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Critical Reflection of Marek Šindelka's Current Prosaic Creation in the Czech Media
Černá, Andrea ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
Diploma thesis Critical Reflection of Marek Šindelka's Current Prosaic Creation in the Czech Media has the aim to analyze selected critical reflections that were published in the Czech media about a novel Chyba (2008), a collection of short stories Zůstaňte s námi (2011), a collection of short stories Mapa Anny (2014) and a novel Únava materiálu (2016), all of them written by author Marek Šindelka. The source of reviews and critiques published between 2008 and 2018 are czech literary magazines A2, Host, Revolver Revue, Souvislosti and Tvar, daily press Hospodářské noviny, Lidové noviny, Právo and websites iLiteratura.cz and iRozhlas.cz. The analysis was made according to data in the archive of Institute for Czech Literature. Content of these critics was found in the full-text archive of media news from the Czech Republic called Newton Media Search and as well in the archive of concrete media depending on the availability of full text including its bibliographic data. In total, 43 texts are subjected to literary-critical analysis. The theoretical part is for complexity of the topic focused on the term of literary criticism, an overview of important czech cultural periods focused on the publication of critical reflections and afterwords the theoretical part presents the life and work of Marek Šindelka....
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Jiří Padevět, Literary and Media Guide to the Second World War
Vostřelová, Lucie ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Novotný, David Jan (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to introduce the personality and literary and media production of Jiří Padevět, researcher, writer, director of publishing house Academia and the holder of several awards including Magnesia Litera who devotes himself particularly to the period of the Second World War in Czech territory. Theoretical part includes concise summary of events in the protectorate from 1939 to 1945. There are included Jiří Padevět's viewpoints regarding several historical events. This chapter establishes a context for the entire thesis while also commemorating this year's 80th anniversary of the occupation by Nazi Germany and the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. One of theoretical chapters is dedicated to non-fiction genre to which author's historical guides are mainly assigned. Integral part is also Jiří Padevět's biography, which maps his life from childhood to the present day. This diploma thesis presents guides, fiction books and web series Bloody years on web portal Stream.cz from the output of Jiří Padevět. Practical part focuses in detail on four selected works of Jiří Padevět which are interpreted even with their critical responses. Part of this thesis is also an interview with Jiří Padevět.
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The Czech environment through the eyes of Slovak artists
Peťková, Adriána ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Halada, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with a creation of three significant Slovak representatives who are Dominik Tatarka, Ľubomír Feldek and Milan Lasica and their view of the Czech nation and its culture. Their craft indeed exceeds boundaries of the Slovak republic and its well-known also to many people in the Czechia. The paper is aimed to deepen knowledge of the Slovak art especially literature at the Czech environment and to find out how the three chosen artists see it. Three separate chapters are devoted to the lives of Dominik Tatarka, Ľubomír Feldek and Milan Lasica and circumstances of their creation which always individually zoom in also periods when the Czech environment influenced or shaped them mostly, apart from other significant information. The chapters together create a basis of a an analysis of the literary works which are specifically focused on the Czech environment or which create a knowledge about it. Thanks to this analysis we tried to map out which image is constructed by author's literary works about the Czechia and to point out to Czech-Slovak relationships also a quarter century after separation of the two neighboring nations. We looked closer to their current connection at the last part of the paper which is especially dedicated to the literary creation and translation to the Czech...
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Contemporary literary reportage and its evolution in the Czech republic, Poland and France
Beshirová Idris, Esther ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
The dissertation deals with the evolution and current state of literary reportage in the Czech Republic, Poland and France. It puts literary reportage in media context with emphasis on history of the genre and its main representatives, it maps the current state of literary reportage in selected countries, authors, and themes of their texts. It analyzes the factors that affect the work of literary reporters.This thesis in its theoretical part relies on academic publications about the genre of reportage in each state in relation to Polish School of Reportage and its attributes. It also examines the usage of fictional components that affects trustworthiness of literary reportage. The practical part of the thesis is then dedicated to analysis of the reportage Spánek do oběda a zábava do rána by polish reporter Lidia Ostałowska in order to show what kind of impact literary techniques can have on form and content of reportage. To do so, it uses the method of narratological analysis and the concept of narrative gaps. In the end, the findings from the field of the genre are applied in my own authorial reportage called Nantes. Voda, plyn a oheň.
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Mythology theme of Nikkarin's graphic novels 130
Kadlec, Jakub ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Láb, Filip (referee)
Diploma thesis Mythological motives in Nikkarin's comics trilogy 130 is one of the few Czech theoretical works that focus on the analysis of myths in contemporary Czech sci-fi comics. It applies semiological analysis to the still-unfinished tetralogy 130 (Odysea, Hodní, zlí a oškliví and Čas hvězdoplavců) by the young artist and writer Nikkarin, aiming to decipher mythological contents and describe the basic theoretical framework for their further exploration. The interpretation of the books is preceded by a section focused on the history of sci-fi comics in the Czech environment. The thesis is based on the hypothesis that the use of myths in the comic series 130 is deliberate. At the same time, the validity of the discovered myths is not limited to sci-fi comics, as they can often be found in other genres and on other platforms. One of the aims of the thesis is to discover such intermedial overlaps. An indispensable part of the diploma thesis is also the reflection of the series 130 in the Czech media, focusing among other things on the ability of the reviewers to decipher the hidden meanings.
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Three significant trends in young adult literature
Stupková, Kateřina ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis called Three significant trends in young adult literature is to analyse this literary category in the Czech Republic; to describe the publishing houses focusing on this type of literature and to determine, if there are any trends - and if so to describe them. The first chapter states different definitions of so called YA literature and its understanding abroad and in the Czech Republic among the publishers. In the next chapter I characterise the main trends in YA literature that already exist and also those that could emerge, according to literary agents and publishers. In the next part of this thesis I describe three chosen genres: urban fantasy, fairy tale retellings and dystopian novels and I analyse four series determined as typical for respective genres: The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon, The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Divergent by Veronica Roth. Each analysis is followed by the description of media response to the chosen series. The thesis also includes the interviews with editors from chosen publishing houses focusing on YA literature: Tereza Pecáková from CooBoo, Jakub Šedivý from Fragment, Lucie Kučová from Egmont and Eva Sedláčková and Jiří Štěpán from Host. This practical part is preceded by a theoretical...
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Jiří Hájíček's novel work and it's reflection in media
Liška, Petr ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
The master's thesis Jiří Hájíček's novels and their reflection in media focuses on evaluating critical reviews of three subsequent Hájíček's novels: Selský Baroko, Rybí krev, a Dešťová hůl. The author analyzed contemporary czech literary periodicals, daily press and literary webs. The theoretical framework consists of defining the terms criticism and interpretation, a brief introduction into the history of czech rural novel while taking into consideraton contemporary czech literary production. The work also reviews new milenium's czech literary critics' disputations. The practical part of the work focuses on interpretation of the novels and assesing the reviews. The work primarily empasises the evaliuation of different reviews. Thesis also focuses on style and preference of different critics, especially those reviewing the novels continually. Special emphasis is given to fitting Hájíček's work into contemporary literary context, especially the rural novel context. Finally, the work compares the author of the thesis' interpretations of the novels with other reviews. Thesis includes an interview with Jiří Hájíček. Keywords Jiří Hájíček, Selský baroko, Rybí krev, Dešťová hůl, reflection, reception, review, critique, novel
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Non-fiction literature in Czech online media in years 2015 to 2018
Slouka, David ; Halada, Jan (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
This bachelor's thesis focuses on non-fiction literature in Czech online media during years 2015 to 2018. Objective of this thesis is to look if, and how, is non-fiction literature present in Czech online media. To accomplish this objective, analysis of popular Czech digital journalism websites is carried out alongside the use of two popular search engines from Google.cz and Seznam,cz. Besides this main objective, the unique variant of non-fiction literature specific for Czech Republic, the so-called "literatura faktu" or "literature of (a) fact(s)", is better defined both as a concept and as a term. Chapters 1 to 3 are striving to find a better definition of non-fiction literature in Czech Republic, but they also concentrate on history of non-fiction in Czechia and Czechoslovakia and on its differences and similarities with Anglo-Saxon and international non-fiction. Fourth chapter of the thesis focuses on analysis and methodology used to find relevant research results. The fifth, sixth and seventh chapters are thoroughly investigating Czech internet to find results for non-fiction literature, while the eight chapter is summarizing all found information. Along with Summary itself, it puts newfound knowledge in context.
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Reviewers' Approach to Film Adaptations of Three Novels of Michal Viewegh
Berková, Pavlína ; Novotný, David Jan (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
The Master's thesis titled "Reviewers' Approach to Film Adaptations of Three Novels of Michal Viewegh" aims to illustrate the way Czech reviewers approach to film adaptations. Film often differs significantly from the book or copies it too faithfully, which may affect qualities of the work. Knowledge of the book may therefore alter the audience's perception and judgement of the film. If the film reviewer wants to present a full-fledged review to his reader, he should always consider all aspects of the film, which can be relevant for the viewer. On the basis of three film adaptations of Michal Viewegh's novels (Wonderful Years of Lousy Living, From Subway with Love, The Sightseers) and their film reviews, the work looks for the answer to the main question: how film reviewers judge adaptations? Do they know and take into consideration the book in their evaluation or do they judge the film as an autonomous work? The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the concept of film review, the definition of film art and the difference between film and literature, and the problematics of film adaptations. In the practical part there are analyzed nine reviews from different journalists from three national newspapers.
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Representation of autism and people with autism spectrum disorders in Czech national newspapers
Straková, Zuzana ; Nečas, Vlastimil (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
In this thesis, I focus on the representations of autism and people with autism spectrum disorder in seven Czech national daily newspapers. Before I proceed to my own analysis, I deal with the definition of the term ʻmedia representationʼ. There exists an incorrect idea about this term which suggests that media only passively present something that is already given. But in fact, media actively help to shape the notion of autism. Based on foreign literature I describe how media represent people with disabilities, as well as how media portray autism and people with autism spectrum disorder. Research focusing on media representation of autism in Australia, United States, United Kingdom and China is described in detail. These works inspired me and served as the basis of my own research aiming at Czech media. In my research, I study which aspects of autism are usually mentioned, if and how media write about causes and solutions of autism, what are the different modes of representation and in connection with which frames, themes and sources we usually come to learn about autism. I also explore the changes of representation between years 2006 to 2016. With regard to these research questions I analyze the content of 539 newspaper articles. Furthermore, I illustrate my results with graphs and tables. In...
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