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"Am I Not a Man and a Brother?": Representations of Slavery in the West Indies and Abolitionist Rhetoric on the Road to Emancipation
Bartová, Nikola ; Nováková, Soňa (advisor) ; Veselá, Pavla (referee)
This thesis is concerned with literature connected with the abolition of slavery in British colonies. The thesis will treat the topic of the abolitionist movement from the perspective of social, cultural and literary history from the beginnings until the abolition of slavery in British colonies in the Caribbean in 1833 with the Slavery Abolition Act. The thesis will focus on the discourse of race and slavery. The chosen authors represent different opinions and perspectives as the discussion will focus on sentimental poetry, travel writings as well as slave narratives. The chief aim is to identify and define the strategies of abolitionist discourse and the rhetorical practices which it employed especially in shaping the image of Africans and how the hegemonic discourse of sentimentalism influenced their writing. The first part of the thesis is concerned with establishing a theoretical background and the establishing of the literary traditions and customs of the eighteenth century, definition of the sentimental discourse and philosophies of the Enlightenment. This will be framed by a definition of Edward Said's "Orientalism" as well as Paul Gilroy's theory of the "Black Atlantic," which will enable us to define the space between Britain, Africa and the Caribbean, where the history of slavery of...
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William Ewart Gladstone and the first attempt of Home Rule
Hrubá, Barbora ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Skřivan, Aleš (referee)
The main goal of this bachelor thesis is to present events that were accompanying the first attempt of home rule bill for Ireland presented by Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. At first i tis dealing with social a political context in the second half of the nineteenth century, than with the bill itself and last but not least with reactions of political representatives and public Key words: W. E. Gladstone, Home Rule, C. S. Parnell, Liberal Party, British Empire
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Influence of the Boer Wars on Relations Between Great Britain and South Africa
Chlupáč, Zdeněk ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Martin (referee)
Diploma thesis "Influence of the Boer wars on relations between Great Britain and South Africa" deals with the Anglo-Boer armed conflict in southern Africa in the second half of 19th century and the turn of the 19th and 20th century. The author in this work primarily examines what the causes of these conflicts were, what was the course and outcome of the Boer wars, and also what was their impact on the defined region and impacts on the population. For complete understanding of the Boer wars is necessary to know several important connections, for example the origin of the Boers, the way of their life, interests of Great Britain in South Africa, etc. These themes which are essential to understanding complicatedness of relations between Great Britain and Boers are discussed in the first part this work. Although the above-mentioned wars occurred in the eighties of the 19th century, or at the turn of the 19th and 20th century, it should be noted that the reasons that caused the conflicts appeared much earlier. In this text you will get among others answers on the following questions: what was the most delicate issue of the Anglo-Boer negotiations, why could not Great Britain and the Boer republics reach an acceptable compromise which would prevent armed conflict and what was the role of native black...
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The Reflection of the Twilight of the British Empire in the Selected Works of the English Belles-Lettres
Banasinský, Vít ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
In the British Empire many revolutionary changes took place from the 1850s. In my thesis I focused on the analysis of those issues and phenomena which are sufficiently reflected in the English-language belles-lettres, along with a comparison of topics in a historical context in those thematic areas where the comparison is possible, but even in those where possibility of feedback is missing. Given the specificity of the whole work is an introduction and conclusion concerns the question of literary texts as a study of sources. The aim is to answer the question whether the use of belles-lettres as a source in this particular topic is possible, and if so, under what conditions.
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Winston Churchill's personality phenomenon in international relations
Ďurková, Petra ; Veselý, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Krines, Vlastimil (referee)
The first chapter describes Churchill's life from childhood to enter into politics. In the second chapter sets out changes in Churchill's personality in British politics in the First World War. The third chapter is devoted to his views on a policy of appeasement and political isolation of the individual. The fourth chapter is contained in the Second World War and Churchill's career peak. The last chapter deals with the post-war arrangements, the reality of the Cold War and Britain status in international relations.
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