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The Gender Analysis of Žítkovské bohyně
Holinková, Lucie ; Knotková - Čapková, Blanka (advisor) ; Kalnická, Zdeňka (referee)
This thesis constitutes the gender analysis of the Kateřina Tučková's work Žítkovské bohyně. The methodological and theoretical part defends feminist literary criticism as a legitimate approach to the text, represents a method of feminine writing and reading and examines the question of literary canon. Besides it analyses archetypes, which are demonstrated with using classical feminist texts, which depict typological attributes of characters as well as some model situations of the novel. The characters are related to archetype of witch, Demeter narrative and seductress, which all are interdependent. Except for archetypes, the thesis also discusses the issue of stereotypical display of feminity and masculinity, spirituality connected with women characters, interprets nature of myths and reflects mutual relationship among characters of the novel in the gender system. The proper analysis of female and male characters focuses on the main female characters, which are influenced by male partners and theme of the curse, which is the key for this analysis.
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Cynical animated drunks as modern day heroes
Gajdová, Jana ; Miessler, Jan (advisor) ; Hrdina, Matouš (referee)
The bachelor's thesis is devoted to the study of selected antiheroes having some common features, such as alcoholism and cynicism. The investigated fictional characters are the protagonists of contemporary American adult animated series. Specifically, they are fictional characters from the series Archer (2009-2019), BoJack Horseman (2014-2020) and Rick and Morty (2013-2020). These are the main characters of aforementioned series, whose names also appear in the very name of the individual series. The full names of these fictional characters are Sterling Archer, BoJack Horseman and Rick Sanchez. All selected series come from contemporary American animated series and are characterized by a complex narrative, which allows the emergence of specific fictional worlds in which the individual protagonists operate. The work raises the question of why protagonists with these common characteristics appear in these selected contemporary animated series from American production. To answer this question, several sub-questions and hypotheses arise from them are set out. The work thus outlines the importance of some great social and cultural changes resulting from the transformation of Western urban society of the modern era into a postmodern state. Hero is represented as a figure in historical literature, but also in...
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Role of antiheroes in current television series Qualitative reception research of the series Breaking Bad
Turnová, Zuzana ; Reifová, Irena (advisor) ; Hladík, Radim (referee) ; Bednařík, Petr (referee)
The thesis thematizes the antihero phenomenon in current television series, whereas the phenomenon mentioned is attempted to be explained by a qualitative reception research regarding the television series called Breaking Bad. Therefore, the aim of this research is to understand the motivations of viewers for selecting and watching series featuring a main protagonist that might be described as an antihero. It is thus a type of audience research that is attempting to identify the aspects that are the most attractive for audience of these kinds of narratives. Furthermore this thesis is trying to clarify viewer's attitudes towards antihero as a type of serial character, as it becomes apparent that these characters are becoming more popular than ever before. The results of this research offer an evaluation of viewer's motivations for watching the series featuring antiheroes and identification of aspects that are the most attractive for audience of these kinds of narratives.
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The Gender Analysis of Žítkovské bohyně
Holinková, Lucie ; Knotková - Čapková, Blanka (advisor) ; Kalnická, Zdeňka (referee)
This thesis constitutes the gender analysis of the Kateřina Tučková's work Žítkovské bohyně. The methodological and theoretical part defends feminist literary criticism as a legitimate approach to the text, represents a method of feminine writing and reading and examines the question of literary canon. Besides it analyses archetypes, which are demonstrated with using classical feminist texts, which depict typological attributes of characters as well as some model situations of the novel. The characters are related to archetype of witch, Demeter narrative and seductress, which all are interdependent. Except for archetypes, the thesis also discusses the issue of stereotypical display of feminity and masculinity, spirituality connected with women characters, interprets nature of myths and reflects mutual relationship among characters of the novel in the gender system. The proper analysis of female and male characters focuses on the main female characters, which are influenced by male partners and theme of the curse, which is the key for this analysis.
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The (main) character of "secret agent" in the movies "Walking Too Fast" and "The Lives of Others"
Kučera, Luboš ; MAREK, Petr (advisor) ; Hájek, Václav (referee)
Thorough reading and comparison of films "Walking Too Fast" and "The Lives of Others". A dramaturgical analysis and analysis of film language in relation to the themes of the film's approach to the main characters of both dramas. The theme of the work is dramaturgical analysis of the relationship of the main character, the other characters of drama, story and theme (possibly a film language) and mutual comparison with these films. Films show two distinct approaches to film drama, while using very similar historical contexts and the main character with similar external features: (lonely) secret agent or (in)voluntary voyeur oscillating between loyalty to a higher authority and their own emotional compulsion (which is with higher authority in the conflict) and his desire to escape crashing on the cause of its own origin resp. his unbreakable loneliness as a state of being.
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Representations of a Hero and Anti-hero in British Fantasy Literature
HARŠOVÁ, Pavlína
The author of this thesis Representation of the hero and the antihero in the British fantasy literature deals with the typology of characters within the genre. She focuses on the distinction between a hero and an antihero and discribes the characteristic features of their representation in the pieces written by British authors, including particularly the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, J. K. Rowling, P. Pullman, N. Gaiman and T. Pratchett. The theoretical background is provided by the publication The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell and a book titled The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. Gained pieces of information are confronted with the texts named above.
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