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Portrait of columnist Alena Wagnerová
Máchová, Natalie ; Malý, Radek (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
This diploma thesis sums up the life and work of Alena Wagnerová with an emphasis on topics that she has reflected in her books and articles. Alena Wagnerová first started to publish her work in the magazine Plamen in the nineteen-sixties. By then, her interest in social problems and in stories of people marginalized by the society has already started to show. After her immigration to Germany, she has fully begun to focus on issues related to the equality between women and men and in 1974 she published her book Žena za socialismu: Československo 1945-1974 a reflexe vývoje před rokem 1989 a po něm. Later on she has also published for example a monograph about the baroness Sidionie Nádherná or Czech journalist Milena Jesenská and the Franz Kafka family. This thesis also marginally covers the oral history as a method, since Alena Wagnerová presents a significant representation of this type of methodology. Among her most important publications based on the oral history belong for instance Odsunuté vzpomínky and Neodsunuté vzpomínky, in which Wagnerová covers the post-war Czech-German relations in Sudeten. Even though Wagnerová mainly focuses on the non-fiction literature, she also writes fiction, which is covered in the diploma theses as well.
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"Are You a Good Witch or a Bad Witch?" Witches in Contemporary TV series
MASÁŘOVÁ, Klára
This bachelor's thesis is based on interpretation of a witch as a contemporary series character. I start with interpretation of four elemental witch types according to Heather Greene: the wild woman, the accused woman, fantasy witch and magical other, followed by brief interpretation of development of the witch character throughout film and series history. Next part of the thesis is dedicated to the development of feminist movement, which is used as a methodology for further analysis. The findings of previous parts are being used for analysing three chosen series: Charmed (1998), American Horror Story: Coven (2013) and Chilling adventures of Sabrina (2018). The outcome of the thesis is to interpret witch character as strongly bounded to feminist movement and character that is an emancipated woman through her power. The selected series and witch characters represent the development of feminist movement in the last 30 years.
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Simone de Beauvoir and the feminism
BENEŠOVÁ, Adéla
The aim of the thesis is to introduce the existentialist French writer and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir as a feminist. After a brief introduction of her life and work in the context of her time and field, the thesis focuses on her view of women and everything that it entails to be one. It is based primarily on the essay Le Deuxi?me sexe (1949), and also on other texts, articles, speeches or interviews. It summarizes Beauvoir's involvement in the feminist movement and follows the development of her thinking about women and her views on key issues. In the end, the thesis tries to answer the question of whether Beauvoir's work is still relevant today and why it would still be appealing.
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An artist in the world of art in the second half of the 20th century and the present.
DAVÍDKOVÁ, Klára
The diploma thesis entitled "An artists in the art world in the second half of the 20th century and in the present." Consists of two parts - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part deals with the role of women artists in the fine arts in the second half of the 20th century and today. In connection with this, approaches the life and work of selected artists, points out their position in the artistic sphere in the context of time. The practical part of the diploma thesis follows the theoretical part. It contains the realization of free graphic creation with the help of photography called "Perfection in imperfections".
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Representations of women in selected novels by Agatha Christie
POKORNÁ, Jana
The bachelor's thesis deals with the representations of female characters in selected detective novels written by Agatha Christie in order to find out whether and eventually how it reflects the historical reality in terms of the position of women in contemporary British society. The subject of research is works originating from various periods of the writer's authorship, namely from the 1930s and the 1970s. The focus of the work is the analysis of female characters in the books Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, Nemesis and Elephants Can Remember focusing on the believability of the characters and the importance of their role in the story. Particular attention should be paid to the issue of the position of women in society and shifts in the perception of women's issues in the examined period.
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Hidden Feminism in Jane Austen's Novels
PEČENKOVÁ, Eva
The goal of this paper is the analysis of hidden feminism in the works of Jane Austen, namely her novels Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park. The bachelor thesis is divided into three parts. The first part addresses the living conditions of women in the upper middle class. We will pay attention to several specific aspects of their life and expectations connected to their social status. In the second part, we will concentrate on the display of these aspects and their feminist interpretation in the work Pride and Prejudice, namely through its main heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, and the situations she faces. The third part focuses on analysing of the work Mansfield Park, describing the difficult standing of Fanny Price, the main heroine of this novel. Finally, the thesis pays attention to factors which demonstrate Fanny's self-development and the feminism hidden in this novel.
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The Issue of Surnames' Gender Inflection in the Czech Language)
HRADECKÁ, Sabina
The topic of the bachelor's thesis is surnames' gender inflection in the Czech language. The work is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part includes chapters that are related to surnames' gender inflection: gender and gender linguistics, gender roles and feminism. In the chapter devoted to feminism, the work deals mainly with historical development and the current state. The surnames' gender inflection then creates a separate chapter. The work focuses on why we do surnames' gender inflection and how we create surnames' gender inflection shapes. The practical part of the work consists of research, which is processed using an anonymous questionnaire. The research aims to find out the opinion of the population of different age categories on the given issue.
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We are Mad and Capable of Everything. Essays of Mirek Vodrážka
DOLEŽALOVÁ, Barbora
This diploma thesis deals with the work of Mirek Vodrážka, in which he focuses on feminism, gender, dissidents and art. These topics are viewed through an (eco)feminist and demythological prism, they are related to current events in the Czech Republic, especially literature and politics. The work examines how Vodrážka approaches various ideological questions, from what position he views them and how it is reflected in his writing. The question is also what ideology, gender and feminism mean and how our views on them may differ. The environment of Charta 77, women's participation in dissent and especially their representation will be examined.
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Důvody feminizace českého školství
DAVIDOVÁ, Lucie
The subject of this bachelor thesis is to outline the gender issues of Czech education. The first part deals with the general definition of the concepts of gender, gender roles and feminism. To make it easier to understand the context, the thesis follows the general view of the issue on women in the labour market. This work also deals with the historical development of the unbalanced representation of czech male and female teachers, the causes of the feminzation of school staff and the gender pay-gap. Subsequently, the thesis deals with the questions: "Why are there more and more female teachers and why men do not find this profession attractive?", "Is this growing trend a problem?", "Is this profession appreciated?". Last but not least, the work also handles the issue of gender stereotypes associated with male and female teachers. The practical part of the work reveals the views of students of the Faculty of Education of the South Bohemian University on the issue of feminized educational system. For this purpose, the method of questionnaire survey was used. The conclusion of the work is a summary and evaluation of the outcomes.
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"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" Changes in the Character of the Princess in the Films of Walt Disney and his Studio.
BARTLOVÁ, Andrea
The thesis focuses to the evolution of female characters in Disney cartoons. It investigates whether the characters change in any way and if so, what changes happen. The work is chronologically arranged and divided to several time periods. Each chapter contains particular fairytales which are mutually compared. Every fairytale is also set in the historical context. We will also explore whether the films are influenced by the period context. The aim of the thesis is to find out what the chosen fairytales have in common and how the main female characters evolve. This is described in 4 different eras, which are following: from the classical period within years 1937-1967 we have Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. In years 1967-1988 there were no films with a princess as a main heroine and the studio dealt with a crisis. In the 1980s the company management changed and Michael Eisner became the studio managing director. Within years 1989-2005 many successful films were created in the studio. We chose The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas. Robert Iger has been the studio managing director since 2005. We chose Tangled, Frozen and Moana from the last period, which hasn't finished yet. Eventually we mention the Disney studio impact on society. We study its marketing abilities and the use of advertisement. The conclusion shows how the heroines changed from girls who needed to be saved by the Prince Charming over girls who took their fate in their own hands to princesses equal to men.
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