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Transformations of Czech-French bilingual sections in the Czech Republic from 1990s to present
Kačerová, Eliška ; Emler, David (advisor) ; Lukešová, Anna (referee)
Shortly after the end of communist regime, four Czech high schools opened French classes. These so-called bilingual sections could have been founded thanks to resumption of Czech-French relation after they were silent for more than 50 years. Support of this special school programme reflected the intensity of bilateral cooperation in the field of culture and education. However, in the present day it can be observed that bilingual French sections do not receive same amount of support and interest. In addition, their condition is not equivalent to state of their founding. This bachelor thesis focuses on the evolution of these sections and aims to analyse, which are the crucial changes from the beginning 1990 to this day that made an impact on them. The introductory of this paper presents the historical context. First chapter is dedicated to transformation that took place in France. In particularly it focuses on new approach to cultural diplomacy, that caused decline in interest for Czech Republic, and revaluation of amount of investment that goes to bilateral educational cooperation. Second chapter works with transformations that occurred in Czech Republic on several levels. First it refers to the change in society regarding French language but also French education system. Subsequently it describes...
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The Postmemorial Narrative of the Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans in Czech Literature and Film.
Schwarz, Marie Bettine ; Emler, David (advisor) ; Klautke, Egbert (referee) ; Vykoukal, Jiří (referee)
Cultural memory and its media have a productive power in constructing historical nar- ratives. Especially, in Central and Eastern Europe, memory is mostly created through bottom- up processes: The past is mediated in the public sphere and imagined in popular culture (Blacker, Etkind 2013: 10). The velvet revolution is followed by a memory boom in the Czech Republic, in which media acts as memory activists addressing tabooed memories. At a time where the last witnesses of the expulsion are passing away, the dying voice is taken up by media This thesis aims to explore the determinant patterns of the Czech narrative in post-1989 fiction. Particularly, it focuses on postmemorial representations. The thesis is based on an anal- ysis of five fictional works dealing with the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans. The expulsion is embedded in the century-long co-habitation with the Sudeten German depicted as a neigh- bour. However, the Sudeten Germans are only incorporated into a regional but not the national Czech identity. While the expulsion is reframed in an ethical-legal framework, on a narrative level strategies of individualisation and universalisation are employed to make the past acces- sible for those born later.
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Transparency in postwar parliamentary architecture in Germany
Novotný, Daniel ; Nigrin, Tomáš (advisor) ; Emler, David (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with transparency in parliamentary architecture in Germany from foundation of the Federal republic in 1949 to the present. The aim of this thesis is following of efforts to distance themselves from the Nazi past in the leitmotif of parliamentary architecture and following this thesis deals with how a concept of transparency manifested and how was related to the idea of functioning of German democracy. The method of this work is qualitative content analysis of available text material. Thesis is divided into chapters that are chronologically built according to main three parliament constructions in postwar era and subsequently examines parliament buildings on local level. Based on the submitted observation, it concludes that new architecture style of parliament building was built and creates break with Nazi architecture and this concept is characterized by connection of quality of glass material and character of German democracy. This concept finds its roots in early imminently in aftermath of World War II and despite other important events in German history, this concept continues to be leading characteristic of state buildings, because it reflects functioning of German democracy.
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The phenomenon of rock'n'roll youth in the Federal republic of Germany
Wiedermannová, Ida ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Emler, David (referee)
This paper deals with the phenomenon of West German rock 'n' roll youth subculture. The aim is to assess the behaviour of these rock 'n' roll youth in relation to changes occurring during the process of modernization of the society in 1950s in the Federal Republic of Germany and to analyse the character of their protest behaviour and the reaction of the society to them. At first it focuses on the description of the social conditions in West Germany in 1950s and the situation of the West German youth growing up in the post-war period of reconstruction of the war-destroyed country, as well as in the era of economic growth, the rise of consumption, and the influence of the cultural industry from the USA. In the main part, the thesis concentrates on the typical features of the rock 'n' roll youth subculture in the FRG and investigates their riots and rebellious behaviour which shocked the West German society between 1956 and 1958. There are also analysed the reactions of the representatives of broader society on the phenomenon of the rock 'n' roll youth. In the conclusion the thesis deals with causes of the disappearance of the rock 'n' roll youth from discussions at the end of 1950s that was an emergence of a new culture of teenagers. The rock 'n' roll youth subculture played a significant role in the...
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The Image of the Czech Republic in the Pages of German Newspapers within Context of the European Migration Crisis
Křížková, Veronika ; Emler, David (advisor) ; Šafařík, Petr (referee)
This master's thesis examines the image of the Czech Republic that the German media promote in the context of the European migration crisis. For this purpose, articles from three German daily newspapers dating from 2015 until 2016 were examined. The research was carried out on 186 articles using quantitative content analysis and constant comparative method. Throughout the research the information on when and how the media wrote about the Czech Republic were gathered. In the context of the European migration crisis a recurring image of the Czech Republic was created mainly through the EU perspective, along with the other members of the Visegrad Group. For its rejecting position of the European solution for the crisis, which was supported by Germany, the image of the Czech Republic is rather negative and the state is denounced for lacking. The German media coverage of the Czech Republic was strongly politicized and embodied by politicians. The results of the research can provide an overview of the perception of the Czech Republic by Germany during the European migration crisis. The results can contribute to further research on this current topic as well.
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Anti-islamic movements in eastern Germany: PEGIDA and its Development
Mojžíš, Radek ; Emler, David (advisor) ; Handl, Vladimír (referee)
This master thesis deals with the development of the protest movement PEGIDA, which was founded on October 11. 2014 in Dresden. This movement speaks loudly against the Islamization of Germany during the regular demonstrations and criticizes the political situation in the country. In times of its greatest popularity it has attracted thousands of people. Nowadays its importance is still diminishing. The aim is therefore to describe the development of the movement and its characteristics. The work is divided into four main chapters. The first one explains the development in Saxony, the second one describes the development of the movement and its programmatics. It also contains the change of relationship towards Alternative für Deutschland (AfD): from an animosity into an open collaboration. PEGIDA was created as a Facebook group: with tools like Google Trends and Fanpage Karma this chapter analyzes its evolution in an online world. It also shows a declining search rate on Google and its popularity on Facebook. The last chapter is based on studies conducted among demonstrators concerning their demographic data and their views on the functioning of democracy and politics. It follows that most Pegidists do not believe in political representation and see an AfD as an alternative. The stagnation of the...
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The picture of the New objectivity in children's novels from Erich Kästner in comparison with the Czech period book from Jaroslav Foglar, Záhada hlavolamu
Hubeňáková, Monika ; Zelená, Alena (advisor) ; Emler, David (referee)
- The picture of the New Objectivity in children's novels from Erich Kästner in comparison with the Czech period book from Jaroslav Foglar, Záhada hlavolamu The aim of the thesis is to answer whether it is possible to find common or different characters when comparing selected works of Czech and German literature for children. The research question that I put on in this thesis is: What common and different characters can be found when comparing German and Czech literature for children of the time of New Objectivity? The basic methods used in the thesis are analytical and comparative methods. First, I analyse individual books from the point of view of the set criteria. In the bachelor thesis I first describe the movement of the New Objectivity at a more general level, the context of the period from the end of the First World War to the Weimar Republic. The following part deals with the Weimar Republic culture, the so-called golden twenties, and the development of mass culture. Further, the style of the New Objectivity is defined, its formation, the typical characters, the themes it deals with, the influence in the various fields of art and its relation to the avant-gardes. The first chapter also includes the Czech historical context, the period of the First Republic. After that follows the...
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Political and Public Discussion on the "Headscarf Law" in France in 2004
Damková, Jitka ; Emler, David (advisor) ; Tomalová, Eliška (referee)
The main purpose of this bachelor thesis is to show the opinion of political and specialized public on the legislation concerning wearing of ostentatious religious symbols at public schools in France. At the very beginning of the thesis, the principle of laïcité is introduced, because it strongly influences French public education system; one part is also devoted to the "headscarf law" itself. The main attention is dedicated to political or more precisely public discussion and the opinions, which emerged during the period of acceptation of the law, within the French society. The thesis assumes that despite the fact that the topic of headscarf is crucial, there was a consensus within the society and the differences of the opinions emerged only in the specific details.
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Far-right Subculture in the Free State of Saxony
Lujcová, Drahomíra ; Emler, David (advisor) ; Šmidrkal, Václav (referee)
Předložená diplomová práce se zabývá subkulturou krajní pravice ve Svobodném státě - pojednáno v multidisciplinárním kontextu, práce vysvětluje důvod také využívá politologické roviny, vymezuje pojem pravicového extremismu a ukazuje jeho rávní úrovni je rozvedena reakce státu ve formě legislativních a represivních opatření. V kontextu občanského vzdělávání jsou prezentovány instituce a aktéři, kteří v Sasku na tomto poli působí s cílem eliminovat pravicový extremismus ve společnosti. Text rovněž definuje, jak velké nebezpečí subkultura ve společnosti představuje. Vláda se snaží s pravicovým extremismem vypořádat, i když se žádná politická strana nedostává přímo do parlamentu. Jde především o hrozbu společenskou spočívající v páchání trestné činnosti, schopnosti mobilizace a tvoření chybných ideologických přesvědčení. Stát chce primárně svoje občany chránit před kriminální činností, vzdělávat je a rozvíjet demokratické uvědomění, přičemž systém občanského vzdělávání Spolkové republiky Německo je celosvětově považován za vzor, jelikož se obor po druhé světové válce stal díky specifickému vnímání pravicového extremismu součástí německé identity
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Intersexuality in Germany. Scholarly ans Societal Debate around the Law Amendment in 2012-2013
Misařová, Adéla ; Kučera, Rudolf (advisor) ; Emler, David (referee)
Germany was the first country in Europe that took an important step to helping intersex people. Since the 1st of November 2013 the intersex new-born have been enacting an opportunity to withhold information about the gender in its personal documents. Germany is now among the few countries in the world that gave intersexed people the opportunity to stay for a lifetime, if they so desire, without a gender. Intersex people are classified as individuals who are born with ambiguous sex characteristics (such as genitalia, chromosomes and hormones). Therefore they can't fall into either of the male or the female sex category. Amendment to the german Civil Code, which allowed marking gender of intersex children in its personal documents with the letter "X", was preceded by intense debate in the field of professional, political and social. Partial discussions of this topic took place in Germany since the 90s and were carried out thanks to the interest groups of intersex people. The most important stimulus for the amendment to civil code was the opinion of the German Council for Ethics from February 2012. The loudest argument in discussions appeared, pointed in particular to the need to ban dangerous surgeries on intersex children, which caused them health problems in adulthood. Other reason for this...
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