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Between adaptation and homage: Blade Runner as a filmic rendition of Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Shahinyan, Sona ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Higgins, Bernadette (referee)
This thesis will be concerned with comparing and contrasting the cyberpunk novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? written by Philip K. Dick in 1968 with Ridley Scott's film called Blade Runner. However, most attention will be directed toward the film's original release and final re-release in 2007. The received opinion and editorial claims tend to come into clash when referencing the movie as either an adaptation or an inspiration, and this disagreement was turned into our research question: Did Ridley Scott and his screenwriting team create a periphrastic adaptation of the novel, or can it be more accurately regarded as an inspiration or a variation on a theme? The first part of the thesis will define the parameters by which the research will be evaluated at the end. The second part of this thesis will encapsulate plotlines, themes and events, motifs, and symbols, and it will also dissect each essential character and their portrayal in each medium. Finally, the additional scenes from re-releases of the original film will be analyzed in regard to their relevance to the plot of the novel. The most recent adaptation, Blade Runner 2049, will also be mentioned in regard to its side character, Rick Deckard, and the parallels found in his successor, K. Keywords: Adaptation, Blade Runner, bounty...
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Artificial Intelligence in Science Fiction
Zatloukal, Petr ; Sučková, Magda (referee) ; Kotásek, Miroslav (advisor)
Bakalářská práce je plavidlem, ve kterém čtenář putuje vývojem vědeckofantastické literatury, přičemž hlavním zaměřením této práce je problematika umělé inteligence (UI) a její interakce, vztahy s lidmi. Technologie umělé inteligence a robotiky se rychle rozvíjí a pomalu se stávají běžným fenoménem, i proto je poměrně příhodné analyzovat a komentovat četné příklady vztahů mezi lidmi a umělou inteligencí v SF literatuře, jelikož mohou stejně dobře připomínat situace ze světa reálného, které se mohou v blízké budoucnosti potencionálně stát skutečností. Práce se nejprve zabývá divadelní hrou R.U.R. od českého spisovatele Karla Čapka, přičemž v této části popisuje vznik slova robot, které bylo poprvé použito právě v této hře a zároveň má stále obrovský kulturně-společenský význam. Význam R.U.R. dále umocňuje fakt, že se se v díle, vůbec jako v jednom z prvních, objevují bytosti uměle vytvořené. Práce dále pokračuje obecným popisem tří literárních směrů spojených s SF literaturou, a to: Zlatý věk, Nová vlna a Kyberpunk. Každý literární proud je doprovázen jedním literárním dílem zaměřeným na tématiku UI. U každé knihy lze nalézt podrobný popis dějové linky, doprovázené popisem momentů, v nichž hrají roli interakce a vztahy mezi člověkem a umělou inteligencí, spojené s jejich následnou analýzou, komentářem a pohledem na tyto interakce a vztahy. Knihy jsou v práci analyzovány chronologicky, a to v tomto pořadí: I, Robot, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, a Neuromancer. Poslední kapitola se zabývá srovnáním výše uvedených literárních děl s reálnými příklady ze světa robotiky a umělé inteligence. Pevně věřím, že tato práce, poslouží jako inspirace pro její čtenáře, zejména pro odborníky z různých vědních oblastí, kteří mohou tuto práci využít jakožto inspiraci pro vlastní práci v oblasti týkající se vztahů a interakcí mezi UI a člověkem v SF literatuře či v reálném světě.
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Cyborg as a Representation of the Relationship Between Man and Technology in Visual Culture
Petričák, Filip ; Charvát, Martin (advisor) ; Řehořová, Irena (referee)
This master thesis deals with the topic of the relationship between man and technology, which is represented by cyborg characters in visual culture. The aim is to create a stereotype of individual cyborg characters from selected cyber-punk works, on the basis of which I can reflect the vision and ideas of the relationship between the organic and technical in the future world. This work is divided into four chapters - the first chapter focuses on cyber-punk as a sub-genre of sci-fi, in the second I define the cyborg character and the postmodern theoretical background, which are related to the cyborg, in the third chapter I present the theoretical basis for the analysis of characters and specify methodological procedures, in the final chapter I analyze the individual works.
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Media reception of cyberpunk literature (Egon Bondy, William Gibson, Neal Stephenson)
Rosůlková, Magdaléna ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Láb, Filip (referee)
The aim of this work is to map critical reviews on significant cyberpunk novels by William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and Egon Bondy, which are Neuromancer, Snowcrash, and Cybercomics. It also gives the cyberpunk genre in the historical and literary context. For this reason, we used quantitative comparative methods to analyze selected reviews from Czech and foreign periodicals. The international media coverage includes analysis from Anglo- Americanˈs mainstream newspapers (The New York Times, The Washington Post) and academical journals (Science Fiction Studies, etc.). From Czech reviews, we used newspapers MF Dnes, periodicals Respekt, Instinkt, Týden, Literární noviny and specialized magazines (anarchistic fanzine A-kontra, Ikarie). This work also contains the theoretical part, which focuses on the definition and history of this science fiction genre. Furthermore, we include the interpretation of novels. The result of bachelor thesis is different views from literary critics on this science fiction movement, in particular on the books Neuromancer, Snowcrash, and Cybercomics. It also shows the development of cyberpunk literature and different role of the genre in the Czech Republic. The contribution of the thesis is the extension of the knowledge in this area and can be used for other works in the...
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Body Modification in Cyberpunk,
Dudziaková, Marie ; Rychlík, Martin (referee) ; Šisler, Vít (referee)
The rigorous thesis Body Modification in Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk in Body Modification examines the intersection of these two topics from their mutual perspectives and monitors the extent to which they influence and shape each other. In its first part, the author deals with the representation, form and role of body modification in selected works of cyberpunk literature. The issue analysis is carried out by means of combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches. The author quantitatively evaluates 503 mentions of body modifications on a given sample of 7 major cyberpunk literary works, using 25 variables. The qualitative analysis, structured in 7 thematic areas, amplifies the qualitative findings. From the analysis results, the author draws definition of typical cyberpunk body modification, which she describes as invasive functional modification of the body that was created with the help of modern technologies. Based on this definition, in the second part of this rigorous thesis, the author focuses on the existing body modifications that meet these aspects. She creates 7 categories of functional cyberpunk body modifications, which she illustrates by examples. From this point of view she closer monitors the situation in the Czech Republic and also mentions the associated QRbodies project that was...
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Body modification in cyberpunk literature
Dudziaková, Marie ; Šlerka, Josef (advisor) ; Malečková, Dita (referee)
The diploma thesis Body Modifications in Cyberpunk Literature deals with the representation and role of body modifications in selected works of cyberpunk literature. The issue analysis is carried out by means of combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches. The first part of the thesis covers both areas theoretically and provides essential insight into the issue. In addition, the author develops her own definition of body modification and provides its genesis. In the research part, the author first explores a body of selected literary cyberpunk works obtained through a pilot research, namely novels Neuromancer, Snow Crash, Schismatrix and Blade Runner and short stories collections Mirrorshades and Burning Chrome. Furthermore, the author quantitatively evaluates 503 mentions of body modifications in a given sample, using 25 variables. The qualitative analysis, structured in 7 thematic areas, amplifies the quantitative findings and among other things deals with the role of body modifications in the construction of cyberpunk literary texts and their overlapping with reality. Keywords Body modification, cyberpunk, literature
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Film Works by the Director Oshii Mamoru
Baďurová, Jana ; Tirala, Martin (advisor) ; Sýkora, Jan (referee)
The topic of this work is the film works by the director Oshii Mamoru. The aim of this work is evaluating his works and specifying characteristic features of his animated and live-action films. Two of his representative works are analyzed and these characteristic features are illustrated on them. The work contains 48 pages.
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