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DAMU FOR EVERYBODY
Hron, Tomáš ; HAVELKA, Jiří (advisor) ; NOVÁK, Vladimír (referee)
Dissertation evaluated present offers of free-time artistic activities for children and youth in Czech Republic. We will focus on pros and cons of these artistic workshops and individual elements of events like this. Main subjects of dissertation are project Kurzy NAPLNO and methods of leading workshops for actors. Kurzy NAPLNO origin in 2015 was based on bad experience with another artistic course. Project Kurzy NAPLNO are educative artistic workshops. Their objective is to share knowledge and experiences within drama, alternative or musical acting, film production, moderation and journalism. Kurzy NAPLNO celebrated 3rd year of its own existence during formation of this dissertation.
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Productions of Franz Kafka's work in directorial generation at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s in the wider context of alternative culture
Pavelková, Tereza ; AUGUSTOVÁ, Zuzana (advisor) ; SCHLEGELOVÁ, Martina (referee)
Master's thesis deals with the reception of Franz Kafka's personality and works by generations of directors at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s. The main question discussed is what Kafka's work meant for these directors, which subject it represented for them, and how their theatrical adaptations reflected the socio-political conditions of the socialist Czechoslovakia in the period of normalization. The first chapter reflects the social and cultural context of the period while focusing on the position of the theater and movement of the small scenes which belonged to the current alternative culture. The second chapter focuses on Franz Kafka's reception by 1989 and also contains a literary interpretation of his work, on which is based the main part of the thesis. There are the analyses of the productions of America (1985, J. A. Pitínský), The Trial (1989, Arnošt Goldflam), The Metamorphosis (1988, Petr Lébl) and Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk (1989, Petr Lébl). On grounds of these analyses, we can argue that Kafka’s work served to the explored generation as an expression of the existential feeling of an individual in totalitarian society. The last chapter deals with The Wish to Become an Indian (1991, J.A. Pitínský), which was created after the revolution, and shows how Franz Kafka's theatrical interpretations changed at the end of totalitarianism.
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Artists scene in 1980s and its connections to the West
Korecký, David ; Pelánová, Anita (advisor) ; Šafařík, Petr (referee)
The thesis deals with the question 'what kind of connections between the alternative cultural scene in Czechoslovakia in the 1980s and the western art scene were most frequent?', and questions their usefulness and influence on the development of art in Czechoslovakia. There is given the definition of 'alternative culture' and the definition of the artistic scene in the eighties. The thesis is based on interviews with important figures of that period, historical documents and further analyzes case studies of the connections with West. Besides remarkable events of the non-official scene, characteristics of the selected figures of that period the thesis also presents basic documents and statements establishing the significant artistic groups of late eighties, Tvrdohlaví, 12/15 Pozdě, ale přece, and Nová skupina. The thesis describes the term ‚social discoloration', and the question of the possible delay of East European art behind the Western one. Final part of the thesis proposes the general typology of the connections between non-official community and the West.
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Statue, location, relation - Bohemia in 80's of the 20th century
Péčová, Kristýna ; Klimešová, Marie (advisor) ; Prahl, Roman (referee)
As a subject to my bachelor's thesis I chose the sculptures and installations made by Czech artists during the period of 1980s, which were created with the aim of exterior placement, out of the traditional exhibition spaces represented by museums and galleries. The keynote of my work will be the relation and interactions between a piece of art and its surroundings as well as the concept of space itself and its overlooked qualities that art may help to reveal. I decided to focus on the exhibition known as Malostranské dvorky, which took place in Prague in 1981. The idea that has led to the organization of the exhibition and its specific circumstances will be my main interest alongside the description of the particular works of art displayed and their destiny during and after the official end of the exhibition. Furthermore, I will compare the exhibition held in the intimate and unique atmosphere of the old Prague quarter with art that was produced in the same period of time within the official state commissions for newly constructed housing estates and public buildings, such as department stores, hospitals and more. Last but not least, both phenomenons of Czech outdoor sculpture will be compared in more global context with site-specific artworks. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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"Acts of Resistance": Productions by Belarus Free Theatre from 2005 to 2015 as an Alternative Articulation of Belarusian National Identity
Volák, Jiří ; Kolenovská, Daniela (advisor) ; Zilynskyj, Bohdan (referee)
VOLÁK, Jiří."Acts of Resistance": Productions by Belarus Free Theatre from 2005 to 2015 as an Alternative Articulation of Belarusian National Identity. Praha, 2016. 74 s. Diplomová práce (Mgr.) Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut mezinárodních studií. Katedra ruských a východoevropských studií. Vedoucí diplomové práce Mgr. Daniela Kolenovská, Ph.D.. Abstract The study aims to make sense of contemporary conceptions of national identity in Belarus via their cultural manifestations. For that purpose, the case of Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) has been chosen as an example of alternative culture in 2005-2015. Five plays are analysed with respect to the employed verbatim technique, and conclusions concerning the alternative society and its relation to language and other national issues are drawn. Key questions are: What are the major competing projects regarding the (supposedly weak) Belarusian national identity? Does Belarus Free Theatre use culture to promote a certain vision within the national identity debate? What language policy does Belarus Free Theatre employ and what does it say about the national development? After setting theoretical background, the study follows attempts to characterise Belarus under the rule of president Aliaksandr Lukashenka, offering basic facts about how he came to...
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The New America in Beat Literature:Spontaneous, Far Out, and All That Jazz
Novická, Tereza ; Armand, Louis (advisor) ; Vichnar, David (referee)
1 Thesis Abstract This thesis establishes the Beat Generation as part of the American literary canon despite its rejection of the literary establishment and academic criticism of its day. The portrayal of the American postwar zeitgeist in Beat literature is examined through the innovative literary techniques proposed by Jack Kerouac based on jazz characteristics. The revitalization of poetic and narrative form are identified in Allen Ginsberg's earliest published poetry, notably "Howl; for Carl Solomon" (Howl and Other Poems, 1956), Kerouac's novels On the Road and Visions of Cody and his long poem Mexico City Blues, respectively. The emergence and peak of the initially marginal Beat literary movement that gave rise to the affiliated beatnik subculture illustrates the tradition of avant-garde art becoming incorporated into establishment culture. The first chapter outlines the political and cultural hegemony of the conservative fifties in America with focus on cultural and historical aspects relevant and parallel to the surfacing and development of the Beat/beatnik counterculture, i.e. Cold War policies, McCarthyism, poetic movements, the emergence of bebop and its innovations. The second chapter provides an in- depth analysis of Beat writing in reference to jazz as subject-matter and as influence on both...
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Jazz section - civil society and totalitarian power in Czechoslovakia at seventies and eighties of 20th century
Mejzr, Martin ; Kubů, Eduard (advisor) ; Hoppe, Jiří (referee)
Jazz section, founded in 1971, was amateur organization of musicians and enthusiasts, which organized concerts and exhibitions, published magazines and books, and made "culture" in general. Due to circumstances in the former Czechoslovakia, when every different and self- contained tendency was repressed, the Section, as a representative of alternative and independent culture, became a target in view-finder of establishment and its power. In the course of time was the press on the Section escalated and it resulted in persecusions, restrictions and finally in judicial process with some of the members. In the story of Jazz section is reflected both manner of social-cultural-political systems and structures standing against each other - concept of the civic society is characterized by plurality, independence and freedom, and on the other side the totalitarian regime is distinguished by power apparatus and instruments of its control. Key words: civil society, alternative culture, totalitarian power, Communist party of Czechoslovakia
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