forecast of dollar's position for the future.
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