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Penetration of musical culture into the socialist Czechoslovakia
Černý, Lukáš ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Kovář, Martin (referee)
The Bachelor thesis is dealing with the penetration of musical culture into the socialist Czechoslovakia in the period of social release and mild political melting in the middle of the fiftees (50's). It show us the first rock'n'roll music and its conflict with the regime and its reactions back then. How the foreign music came here and itrs influcence on people. Its captures the first display of this music and the first mention in the press and the cinematography. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to briefly summarize the historical developmental lines of unofficial music in your country and its beginning to the period of the first official bands.
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Consumerism as part of U.S. propaganda during the Cold War
Gajdácsová, Jana ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
This thesis examines the role of consumerism in American propaganda. Its main objective is to show the strategy by which the American government used consumerism and consumer goods to legitimize its regime abroad. This case study is mainly focused on the 1950s and it is divided into three parts. The first part addresses the attitudes of the world public towards the American consumerism at the beginning of the Cold War, the beginnings of the American information programs fighting against the rising anti-Americanism, and also the exhibitions promoting the Marshall Plan. The second part is dedicated to the United States Information Agency's operations, to the U.S. participation in international trade fairs, and to the development of the People's Capitalism concept. The third part dissects the American National Exhibition in Moscow, which represented one of the biggest achievements of the American overseas propaganda. This thesis, therefore, analyses how the consumerism was integrated into the American ideology and became a key element in the struggle of the Cold War.
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The picture of concentration camps in Czech prose of the 50/s
Šatanová, Klára ; Mravcová, Marie (advisor) ; Wiendl, Jan (referee)
This master's thesis The picture of concentration camps in Czech prose of the 50's analyses selected literary works from 1950᾿s. These works are presented by different author's approaches from presented reality. First part of this work focuses on concept of "Holocaust" and on possibility of its verb representation as well. Another part of thesis deals with development of "literature with topic of Holocaust" from 1945 to contemporary times. The emphasis is placed to the texts from 1950᾿s and 1960᾿s that had formed reader's memory. Next chapter observe a permeation and reciprocal influencing of historical and fictional discourse. The picture of life in Nazi concentration camps, the author's character creation as well as representation of Jewishness are analyzed in these works: A Box of Lives by Norbert Frýd, Osm odtamtud by E. F. Burian, and Diamonds of the Night by Arnošt Lustig. Key words: the Holocaust, Nazi concentration camps, 1950's, prose, Norbert Frýd, E. F. Burian, Arnošt Lustig, historical discourse, fictional discourse, characters, motive, environment
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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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Short stories of Jan Zábrana in the historical context
Zezulák, Ondřej ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with Jan Zábrana's short stories from the 1950s. With the example of the short story V noci u pece, it tries to demonstrate the specifics of Zábrana's prose in the context of literary history. In the first place, it examines the "illusion of reality" which arises during reading of the text. At the same time, it tries to prove that prose is determined by historical circumstances. Therefore, the thesis focuses on the following categories: narrator, language, space and time. In order to analyze these categories, suitable works of literary theory dealing with the individual categories have been consulted and the consequent findings are demonstrated on specific examples from Zábrana's text.
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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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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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