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The Story of Czech Immigrants in USA and their Legacy from the End of the 19th Century to Present: The Identity and Everyday Life of a Small Town in Minnesota
ZAVADILOVÁ, Eva
The aim of this thesis is to describe the fates, sorrows and joys of Czech peasants (and their descendants) who decided to emigrate to the USA between the second half of the 19th century and the First World War, where they left a legacy that persists to these days. The first part of the thesis is devoted to the general history and knowledge of the emigration of Czechs to the USA, its causes and course. Using collected letters, pamphlets and archival records, it then attempts to reconstruct the journeys of emigrants from Bohemia to their new home across the ocean. The work then describes the various problems that the compatriots had to deal with immediately after landing in the United States, on their way to find available land or to build their homes. The thesis also depicts the efforts to create expatriate communities and societies along with the traditions that Czech immigrants brought with them. The second part focuses on a specific town in Minnesota, but also mentions nearby settlements and towns whose names attest to the Czech origins of their founders. The work focuses on the history of New Prague and its surroundings, associations and traditions that are connected to Czech cultural heritage and still play an important role in maintaining the Czech-American identity of the local population. With the help of the informations from local residents, the thesis seeks to capture and then analyse their perception of their Czech origins and their efforts to maintain awareness of Czech culture and language. Finally, the thesis will focus on specific events and festivals in and around New Prague that serve as evidence of the continuing awareness of Czech culture among Americans.
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"Between Dallas and Rosamunde Pilcher": Romantic Stories in TV Films and Serials
ZAVADILOVÁ, Eva
This essay will deal with comparing the different ways in narrating romantic stories in serial and film form. The individual stories will follow the narrative features typical for sentimental literature, which can be perceived as a forerunner and often a lively influence on this type of television production. At the same time, it will analyze the procedures by which the filmmakers try to increase or at least maintain the popularity of romantic films and TV series, which are rejected in terms of elite culture as well as trash literature. In addition to the specific forms of stories, they will also focus on their characters, but also on the sound and visual components as they are the key differences between literature, TV series (from which it will analyze some soap operas and telenovelas such as Dallas, Dynasty, Esmeralda, Ugly Betty) television films (film adaptations of women's novels written by Rosamunde Pilcher, Inga Lindström, etc.) that continued directly after. Finally, it will also reflect on the possible influence of these romantic stories on the everyday lives of their viewers as well as on the situation in society. So although romantic movies and TV series generally appear to be hollow and unenriching, their attribution in this area cannot be denied and therefore should hold an equal position with other genres in the field of popular culture.
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Employee Care
Zavadilová, Eva ; Legnerová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Stříteský, Marek (referee)
The aim of the Bachelor's Thesis Employee Care is to introduce the issue of providing employee benefits (regarding both employee and employer) and to analyse their offer in the Czech Republic. To achieve this, a questionnaire was created. Its task was to determine which employee benefits are offered to employees, which of them are really used, which employee benefits employees would like to have, whether they have enough information about the benefits system in their company, or what kind of system they prefer. Moreover, the questionnaire contains additional information about the company (size, specialization, etc.) and about the employee (age, gender etc.), which was used for deeper analysis. The results of the analysis can be found in the practical part of the thesis and then they are summarized at the end of the Bachelor's Thesis.
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