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Italský design 2.poloviny 20. století a jeho vliv na současnost
Taccori, Denisa
The bachelor thesis is focused on Italian design in the second half of the 20th century. It deals with the economic situation in the period of prosperity and crisis, the use of modern materials, technologies, colors and new needs for housing. Furthermore, the work presents important styles, movements, individual companies and personalities who contributed to the development of this period. The work also deals with the benefits for the present and its influence in design. It includes a selected furniture solitaire by an Italian personality and its redesign for the present time.
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Vladimír Lutovský - uplatnění tématu "třetí odboj" ve výuce dějepisu a výchově k občanství
JANDA, Kryštof
The aim of this thesis is to present content of one lesson of history or civics at the second grade of primary schools and at high schools. The students using drama education and project teaching will learn about modern Czechoslovakia history through the life story of Vladimír Lutovský. Apart from educational content the author deals with historical aspects of this topic and how it is covered in nowadays Czech schooling. Ethical and value questions connected to teaching this topic are dealt with alongside this. Next part is dedicated to appropriate didactic processing of this topic and related questions (age of students, etc.). Author processes the topic into a plan for the lesson to be used in the mentioned subject.
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The life of secret agent Vojtěch Kučera: microhistorical study
Veselý, Vojtěch ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Michela, Miroslav (referee)
This thesis intends to introduce the life story of Vojtěch Kučera, "agent-walker", who undertook at least twenty-six illegal border crossing across Czechoslovakia border during the years 1946 - 1954. During his last illegal border crossing he was catched, accused of espionage and then sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in the year 1955. The first part of the thesis is based on three variations of Kučera's life story. These three stories are constructed (and later deconstructed ) by using informations from family memories, Kučera's statement as well as from the film Agent K vypovídá. The second part of the thesis is based on several microhistorical probes. By using microhistorical analysis we aim to understand Kučera's thinking, behaving and motivations.
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The view of american film in the Fifties in Czechoslovakia
Poliačik, Cyril ; Kopeček, Michal (advisor) ; Koura, Petr (referee)
This thesis deals with the view of American film formed by the journalists in Czechoslovakian film periodicals in the period after the second world war and in the fifties. My goal was to show how much the point of view of Czechoslovakian film journalists on American film changed during this period, which topics were discussed and to what extent was the view identical to the ideology of CPC. In the thesis I worked with the the film periodicals, mostly with periodicals Kino, Filmová práce, Filmové noviny and communist cultural magazine Tvorba. The first chapter deals with the cultural and political situation, mostly in the third republic, it particularly focuses on film periodicals and film journalists. The second chapter presents the image of American film presented in Czechoslovakian film periodicals. This chapter consists of five parts, where first part is introductional and gives definitions of specific phenomenons and the other four parts explain the image of American film on concrete themes. First chapter is about cultural and political situacion, mostly in third republic, with focus on film periodicals and film journalists. Second chapter is the view of american film present in Czechoslovakian film periodicals. This chapter consist of five parts, where first part is general introduction and defined...
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Richard Nixon and His Attitude towards Communism between 1950 and 1960
Bandžak, Richard ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
The main objective of this paper is to confirm, or reject the thesis stating that Richard Nixon had exploited the issue of Communism to favor his political goals. And that he had adjusted his views on Communism according to the contemporary political and social situation. Richard Nixon was a significant Republican politician who had become well known warrior against Communism after the World War II. He, for example, had built his senatorial campaign of 1950 on anti-communist rhetoric attacking his opponent. Strong anti-communist rhetoric was together with his loud criticism of Truman administration a typical characteristic of Nixon. During his vice-presidential office he began to abandon his aggressive tactic. If one considers his later presidential initiative supporting the Sino-American rapprochement, it is worth analyzing whether his anti-communist statements were used in pursuit of his own political goals, or based on an ideology.
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Sunshine, the snow melts during the day, but freezes at night (The fifties in Kutna Hora)
Kamenář, Jan ; Míšková, Alena (advisor) ; Nováková, Tamara (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the history of Kutná Hora in 1950's. It contains a description of the period between years 1948 - 1960. The period, during which the most important political and cultural changes but also the toughest repressions against the people took place all around the Czechoslovakia (majority of the changes and repressions was caused by the communist leadership). These years were the period of huge political purges and processes, violent collectivization and many other precautions which were only meant to provide the communists with all the power over the country. The main aim of this thesis is to introduce the situation in Kutná Hora during 1950's and to give the reader a complex overview of the local political and cultural background. All the institutions which determined everyday life in Kutná Hora are described in this thesis. The author focuses especially on the activity of The Local National Committee, courts and individual cultural institutions. The author used archive funds, historic press and specialized literature.
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Towards new Prague! Traditions, visions and constructing the city and its image after 1945
Kurz, Michal ; Randák, Jan (advisor) ; Činátl, Kamil (referee)
The thesis focuses on the construction and symbolic encoding of Prague from 1945 to the late 1950s, with emphasis on the Stalinist era. Based on an analysis of historical texts and architectural projects, the thesis studies the motivations and tactics, which the post-war political and professional elites sought to manifest their own values and ideological principles in the area of the capital city. Through the analysis of historical concepts of "old" and "new" Prague examines the thesis the changing relationship between tradition and modernity in the image of the city. The sociocultural phenomenon of Stalinism is thematized as a specific part of the long process of modernization, which passes through Prague during the first half of the 20th century. The thesis deals also with the attributes that should characterize the "new" socialist Prague and with the ways of using the Soviet patterns and local historical traditions. Keywords: Prague, city, image of the city, architecture, urbanism, memory, heritage, socialist realism, stalinism, 1950s
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Cultural melting in Czechoslovakia in the late fifties and early sixties in the view of young generation: the sixties are ours!
Černý, Lukáš ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Šmíd, Marek (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the beginnings of the release of culture in the period of political- cultural melting in Czechoslovakia in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Cultural loosening has been evident since the second half of the 1950s and will be demonstrated on the example of Czechoslovak film, in which the dynamics of changes in Czechoslovak culture were very obvious. The main focus of my thesis will be the depiction of the young generation and the way their image is transformed and developed on screen, and I will not forget to mention the social critique and satire in the film, which also plays an irreplaceable role in the process of cultural melting. The aim of the thesis is to show that the power of the young generation has become a driver of cultural change and youth itself became a symbol of cultural melting, which I will demonstrate on selected film examples, which will reach the 1960s. The sixties became a symbol of the rebellion of the young generation and its heyday in the arms of Czechoslovak culture. Keywords The cultural melting, fifties, sixties, the young generation, czechoslovak film, view of youngs, Czechoslovakia
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Josef Smrkovský as a Victim of Persecution in the Fifties
Novotný, Jindřich ; Koura, Petr (advisor) ; Pokorný, Jiří (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with one phase of Josef Smrkovský's life between 1945-1963. After WW II and his engagement in the Prague Uprising, he was an eminent communist politician who possessed considerable power in the agrarian policy. However, he was arrested in 1951, became a victim of political trials and was sentenced to jail. He was later released due to the order of a rehabilitation committee, but he was not fully rehabilitated. The thesis examines and compares primary sources on Smrkovský's trial, describing methods of the State Secret Police such as surveillance, interrogations and both physical and psychological violence. Reports of Smrkovský's cellmates are also commented on. The thesis concludes with the analysis of rehabilitation committees and the effort of Smrkovský to clear himself. He re-entered political life at the beginning of the sixties. KEYWORDS Josef Smrkovský, politics, persecution, the fifties, The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, State Secret Police, rehabilitation
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