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Chivalry in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"
Malá Štěpánková, Jana ; Znojemská, Helena (advisor) ; Čermák, Jan (referee)
1 Thesis abstract The thesis is concerned with the reflection of chivalry and chivalric culture in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and with the relation of his testimony to the social reality of the late Middle Ages. Chapter 1 introduces the chosen topic in relation to the specific character of the Tales, of the context of the period, and of Chaucer's life. It specifies the aim of the thesis, deals with its limitations, and outlines the criteria and the structure of the analysis. Chapter 2 presents the origin and the development of the knight along with the formation of the code of chivalric virtues and the literary constituent of the phenomenon of chivalry until the end of the fourteenth century and identifies two fundamental chivalric archetypes in the characters of the Knight and the Squire from "The Prologue". Chapter 3 pursues manifestations of chivalry throughout the Tales across genres except romances and analyses their reflection with respect to the narrators of the tales. The analysis first focuses on the chivalrousness of the knightly characters (The Franklin's Tale, The Physician's Tale, The Manciple's Tale, The Monk's Tale, The Clerk's Tale, The Man of Law's Tale, The Merchant's Tale) and then on the signs of the influence of chivalric virtues and culture on the non-knightly characters (The Miller's...
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Nestinars in southeastern part of Bulgaria
Svobodová, Eva ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Štěpánková, Jana (referee)
Diploma thesis Nestinars in southeastern part of Bulgaria focuses on the material and spiritual culture of Nestinars, a small group of people living in region of Strandja. The body of work describes in detail the specific phenomena of spiritual culture, which cut across the structure of traditional and contemporary Bulgarian folk customs. It describes ceremonies that are part of the clan, family, annual festivals and church calendar. Nestinars as a subculture, whose socio-cultural negotiations and ideas to some extent differ from the majority of the Orthodox population, they are perceived externally as part of it. In this work we meet with traditional clothing, folklore music and holy sacrifice. The parallel with the Greek rite anastnaria is mentioned in the work as well. Both groups represent a traditional ceremony where believers show their devotion to the saints by dance and walking on burning wood charcoal. Keywords nestinars - social group tradition - the transmission of customs and beliefs from generation to generation usually in framwork of certain culture or social group ceremony - a formal religious or public occassion, typically one celebraing particular event or anniversary; or ritual observances or procedures performed at grand and formal occassions to keep group's norms and values of...
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The oral history. (Mapping of oral history of the forcibly ejected inhabitants of Neveklov and its neighbourhoods during the 2nd World War)
Štěpánková, Jana ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Sochorová, Ludmila (referee)
Neveklov and its neighbourhoods, so- called Neveklovsko is a territory in the center of Bohemia. This area was during the 2nd world war (1939-1945) forcibly ejected by Nazis for reason to establish the parade ground for training of soldiers SS. Extent of evacuated territory was round 44 000 hectares. From villages were evicted 17 647 inhabitants and 12 184 inhabitants stayed in the displacement territory, they worked there by SS yards. The Diploma thesis is possible to be involved to the area of folklore, oral folk literature. It places emphasis on the oral history method. The thesis writes down oral history of the last witnesses of the 2nd world war from Neveklov and its neighbourhoods, that is based on the own field research. This thesis reflects history in forcibly ejected areas- Neveklov and its neighbourhoods during the 2nd world war. It reflects the current state of oral history in Neveklov and its neighbourhoods, also reflects analysis of oral history from this locality, within the meaning of confrontation and application the theories, that were earlier written by significant folklorists (Jech, Šrámková, Melicherčík, Michálek). On the basis of this analysis were found common features of oral history, themes, thematic ranges, some theories were acknowledged, some not. Simultaneously the thesis maps...
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Development of the nursery education system in Pardubice in the xx th century
Štěpánková, Jana ; Křivánek, Zdeněk (referee) ; Uhlířová, Jana (advisor)
Co ntent of the diploma work is focused on development of the nursery education in the region ardubice in the XXth century. By the help of available primary sources upon which this Work Wu,a . s built, there are captured not only development beginnings of the nursery education systé ^ m> whose roots go down to the year 1870 when first asylum was established, bud also its ancement along the XXth century. Thanks to the primary roots a detailed overview was Created k about growing system of pre-school facilities, about circumstances of their estabijshaning or on the contrary about reasons, why these facilities were discontinued. severa] N.n u rsery schools went during the XXth century, as well the whole society, across 'storical milestones. Through changes went also the view on importance of the nUr$erv §r d institution, which from the primary nursing role of day-long working parents, Ua,IY changed to the institution cooperating with the family, supporting its care. Also p0siť and education of teachers underwent certain changes. Personal qualities of the staff ha*ged f rrom excited, poorly-educated fostresses and nurses into funded and graduated Professionalls. Educational activity passed through development as well, effected during its e*istence by social and political system in our state.
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The Prevention of AIDS in the Czech Republic
Štěpánková, Jana ; Tomanová, Alena (advisor) ; Marková, Eva (referee)
In my thesis I dealt with the problems of AIDS in the Czech Republic bearing in mind the need of the society to inform young people effectively about AIDS and at the same time to influence their attitudes, skills and behaviour. The aim of my work was to map all the alternative teaching methods in AIDS prevention that would be suitable for pupils of the 9th grade of the Nine-Year-Basic School and for pupils of the 1st and 2nd year in High Schools. In the theoretical part of my paper I have described, with the help of literary sources, the AIDS disease, sex education, activation methods in sex education, the project "Playing Games against AIDS", a discussion with a HIV positive person and meetings with young members of the Czech Red Cross. In the practical part of my paper I have tried to find out, by means of a questionnaire, what do 125 secondary school pupils know about AIDS and what are their attitudes towards this disease. The results have shown that the theoretical knowledge of the pupils about HIV/AIDS is not satisfactory and that their attitudes, skills and behaviour have been influenced only slightly. The results of the questionnaire have underlined the important role of teachers in the prevention of AIDS and shown that alternative teaching methods are not being used sufficiently. Finally I have...
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Stock Portfolio Optimalization on Czech Capital Market
Šebestíková, Sabina ; Štěpánková, Jana (referee) ; Sojka, Zdeněk (advisor)
The master's thesis is focused on Stock portfolio optimalization on Czech capital market. The analysis of each stock, estimation and portfolio optimalization proposal are included. In the practical part the Fundamental analysis is applied. The portfolio optimalization is estemated by portfolio theory which is consist in the relationship between stock price and market trends represents by PX Index and expressing correlation of them by beta coefficient.
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Valuing a Distressed Company
Štěpánková, Jana ; Abraham, Karel (referee) ; Dufek, Zdeněk (referee) ; Klaban,, Vladimír (referee) ; Puchýř, Bohumil (advisor)
The doctoral thesis deals with bankruptcy and its possible solution from the point of view of expert activities. Valuation of the company in distress may be required at different stages of the business life cycle. While sometimes the valuation is requested directly by the shareholders or the managing partners facing bankruptcy (or preventing crisis) sometimes assessment is requested in insolvency proceedings by the insolvency administrator. Whether it is the intention to find out it is more beneficial for creditors to reorganise or liquidate the assets, in all these cases it is the work of experts in the insolvency proceedings who play a decisive role. The practical part of the thesis, therefore, focuses on the selection of appropriate methodologies which can be used at any given moment of crisis management.
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Marketing communication of Timo, s.r.o
Štěpánková, Jana ; Filipová, Alena (advisor) ; Zeman, Jiří (referee)
The master thesis "Marketing communication of Timo, s.r.o." focuses on analysis of the women underwear market in the Czech Republic emphasizing Czech company Timo, s.r.o. It devotes to the marketing mix of the company in detail, namely to the product mix, price level and distribution activities. The core of the thesis consists in the analysis of the current communication activities used by the company. The aim of the thesis is to map respective tools currently used and to suggest recommendations based on a questionnaire survey conducted among customers of the company. Those findings could possibly lead to improvements in the current communication towards ending customers.
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EU-USA Trade relations
Štěpánková, Jana ; Štěrbová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Trejbal, Jindřich (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyse trade relations between the EU and the USA in area of trade in goods, services and capital. Briefly describe the development of trade and characterize current situation affected by the crisis. The first chapter deals with general characteristic of the European Union and the United States including their position in the international trade environment. The second part outlines legal basis of their trade relations. The third chapter is devoted to the trade between states, especially the development of the trade balance.There is also outlined the trade relations between the Czech Republic and the USA and subsequently bilateral trade in goods, services and capital.
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