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Haman in the Book of Esther and in the history of reception
BOŽOVSKÝ, Vladimír
The work focuses on the negative character of Haman in the story of The Book of Esther, Haman's actions, consequences and reception in later periods. The aim is to describe Haman on the basis of the Masoretic text, compare the differen-ces with other texts (LXX, Targum, ) and focus on the influence he had in the history of the Jewish people. It concludes with an attempt to capture the reception in the recent past and present with the inclusion of customs associated with Haman during the Purim holiday. The first chapter consists of an introduction to The Book of Esther as such and a more detailed introduction to Haman in the MT. The second chapter compares and outlines the different interpretations found in other texts - LXX, Targums, Midrashes. The third chapter focuses on Haman in the history of interpretation, and this is followed by the last part devoted to Purim customs that are connected with Haman even today.
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World War II Posters and Propaganda
Studený, Dominik ; Řehořová, Irena (advisor) ; Gvoždiak, Vít (referee)
The thesis offers semiotic analysis of the World War II poster. It examines the fundamental rhetorical and visual examples based on specific ideological context. The thesis presents the representative war posters of the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States of America and Nazi Germany. Selected samples of the Czechoslovak posters are also included.
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Principles and goals of the German propaganda in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Straka, Vojtěch ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Kučera, Jan (referee)
The goal of this paper will be to show in three single case studies the basic characteristics of nazi propaganda on the teritory of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Firstly, picturing of the enemy, both outside enemy (coverage of the war, bombing of civilians) and enemy within (primary jewish question). Because picture of the enemy was the key to the nazi propaganda itself. Than I continue with the study of the longterm, ideological efforts and goals nazi propaganda had in the protectorate. Here, the main target was czech youth and reinterpretation of the czech history itself. In the last case study i'm observing short term efforts nazis had. These efforts were driven primarily by the necesity of war production and need to use full potential of the strong czech industry. All these cases are then summarized and my goal it to show their effectivity on their respective fields of influence. (industrial production, creation of combat troops, voluntary membership in the collaboration organizations, etc.)
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KSČM : The Prohibition Discourse
Chytil, Matěj ; Barša, Pavel (advisor) ; Slačálek, Ondřej (referee)
(English): The aim of the thesis is to analyse the discourse of exclusion of the Czech communism and the discoursive attempts to ban the communist party. It shall shed more light on its sources of thought as found in the Czech dissident movement, as well as on the conditions it has risen from after the Velvet revolution. We intend to point out that the two main concepts of the dissident thought are essential for the birth of the discourse - one is shaping it, while the other opposes. The influence of non-political discourses - such as legal or political discourse on the subject - are also given serious attention. Using the Critical Discourse Analysis toolbox of methods, we hope to enhance our knowledge about contradictory images of the Czech past that shape contradictory images of the communism as well.
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Changes in foreign policy of the USA: analysis of the fundamental documents
Zákoutská, Eva ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Školkayová, Marta (referee)
The main theme of this text is an analysis of G.W. Bush's speeches, especially focused on the documents State of the Union Address. Text is based on analysis of fundamental terms and evaluation the context of their using in speeches. One of the topics is to capture the changing image of the enemy of the United States of America as it is presented by president. The theoretical framework of this work is defined in two introductory chapters that deal with historical roots of the United States of America and with the events of eight years of G. W. Bush's presidency.
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