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Holocaust in Political Discourse of Post-Communist Countries: Speeches of the Presidents of the Czech Republic and Poland
Ďurková, Michaela ; Emler, David (advisor) ; Chrobaczyński, Jacek (referee)
This thesis deals with the issue of memory and remembering in the post-communist area. In particular, it examines the form, extent and success of the Holocaust reflection and coping with the past on the example of the speeches of Czech and Polish presidents from 1993 (Václav Havel), or 1995 (Aleksander Kwaśniewski) until the access to the European Union in 2004. Author of the thesis assumes that the fall of Communism and the restoration of the democratic establishment represented a significant impetus for the countries in question to deal with their past. At the same time, they try to prove that the Holocaust memory politics of key political representatives of the Czech Republic and Poland has been one of the important factors in the creation of their post-communist democratic identity - and not only with respect to an unofficial demand of the unifying Europe to cope with the heritage of the past. Through the analysis of selected presidential speeches, the thesis identifies and evaluates the image of Holocaust created by the Czech and Polish presidents on the one hand and the weaknesses in the Holocaust memory politics of both actors on the other. After theoretical and conceptual introduction (chapter one), the experience with the Holocaust in Poland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and...
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Body under Supervision. Sexuality and Corporeality in Lovely green eyes novel.
Levy, Veronika ; Jiroutová Kynčlová, Tereza (advisor) ; Knotková - Čapková, Blanka (referee)
The Diploma Thesis, Body under supervision. Corporeality and Sexuality in the novel Lovely green eyes, focuses on gender analysis of the literary work, which itself deals with gender relations and emphasizes a women's experience. The Lustig's novels setting is full of "feminine" themes and seems to be feminist at first glance. With a closer look you can find an intruder in the form of a "masculine" narrator, depicting the woman mainly as a body and a "thing to look at." The key concept of the thesis is a feminist literary criticism, using the resisting reader method by Judith Fetterley, that draws attention to the existence of a universal male perspective. As every text analysis is discours analysis as well, the other method I will apply will be the discours analysis method. For the analysis of narrator's point of view, I will apply Laura Mulvey's theory of voyeurism, to find out if the text does portray the female experience as erotic. Because of the strong textual interpellation, requiring readers to identify with the narrator's view, it is important to pay attention to the narrator's point of view and find the possibilities of refusing the interpellation of the text. As a starting point for the analysis of the female Holocaust experience, the thesis will focus on Gender aspects of the Holocaust...
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A Historical Reflection on Holocaust in the North American Society
Krausová, Adéla ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with an evolution of historical reflection on the Holocaust in the north american society. It analyses perception of the Holocaust by American society. There is a premise that Americans connect with Holocaust mainly on an emotional level - often without having deeper factual knowledge of it. Lessons of the Holocaust help them understand contemporary issues and they often use it to interpret historical traumas of their nation. It was concluded that even though Holocaust is often distorted in the mass media, its representation through mass media has positive aspects. The main one is that the most important message about importance of commemoration is transmitted.
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Zdeněk Rotrekl and Jakub Deml: Nature, Soul and Spirit
Zizler, Jiří
The study considers Jakub Deml’s relationship to land and landscape as spiritual phenomena and parts of the divine order that demands both co-existence and co-operation. It also points out the contradictions inherent in the image of nature in Zdeněk Rotrekl’s work, which is seen here as a unique complement to Deml’s ecstatic vision.
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Didactic interpretation of foreign texts about the Holocaust for children
Razimová, Anežka ; Hausenblas, Ondřej (advisor) ; Reissner, Martin (referee)
The main aim of this diploma thesis is to provide materials about the Holocaust to secondary school teachers. The theoretical part provides general information about the Holocaust and World War II and it deals with the relation between the Holocaust and the Framework Educational Programme. It also informs about readers'specifics of pubescents and didactic interpretation of the texts. In the practical part, with the help of didactic interpretation of the books Counting Stars by Lois Lowry, Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyn, The Island on Bird Street by Uri Orlev and Mark Zusak's Book Thief, there are compiled lesson plans with workseehts and methodical instructions. In the diploma thesis, the E-U-R model and the methods of critical thinking (e.g. didactic Cinquain) are used to fill in the worksheets. Selected worksheets were tested on secondary school pupils and then the lessons and the achievement of the individual goals were evaluated. The diploma thesis also offers possibilities how to improve the lesson plans and worksheets. KEYWORDS Holocaust, World War II, foreign literature, literature for children, didactic interpretation, pubescent reading
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Fictional Victims, Fictional Culprits
ČERNÁ, Lucie
The diploma thesis deals with the possibilities of representing the victims and the culprits of the Nazi and communist totalitarian regime on selected procaic works of Czech literature (Zvuk slunečních hodin, Peníze od Hitlera, Vyhnání Gerty Schnirch, Chladnou zemí a Dobrou noc, sladké sny). In also focused on the theme of collective memory, postgeneration, identity, guilt and trauma.
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Projektové vyučování ve výuce historických témat v hodinách výchovy k občanství (Pracovní tábor Terezín)
POUZAROVÁ, Iveta
This diploma thesis focuses on project teaching method in "civic education" classes, which are focused on history. The contemporary calls for the elimination of fact and positive approach to teaching are encouraged by project teaching method. Project teaching method organises itself in a new way, so the pupils do not have to listen to a lecture, watch demonstrations, remember the information and finally reproduce the received and remembered information. The thesis is divided into two parts, of which the first one is analytical and concerns itself with the essence of project teaching method and its history and use in "civic education" classes. The author is explains how an excursion should look like and how to organise it. An important part of the analytic part is the history of the Czech nazi work-camp called Terezin. In the second practical part, the author emphasises the actual in-class use of the previous findings. The author also incorporates the topic of holocaust into curriculums of certain schools and grades. Finally an excursion which particular schools undertook is described and evaluated via a quantitative questionnaire-based research.
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