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Czech National Revival: The Phenomenon of the Society in the 19th/21th century
Dorotíková, Lucie ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
Czech National Revival: The Phenomenon of the Society in the 19th/21th century. The goal of the thesis is to map crucial events from the perspective of historical-cultural context, which provoked the beginnings of the Czech National Revival in the Habsburg monarchy during the years 1750-1848. The thesis will focus on the logical result of economic, social and cultural changes in the enlightened Europe, the specific features and conditions of the national revival in Czech lands and the impact of the Habsburg monarchy. Keywords Czech National Revival, Czech lands, 19th/21th century, age of enlightenment, national identity
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Adaptation of Alois Jirásek's works in the films of the 1950s
Hlaváčková, Terezie ; Doležalová, Eva (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
Alois Jirásek (1851 - 1930) was an important Czech writer and author of many historical novels and plays. Jirásek's work has always been very popular. After World War II and the onset of communism in Czechoslovakia Jirasek was promoted to the chief authority in interpreting Czech history. The thesis aims to deal with the second life of Alois Jirásek in the 1950's in the context of filmmaking. This thesis will primarily focus on the films Temno (Darkness, 1950), Psohlavci (The Dog Heads, 1955), Jan Hus (1954), Jan Žižka (1955), Proti všem (Against All, 1956) and Ztracenci (Lost Children, 1956).
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Role Playing in History Teaching Empirical Analysis of Selected Aspects
Vachková, Iva ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Valenta, Josef (referee) ; Havlůjová, Hana (referee)
1 Abstract This dissertation concludes teaching experience of several years which was dedicated to examining the possibilities of role playing in history teaching. The theoretical part offers an excursion into the area of didactic literature and observes the importance which is attributed to role playing by general teaching methodology, teaching methodology of history, personal and social education as well as drama education. The author focuses especially on recent examples of role playing in history teaching, she comments and interlinks them. The rules and principles for practical usage of role playing in history teaching are provided at the end of the theoretical part. The empirical part describes the progress of two-phase action research realized during the years 2007-2011 at grammar school with four-year study programme. At the beginning of the empirical probe there were two general questions: Can the role playing in history teaching help the development of students' personality? Can the role playing in history teaching help to fulfil the educational goals of history teaching? These were gradually more specified and modified according to the progress of action research. The main subject of interest was observing the students' development in the area of working in groups of different sizes, role playing...
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Reflection and Changes of Perception in Dresden Bombing Attack
Majerová, Tereza ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Šmíd, Marek (referee)
Reflection and Changes of Perception in Dresden Bombing Attack Bachelor's thesis is focused on aerial bombing attack of the city of Dresden and its perception through second half of 20th century, with reflection in media and public opinion from war times till today. It covered the differencies between Germany and Great Britain with regard to their former war status. Thesis help to grasp war reality and its consequences and to order and explain changes in perception of war. Keywords bombing, Dresden, reflection, Second World War, war operations, war crimes, controversis
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Czech feature Films of Horror Genre in Years 1968-1989
Královičová, Jana ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Čechura, Jaroslav (referee)
This bachelor work deals with the issue of the Czech horror movie in the normalization period when cinematography was significantly affected by censorship as a powerful tool of the establishment of the Czechoslovak communist state. The first chapter is examined horror as the term itself and what this concept represents, then origin of horror genre in the European and Czech backround until it becomes relatively stable and well-established genre of world cinema in early twentieth century. In the second chapter I describe a summary of historical development of institutions of Czech Cinematography and the final third chapter deals with individual films that are either horror movies or have strong horror characters. Part of this Chapter is short preview to period before years 1968-1989, and the following period after the year 1989 to these days. The work focuses on the fiction feature films however an integral part of this horror genre in the Czech background are animation movies as well that are described in a short subchapter.
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Uherskobrod Judes and their Culutre at the End of an Era
Ryšavá, Denisa ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Ondrejičková, Sylva (referee)
Bachelor's thesis is devided to two parts when first part is theoretical and its dedicated to history of Uherskobrodských judes and their lives in Uherský Brod during The First republic. In this part I prefer focus on their lives during 30. of 20. century and changes, which year 1939 brought apon them thanks to regime. Second part is practical and is focused at live story of jude Willy Block, who survived nightmares of Second World War in concentration camps and he is one of witness of holocaust.
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Aamateur theatre in the Region Rokycany into 19th. - 20th. Century
Jaklová, Anna ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Med, Jaroslav (referee)
The subject of this bachelor thesis deals with the development, history and significance of amateur theatre in the Region Rokycany since the beginning to the present. I'll briefly summarize history of amateur theatre and then I will focus on the history of the Region Rokycany and town Myto. As an example, I'll mention several theatres. I'd take a closer look on group of amateurs from Myto as an main example of amateur theater, which is one of the oldest amateur theatres in the region. I'll focus on their origins, how they survive in both world wars and communism. At last chapter I'll write about repertoar of amateurs of Myto. Keywords: amateur theatre, Rokycany, group of amateurs from Myto
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A Comparison of the Processes of Creating National Identities in Finland and the Czech Lands in the 19th Century
Masař, Tomáš ; Klusáková, Luďa (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee) ; Kiliánová, Gabriela (referee)
The dissertation thesis deals with mutual reflection and perception of national movements in Finland and Czech lands during the years 1789-1914. On the background of newly shaped Finnish or Czech nations, it compares, in which way the perception of Finns respectively Czechs changed and evolved from the point of view of other nation that was in analogical situation in its national emancipation. The major role was played by mutual contacts between prominent figures of both national revivals, who delivered their perception and experience to broader audience not only via articles in newspaper, but also in magazines, popular as well as scientific, and also books. This thesis is based on assumption, that the leading persons of both nations were aware of mutual similarities as well as differences between both national movements, at the same time it also sets up a hypothesis, that knowledge of the other national movement, its advantages and disadvantages could be used in a progress of own nation. The first chapter outlines bilateral contacts between Czech and Finnish ethnics from the High Middle Ages until the birth of the national revival movements. Following chapter is describing the first mutual relations between the first generations of Czech and Finnish revivalists at the end of the 18th century,...
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Intellectual History in the Context of Czech and European Historiography in 19th and 20the Century
Čtvrtník, Mikuláš ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Středová, Veronika (referee) ; Horský, Jan (referee)
The main thematic scope and basis of the PhD thesis is the specific movement in the historiography called duchové dějiny (in English partly misleading translation intellectual history) in the form, in which it was developed in German speaking lands as Geistesgeschichte, and in the Czech historiography as duchové dějiny outlined by Zdeněk Kalista. In the PhD thesis duchové dějiny is put into the wide context of the development of historical thinking and methodology in the 19th and 20th century. The PhD thesis treats the subdiscipline of duchové dějiny in many perspectives and at different levels and thematically is not enclosed by the boundaries of the duchové dějiny itself. The duchové dějiny is here in a way an optics through which one line of historiography and historical thinking in the 19th and 20th century is observed, treated and interpreted. The PhD thesis also aims to connect the history and its methodology with the archivistics and archival theory. In this way proposes the thesis certain solutions. Nowadays, duchové dějiny belongs rather to the marginal movements or subdisciplines in the historiography in the Czech and German speaking lands, contrary to intellectual history in Anglophone areas. In spite of this the PhD thesis tried to show, that the duchové dějiny is still alive,...
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