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The Poetics of the British Sitcom
VESELÝ, Jan
This master's thesis is focused on British sitcoms, which represent one of the basic elements of British humour as a much sought-after phenomenon across the world, including the Czech Republic. The thesis aims to introduce the reader to this particular television genre and outline the elements of comedic content both in general, as well as in relation to certain selected works. The thesis also aims to demonstrate how the described phenomenon transcends the usual framework of television. Regarding the methodology for examining the subject matter, a synthesis of relevant sources as well as various insights obtained during the master's studies are used to examine certain selected works of popular culture which represent the very essence of British sitcoms. The thesis outlines the boundaries of a television sitcom as an independent genre, also focusing on comedic works preceding the sitcom, overlaps with other genres and various specifics connected to the British cultural environment. Established macro theories of humour are applied to the British sitcom in order to explain the source of the comedic effect, as well as the influence of comedy in relation to relieving tension within society. The thesis focuses in particular on careful observations of the humour in certain cult works of comedy, such as Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister, 'Allo 'Allo!, Red Dwarf and The IT Crowd. The closest attention is paid to the role of the individual characters and environments in selected sitcoms, since those elements might be considered vital for a successful sitcom. The influences of British productions in this area as a whole are also mentioned, noting the social relevance of this often-overlooked phenomenon.
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Same and different in The Turbine by K.M.Čapek-Chod and Man of Seven Sisters by J.Havlíček
Malecká, Andrea ; Mocná, Dagmar (advisor) ; Brožová, Věra (referee)
Main aim of this diploma thesis is a comparison of K. M. Čapek-Chod's Turbina and The man of seven sisters by J. Havlíček with emphasis on comic in both works. Thesis is based on theoretical discourse about comic in general and on resulsts of existing evaluations of Turbina and The man of seven sisters. Comparison of the interpetation by itself, which is based on the comic in both works shows that comic is an integral part of both works and that both work express positively material bodily values of human life through the comic. Turbina does the work by showing invincibility of a man that resides in the immortality of mankind as a whole. The man of seven sisters nods in agreement to material bodily values by showing comical efforts to overcome this immortality of mankind.
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Boundaries of Humour
Holada, Matouš ; Paulíček, Miroslav (advisor) ; Chylíková, Johana (referee)
This paper examines the phenomenon of controversial humor on the social networking site Facebook. Here there exist several entertainment pages, dedicated to the purpose of publishing and sharing comic material; most notably jokes in the form of humorous images. Sometimes, some of these jokes become a source of conflicts and a target of criticism by certain Facebook users, who consider them unacceptable. The present study therefore aims at examining the characteristics of these jokes, to help shed light on what is today considered inappropriate in the sphere of humor. For this purpose, an analysis of jokes and comments on them, left by their readers, was conducted on several Facebook pages. This research revealed the fact that jokes about current, medially covered disasters where the biggest source of controversies. Further inquiries into their nature then showed that aversion to this type of humor cannot be explained by applying superiority theory (contrary to certain other types of humor; for example ethnic or sexist jokes). The source of conflicts about disaster jokes is therefore seen in the clash of disparate views, held by Facebook users about the nature of norms, governing what is and what isn't acceptable to joke about. The conclusion to this paper then suggests possible directions for...
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Characteristic of Czech great people in play "České nebe"
Bernatová, Lenka ; Brožová, Věra (advisor) ; Mocná, Dagmar (referee)
Considering the fact that this bachelor thesis concerns one of the plays of the Jára Cimrman Theatre wchich is based on the mystification, several theoretical information about the mystification is situated at the beginning of the thesis. The core of this thesis deals with the characters that appear in the 15th Jara Cimrman Theatre play - České nebe. The persons are important Czech personalities who are for various reasons admitted to the heavenly commission to decide about the faith of the Czech nation. They are: Jan Amos Komenský, Svatý Václav, forefather Čech, Jan Hus, Karel Havlíček Borovský, grandmother of Božena Němcová, marshall Radecký and Miroslav Tyrš (The last named are not in the heavenly commission. They enter there as guests). Each character is characterized from the perspective of the authors. This view is compared with the characteristics of the characters in the historical didactical guidbooks, in some cases the characteristic of the guidebook is applied to the play. At the end, the real characters from another Jára Cimrman Theatre plays (Blaník, Záskok, Afrika) are more generally characterized. Translation © sl. Kateřina Vokáčová
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The Style of Arnošt Goldflam's Plays
Denková, Magdaléna ; Mareš, Petr (advisor) ; Bozděchová, Ivana (referee)
This thesis presents Arnošt Goldflam as playwright with a peculiar position in the Czech culture. It summarizes basic knowledge about nature and style of dramatic texts and, on the basic of this knowledge, deals with stylistic and linguistic analysis of the part of the author's works which are original dramatic texts. It's based on the corpus of twelve games, that represent this kind of his creative work from the 80's until recently. The objective of the thesis is to determine the basic characteristics and language instruments involved in the structure and meaning of each game. Based on the analysis of instruments stylish construction of various levels and areas of language it defines the most significant common features stylish of all included texts and also author's progression in the use of language and style formation. Goldflam's theater work is characterized not only by choosing subjects, but also in the way of their language and staging interpretation. Author's creative activity is still undone, the thesis offers a view of only the selected area of his work. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Humor as an important psychological phenomenon
LENCOVÁ, Petra
The bachelor thesis deals with humour in the concept of psychology. In a review study, it tries to map globally the phenomenon of humour within psychological discipline. First, it tries to define humour in connection with related concepts and then with the support of individual theories of humor. Furthermore, it focuses on various psychological aspects of humour, in terms of the specifics of the humour process and the development of humour from childhood. It also deals with humour research, methods of measurement and possible areas of empirical focus. Specifically, it tries to clarify personality differences in perception and valuation of humour, possible influence of humour on health, its social aspects, but also negative effects and possible application in psychotherapy. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to use mainly foreign literature to provide an empirical framework of information about humour in terms of diverse areas of psychology. The thesis tries to clarify both the possible positive and negative impact of humour on human in his / her everyday life and to present humour as a phenomenon worthy of greater psychological interest.
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Crazy Comedy of Antonín Procházka
Adamcová, Veronika ; Smrčka, Jiří (advisor) ; Brožová, Věra (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the topic of crazy comedy of the contemporary creator of the author type of productions, Antonín Procházka. The inclusion of the author amongst creators of the author-type productions defines Procházka as the author who writes, directs and plays in his theatre plays. The aim of the diploma thesis is to analyze the comedies of the author from the point of view of the construction of the crazy comedy and in terms of how to build comic situations and work with humor. I try to find out if there are features and procedures that are typical of his plays and how his plays respect and use the rules of the genre of crazy comedy. Diploma thesis also includes work with specialist literature and an analysis of available professional reviews and period reviews. In the beginning, I present aims and structure this diploma thesis. In the first part of the thesis I briefly describe the life of the author, and in more detail, I deal with the inspiration and the facts that influenced the author's work. Treatise on the crazy comedy complements this thesis because of a comprehensive view of the issue. The diploma thesis is complemented by the theoretical grounding of the crazy comedy, its characters, level and construction of humor, for a comprehensive view of the issue. In the main part...
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Comic in Jan Neruda's Columns in 1860s
Špaček, Martin ; Mocná, Dagmar (advisor) ; Kubíček, Tomáš (referee)
The thesis deals with the comic aspect of the first decade of Jan Neruda's vast column work. The main goal of the thesis is to define and clearly arrange the vague terms in the comic area as well as delimit the column within the author's entire journalist work. The first part of the thesis summarizes the research efforts made so far into Neruda's column journalism focusing on its comic component. The main part of the thesis is dedicated to the two basic forms of literary comic in Neruda's columns, satire and humour, specifically their foundations, means, forms, goals and topics. The incidence, stability and/or variability of the given comic tools are also discussed. In addition, the thesis describes the interrelating factors that significantly affected the form of the author's column comic in the decade observed: the then social and political climate, Neruda's model reader and (self) censorship. KEY WORDS Neruda, column, comic, satire, humour
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