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A Pious American Materialist: Analysis of Religious Elements in Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt
Taněvová, Pavla ; Ulmanová, Hana (advisor) ; Veselá, Pavla (referee)
Thesis abstract Although many literary critics have examined various aspect of Babbitt's life, only a very few were somehow concerned with the question of Babbitt's faith. On the surface it could seem that Babbitt is a Christian; however, the aim of this work is to prove that the Christian belief is only a label helping him to win a certain position in his community. His true religious belief is materialism (or consumer culture), since he admires its values and acts according to them. This thesis is divided into two main parts. The first one defines the key terms, i.e. religion and consumer culture. Then it analyses the practical impact (mainly the psychological and the sociological one) of consumer culture on the human society; on that basis we defend the thesis that consumer culture can serve as religion. In the second part we prove that Babbitt serves as an example of a man who successfully practices the materialistic belief. This thesis is supported with the analysis of hierophanies and idols admired by Babbitt as well as rituals performed by him. In the conclusion, the reasons are considered why Babbitt should be seen as a materialist and not a Christian as well as the fact that Lewis' novel is relevant even these days.
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Annotated Czech Translation of Selected Chapters from "Rom in der Spätantike"; Manfred Fuhrmann, Artemis & Winkler, 1994.
Taněvová, Pavla ; Mračková Vavroušová, Petra (advisor) ; Svoboda, Tomáš (referee)
The aim of this bachelor's thesis is to translate the first chapter called "Das spätrömische Reich: Staat, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft" from the book Rom in der Spätantike. Porträt einer Epoche, written by a German classical philologist Manfred Fuhrmann, from German into Czech. The first part of this work contains the already mentioned translation, the second one focuses on the translation analysis of both texts, on the description of translation method as well as on the typology of translation shifts and problems. Keywords: translation, translation analysis, translation methods, translation shifts, translation problems, style, text, lexis, syntax, Rome, Late Antiquity, state, society, economy, Mediterranean
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